Category: Culture and Heritage
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हरमुख कोई मेरे साथ चले ! || by Dr. Agni Shekhar || LIVE IMAGE
हरमुख कोई मेरे साथ चले ! || by Dr. Agni Shekhar || LIVE IMAGE बात सितंबर 2013 की एक सुबह की है।मेरे मित्र संजय मोज़ा ने आग्रहपूर्वक मुझसे कहा कि आप मान जाइए , हम कल चुपके से अपनी कार में कश्मीर के लिए चल पड़ते हैं। हम भी हरमुकुट यात्रा में शामिल होंगे। संजय…
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KASHMIRI PANDITS OWE THE DOGRAS || A HISTORICAL GRATITUDE || By V.K. Wattal || LIVE IMAGE
KASHMIRI PANDITS OWE THE DOGRAS || A HISTORICAL GRATITUDE || By V.K. Wattal || LIVE IMAGE By – Pt. Badri Nath, Pt. Sarwanand , Pt.Vish Nath. ( FORWARDED IN ORIGINAL) If history is to be believed then all places of the present-day major sites of Hindu worship in Kashmir were re-claimed and rebuild by the Dogras. Every…
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Kashmir –As an Afghanistan Frontier || by Hari Ram Gupta || LIVE IMAGE
Kashmir –As an Afghanistan Frontier || by Hari Ram Gupta || LIVE IMAGE Kashmir, the land of shawls, snow and sun, Was being eaten by Afghans like a bun. A little known fact is that if not for the ambition of Maharajah Ranjit Singh (Lion of Punjab, who ruled from 1799 AD – 1839 AD),…
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Every Day is a Kashmir Day || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
Every Day is a Kashmir Day || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE Is there any other instance in the history of world where historical events so varied in context bear commemoration by a common nomenclature as is the case with Kashmir Day .A Latin American who keeps abreast with the affairs of the subcontinent courtesy…
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On this Herath: Is Kashmir really incomplete without Kashmiri Pandits..! || by Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo || LIVE IMAGE
On this Herath: Is Kashmir really incomplete without Kashmiri Pandits..! || by Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo || LIVE IMAGE It is today Herath, the most ancient, auspicious, traditional socio-religious and cultural festival of Kashmir. Herath is held generally one day ahead of Shiv-Chaturdashi of Hindu lunar month Phalgun, which falls in February or March every year.…
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कश्मीर की खिचड़ी अमावस्या || By Dr. Agni Shekhar || LIVE IMAGE
कश्मीर की खिचड़ी अमावस्या || By Dr. Agni Shekhar || LIVE IMAGE ●पूस अमावस कश्मीरियों के लिए यक्ष-अमावस्या और खिचड़ी अमावस्या के नाम से प्रसिद्ध है ।● यह यक्षों की पूजा का एक प्राचीन पर्व है ।इस दिन प्रत्येक कश्मीरी पंडित घर में ‘यछ’ ( यक्ष) के लिए खिचड़ी का भोग बनाया जाता है।● पूरे…
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2021 The year of hope with spring ahead || By Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo || LIVE IMAGE
2021 The year of hope with spring ahead || By Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo || LIVE IMAGE Every dark channel has a bright opening and every night has a dawn ahead. The snowy winter is always followed eagerly by the spring. Anne Bradstreet exclaimed beautifully, “if we had no winter, the spring would not be so…
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Sikh Gurus and Kashmiri Pandits || By Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo || LIVE IMAGE
Sikh Gurus and Kashmiri Pandits || By Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo || LIVE IMAGE Recently, some of our friends raised the issue of Shri Krishen-Janam Ashtami procession at Srinagar. They while describing the celebrations recalled the singing of songs in the procession by ‘our group’ paying tributes to Sikh Gurus. They also opined that the…
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Bicycle Made The Marriage in Kashmir || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
Bicycle Made The Marriage in Kashmir || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE Kakaji , an Aeronautic Engineer,was counting days desperately during first October of our independence. In the last week he was entering into a wedlock leaving behind his bachelorhood for good Gullay the middle man who was know to make marriages in Kashmiri Pandit families traditional…
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Hatim Tilawon The Phonographic Machine of Sind Valley, Kashmir || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
Hatim Tilawon The Phonographic Machine of Sind Valley, Kashmir || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE As he grew so grew his reputation of a master storyteller. With it Hatim;s name was suffixed with Tailwon It is often said that memories cannot be photographed. Quite true, it may be, but not so with Hatim Tilawon…