Pomelo is very large citrus fruit of botanical name Citrus maxima. It is very sweet taste after ripening . Have you ever tried a honey pomelo ? This large citrus fruit can be found in the produce section from late fall to early spring. Here's more about this tasty unique citrus fruit.The fruit is used in many festive celebrations throughout Southeast Asia. After a Captain Shaddock of an East India Company ship introduced it to Barbados, the fruit was called "shaddock" in English. The fruit is also known as jabong in Hawaii and jambola in varieties of English spoken in South Asia. The etymology of the word "pomelo" is uncertain. It may be an alteration of "pompelmoes", in Tamil pomelo are called pampa limasu, which means "big citrus". The name was adopted by the Portuguese as pomposos limoes and then by the Dutch as pompelmoes. Typically, the fruit is pale green to yellow when ripe, with sweet white ( or, more rarely , pink or red) fle...
This photo was captured from Birgunj, city , parsa, Nepal . In this festival , every people of the nation celebrate whatever they are poor or rich , whatever they are little child or old person with blessing from ancestors .
Diwali, Diwali, Deepavali, or Deepavali is the festival of Hindu festivals, which usually lasts for five days and is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar month Kartika (between mid-October and mid-November). One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali signifies spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and wisdom over ignorance". The festival is widely associated with Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity, but regional traditions link it to Sita and Rama, Vishnu, Krishna, Durga, Kali, Dhanvantari or Vishwakarman. .
Led by Diwali, celebrants will prepare by cleaning, repairing and decorating their homes and workplaces. During the climax, revelers dress in their finest clothes, illuminate the interior and exterior of their homes with diyas (oil lamps or candles), perform puja (worship 1) to Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity and wealth, Light fireworks, and attend family feasts, where sweets (sweets) and gifts are distributed. Diwali is also a major cultural event for Hindu and Jain expatriates from the Indian subcontinent.
The five-day festival began in the Indian subcontinent and is found in early Sanskrit texts. Deepawali is usually celebrated eighteen days after the Dussehra (Dussehra, Dasain) festival, or the regional equivalent, marking the first day of the festival when the festivities prepare by cleaning their homes and making rangoli on the floor. The second day is Naraka Chaturdashi, or the regional equivalent of Diwali for Hindus in the south of India. Western, central, eastern and northern Indian communities observe the third day of Diwali i.e. the day of Lakshmi Puja and the darkest night of the traditional month. In some parts of India, the day after Lakshmi Puja is marked with Govardhan Puja and Balipratipada (Padwa), dedicated to the relationship between wife and husband. Some Hindu communities mark the last day as Bhai Dooj or regional equivalent, which is dedicated to the bond between sister and brother, while other Hindu and Sikh artisan communities mark this day as Vishwakarma Puja. And follow it, demonstrating their maintenance. Work place and offering prayers.
People of some other religions in India also celebrate their respective festivals with Diwali. Symbolizing the ultimate liberation of Jain Mahavira, Sikhs celebrated Bandi Chhor Divas for the release of Guru Hargobind from the prison of the Mughal Empire, Newar Buddhists, unlike other Buddhists, on Diwali by worshiping Lakshmi Celebrates, while Bengali Hindus usually celebrate Diwali by worshiping the goddess Kali. The main day of Diwali festival ie Lakshmi Puja is an official holiday in Fiji, Guyana, India, Malaysia (except Sarawak), Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
The Diwali festival is a fusion of harvest festivals in ancient India. It is mentioned in both Sanskrit texts such as the Padma Purana, the Skanda Purana, which was completed in the second half of the first millennium CE. Diyas (lamps) are mentioned in the Skanda Kishore Purana as a symbol of parts of the sun, describing it as a cosmic giver of light and energy for all life and who is seasonal in the Hindu calendar month of Kartik. Make the transition.
King Harsha refers to Deepavali, in the 7th century Sanskrit drama Nagananda, as Deepapratipadotsav (Dipa = Prakash, Pratipada = first day, utsava = festival), where lamps were lit and gifts to newly engaged brides and bridegrooms. Had met Rajasekhar referred to Deepavali in his 9th century poetry as Diwali, in which he mentions the tradition of whitewash of houses and decorates oil lamps in homes, streets and markets at night. went.
Diwali was also described by many travelers outside India. In his 11th century memoir in India, Persian traveler and historian Al Biruni celebrated Diwali on the Amavasya day of the month of Kartik by Hindus. Nicolo de 'Conti, a merchant and traveler from Venice, visited India in the early 15th century and wrote in his memoir, "On one of these festivals, they are an innumerable number inside their temples and outside the roofs. I put oil lamps. ... Those who keep on burning day and night "and families would gather," mold themselves in new clothes ", sing, dance and feast. The 16th-century Portuguese traveler Domingo Paes wrote of his visit to the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire, where Deepawali was celebrated in October with lights illuminating his home and his temples.
Islamic historians of the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire period also referred to Diwali and other Hindu festivals. Some, notably the Mughal emperor Akbar, welcomed and participated in the festivities, while others banned festivals such as Diwali and Holi, as Aurangzeb did in 185.
British colonial period publications also referred to Diwali, such as notes on Hindu festivals published by Sir William Jones in 1799, a philosopher known for his early commentaries on Sanskrit and Indo-European languages. In his letter on the lunar year of the Hindus, Jones, who was then based in Bengal, mentioned four of the five days of Diwali in the autumn months of Aasvina-cartica [sic], which are as follows : Bhutchaturduran Yamatardanam (second day), Lakshmipuja Dipanavita (day of Diwali), Dyauta Pratipada Belipuja (4th day), and Bhartru Dwitiya (5th day). Lakshmipuja Dipanavita, Jones remarked, "In honor of Lakshmi, there was a great festival at night with lights on trees and houses".
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