करवाचौथ Celebration

करवाचौथ के बारे में तमाम तरह के विचार आए हैं। कुछ लोगों ने इसके समूल नाश होने की इच्छा जताई है, कुछ लोगों ने मर्दों को भी व्रत रखने की सलाह दी है और बहुत सी महिलाएं सज-धज कर #करवाचौथ मना रही हैं। इस व्रत की मूल भावना पति की लंबी उम्र है। पति की लंबी उम्र क्यों हो? इसी बात के जवाब में इसके मनाए जाने का रहस्य छुपा है। जिस समाज में पत्नी, पति के उपर निर्भर हो, आर्थिक, सामाजिक और हर तरह से और जहां पति के अस्तित्व से ही पत्नी का अस्तित्व टिका रहता है, वहां पति की लंबी उम्र की कामना क्यों नहीं की जाएगी? जिस दिन पत्नी किसी पर निर्भर नहीं होगी, करवाचौथ भी नहीं होगा और जब पति, पत्नी पर निर्भर हो जाएगा, करवाचौथ का व्रत पत्नी की लंबी उम्र के लिए पति रखना शुरू कर देगा।

Happy Vijayadashami

Navodaya Pariwar wish you all a very happy Dashara.
Vijayadashami also known as Dashahara, Dussehra, Dashain (in Nepal), Navratri or Durgotsav is one of the most important Hindu festivals celebrated in various forms, across India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
The name Dussehra is derived from Sanskrit Dasha-hara literally means removal of ten referring to Lord Rama's victory over the ten-headed demon king Ravana.^[1] The day also marks the victory of Goddess Durga over the demons Mahishasur. The name Vijayadashami is also derived from the Sanskrit words "Vijaya-dashmi" literally meaning the victory on the dashmi (Dashmi being the tenth lunar day of the Hindu calendar month).

Victory of God Rama over Ravana

On this day in the Treta Yug, Rama, also called Shri Ram, the seventh avatar of Vishnu, killed the great demon Ravana who had abducted Rama's wife Sita to his kingdom of Lanka. Rama, his brother Lakshmana, their follower Hanuman and an army of monkeys fought a great battle to rescue Sita. The entire narrative is recorded in the epic Ramayana, a Hindu scripture.
Rama had performed "Chandi Homa" and invoked the blessings of Durga, who blessed Rama with secret knowledge of the way to kill Ravana. On the day of Ashvin Shukla Dashami, Rama's party found Sita and defeated Ravana. Thus it is termed as Vijaya Dashami. Based on the inferences from Valmiki’s Ramayana, Kalidas’s Raghuvans, Tulsidas’s Ram Charit Manas, and Keshavdas's Ram Chandra Yas Chandrika as well as common perception in India, Rama, Sita, and of Lakshmana returned to Ayodhya on the 30th day of Ashvin (19–20 days after Vijayadashmi). To mark the return of Lord Rama, in the evening, the residents of Ayodhya lit their city with millions of earthen lamps (called Deepak). Since then, this day is celebrated in India as Deepawali or Diwali.