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Jhulan Yatra Festival Posted by kunthra on Aug 19, 2010
Jhulan Yatra is a festival honoring Lord Krishna (कृष्ण). The festival is set to happen August 19th, of this year. The Lord Krishna is set in a swing made of plated gold and rocked back and forth by his devotees. The swing is swung back and forth with a string. By swinging the deity back…
India Day Parade Posted by kunthra on Aug 16, 2010
August 15th is India’s Independence Day, which commemorated India’s independence from Great Britain. In the U.S., in the state of New Jersey, the India Day Parade was grand marshaled by Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat In New York City, the India Day Parade was grand marshaled by Bollywood actress Preity Zinta
Sadya Posted by kunthra on Aug 13, 2010
A good majority of people in Kerala, India speak Malayalam and in Malayalam, “Sadya” is word meaning banquet. These are some of the foods that you might see in a sadya. Rasam is a South Indian tomato soup. To make a basic rasam, add some lentils, water and tomatoes with some black pepper. Aviyal is…
Naga Panchami Posted by kunthra on Aug 10, 2010
In India, Nāga Panchamī (नाग पंचमी) is a festival usually celebrated in August or September. Devotees to temples and give offerings to snakes. This is because snakes are thought to be guardians of rivers and springs. It’s believed that if snakes are mistreated, they will bring about floods and other disasters. In Tulu Nadu (a…
Top Grossing Bollywood Films of 2010 Posted by kunthra on Aug 1, 2010
According to BoxOffice India.com, there were three movies in 2010 that made the top five list of highest grossing Bollywood films of all time. This doesn’t mean that these movies received rave reviews, but if you want to see a recent Bollywood film that people have most likely heard about, please check these films out…
Indian Martial Arts Posted by kunthra on Jul 28, 2010
Indian Martial arts are diverse and range in style and combat : Gatka is a Punjabi form of martial arts involving a wooden staff. Gatka is practiced as a sport, but back when it was a form of battle strategy, swords were used Thang ta is a martial art form from Manipur. A sword, spear…
Classical Indian Dances Posted by kunthra on Jul 25, 2010
India is a country full of diversity. This diversity lends itself to classical Indian styles of dance. Kathak (कथक) is a classical dance from Northern India that uses dance as a form of story telling. Bharatanatyam is a dance from Tamil Nadu. The Kathakali dance originates from Kerala. The makeup and costumes are by far…