[net.nlang.india] Festivals

latha@sunybcs.UUCP (Latha Krishnaswamy) (02/16/85)

>   Now that there is a separate net group for Indian activities, it will
> be a nice idea to post the major Indian events for the year in the
> form of a calendar. The objective behind the calendar is to remind the
> net viewers about the festivals so that they send the greetings cards
> well ahead of the end of the festivals. I am listing in a few events;
> can someone insert the dates and add some events, if possible.

Sorry about the previous news item ( I mean the repetitions!) 
Here's what I wanted to say....

Here are the dates for some of the festivals as per the calender issued
by "The Hindu Temple Society" (at Ganesha temple - Flushing -NY).
I have ordered them on date.

                       Festivals - 1985
                       ----------------

               14th January        Pongal

               17th February       Shivarathri

               22th March          Ugadi (Kannada,Telugu,Marathi New Year's day)
               30th March          Ram Navami

               13th April          Ugadi (Tamil New Year's day)

               7th  September      Janmashtami
               18th September      Ganesha Chaturthi
               25th September      Onam

               14th October        Start of Dussera
               22nd October        Saraswatipooja
               23rd October        Vijayadashami

            11/12th November       Deepavali
               17th November       Nag Panchami (Rakhee Bandhan)


        HAPPY FESTIVALS!!!