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jaishankar @Shivram59 (50131) • India 1 Sep

This is the festival season in our country. We are to celebrate many festivals back to back. Now ShriGanesh Puja is going on. The idols of Lord Ganesh are being worshiped in lots of Forefathers"pandals" ( makeshift temples)in our...

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Ekdalia Durga Puja always had been colourful.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 13 Oct 23

There are certain traditional durga puja in Calcutta which have become popular over a period of time. Devotees give puja in the pandals on shashti, saptami, austami and nabami. Ekdalia Evergreen Club Durga puja is one of them. The...

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Happy Krishna Janamashtami

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 6 Sep 23

The Hindus celebrate the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna, the God of Hindus. It is called Krishna Janmashtami. The idols are decorated with garlands. Rice husk is used to give alpona or rangoli. Then flowers and fruits are given...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 25 Jun 23

Day 347 (Jeremiah 4:1-2) “If you will return, O Israel,” says the LORD, “Return to Me; and if you will put away your abominations out of My sight, then you will not be moved. You will swear, ‘the LORD lives,’ in truth, in...

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In the Malls in Nepal also Idols of Hindu Goddesses were found.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 16 Oct 22

Nepal is the only Hindu country in the world. In the Malls and city centres in Nepal the idols of Hindu Gods and Goddesses were found. Many people love the idols. Indians visit the country and find the cosmopolitan environment of...

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Major Durga Puja Associations opened their Pandals for visitors on Choturthi and Panchami.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 2 Oct 19

In Kolkata, Durga Puja begins from Mahashasti. But it is raining cats and dogs, many Durga Puja Committees opened their Puja Pandals and Idols of Goddess Durga for visitors early in Choturthi and Panchami. Many devotees are...

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Tridhara Durga Mandap made puja of indigeous tribes.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 16 Oct 18

Tridhara Durga Mandap is famous for depicting Durga Puja of indigenous tribes. The idols of Goddess durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati are made in the form of puppets. In the forests and tribal areas the Gods are worshipped in this way....

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 22 Feb 18

Day 8 Hosea 8 Hosea 8:1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 21 Feb 18

Day 7 Hosea 7 Hosea 7:1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief comes in, and the troop of robbers spoils without. 2...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 18 Feb 18

Day 4 Hosea 4 Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; For Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, Nor goodness, Nor knowledge of God in the land. 2 There is...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 15 Jan 18

Day 26 Ezekiel 24:15 Ezekiel 24:15 Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy...

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The Idols of Goddess Laxmi are emersed on the next day.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 20 Oct 17

Mud Idols of Goddess Laxmi are brought at home and devotees offer puja to Goddess Laxmi. This is done on the 3rd day of Diwali and Laxmipuja. Once the puja is overs, fruits, flowers and sweets are offered to Goddess Laxmi, on the...

The Idols of Lord Buddha in Tamu Myanmar are artistic.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 3 Oct 17

There are Idols of Lord Buddha kept within the Buddhist Monastery in Tamu, Myanmar. The Idols are made in the manner where Buddha is shown to be the Enlightened One. Many Buddhists from different parts of the World offer prayer in...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 28 Sep 17

Day 39 Isaiah 44 44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: 2 Thus says the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou,...

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Sreebhumi Durga Puja has made outstanding pandal.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 25 Sep 17

Sreebhumi Durga Puja at VIP Road, Kolkata had made a fabulous puja pandal. This year they have given yellow appearance for the temple built. They provide actual gold ornaments to idols of Goddess Durga and other Gods. Viewers...

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Singhi Park Durga Pandal shows innovation.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 22 Sep 17

Every year Singhi Park Durga Puja is visited by many devotees. The pandals of Singhi Park Durga Puja show innovative style. Sometimes they make pandals with the theme of Durgapuja celebrated in aristocrat houses, sometimes makes...

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Having Idols

tjsmiles @Tricia53 (90) • Bellevue, Nebraska 6 Jan 17

I was reading my book by Wendy Pope called Wait and See. While reading it she brought up how things we focus on can become idols when we focus more on them then on God. It really made me stop and think. I have prayed for God to...

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K-Pop Audition

kdavid @kdavid (136) • Philippines 23 May 16

BigHit is searching for some people who want to be a K-Pop artists someday. There is no age limit, nationality, meaning every one is welcome to audition. I heard that trainees undergo so much work and training before they become...

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The Ten Commandments - Second Commandment

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 25 Feb 16

Second Commandment Continuing the series on The Ten Commandments, this second one always seemed to be part of the first, which is probably the result of my upbringing in the Lutheran church, which subdivided the last commandment...

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What do they signify? What are their names?

s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 17 Dec 15

Three months back I visited a hotel 'HIKING 'at Basheerbagh in Hyderabad, India. I noticed these three statues...am I right to call them statues ..? or shall I call them Idols? All were kept in a line. I tried to enquire. But,...

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