Ugadi 2013 or Yugadi date in 2013

Ugadi 2013 marks the beginning of vijaya nama samvatsara in Hindu Panchangam. Ugadi 2013 date is 11th April, Thursday. Ugadi or Yugadi means the beginning of an era. In Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the festival of Ugadi heralds the start of a New Year.

Significance of Ugadi
Ugadi is believed to be the day when Brahma - the Creator, in the Hindu Trinity - formed the universe. During Ramayana period, the New Year was being celebrated on the first day of Uttharayana. So, Chaitra was the 12th month. Varahamihira, a saint who lived in sixth century, started a new method of celebrating New Year on Chaitra Shuddha Prathipade. Ugadi marks the beginning of a new Hindu lunar calendar with a change in the moon's orbit. It is a day when mantras are chanted and predictions made for the New Year. 

What are the rituals and customs of ugadi festival?

Ugadi pooja

Ganapati Puja, Lakshmi Narayana Puja, Uma Maheshwara Puja, Vani Hiranyagarbha Puja, Shachi Indra Puja, Arundathi Vasishta Puja, etc are also performed on Ugadi for happiness and prosperity

Ugadi pachadi

Ugadi is specially associated with what is called Ugadi pachadi in Telugu. Which is a combination of ingredients having 6 different tastes or flavors used in cookery commonly known as Shadruchulu, producing a delightful concoction of different tastes? It is a mixture which is prepared with: (1) Tender flowers of fresh white neem (2) Sugar/jaggery or small pieces of sugarcane or cane juice. (3) Small pieces of tender raw mangoes.(4) Fresh tamarind juice.(5) Pieces of fresh green chilies and(6) a pinch of salt. This admixture of sweet and bitter symbolizes life itself. It has its ups and down, joys and sorrows, pleasures and pains, all of which need to be accepted with equanimity.

Ugadi panchanga sharavanam

On this day evening Panchanga Sharavanam is done. Panchanga Shravanam means hearing astrology predictions of the year by the Brahmins.

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Valentine’s Day, a Lovable Day for Lovers

Valentine’s Day is the day to cherish love and share the intimate feelings of togetherness with your loved ones. Love is a beautiful word that brings life to a relation. There is a lot that happens around and across the cities while the day to celebrate love really nears you from the week ahead. The trend of rejoicing Valentine’s Day begins from 7^th Feb to 14^th Feb. The total week is celebrated with happy gestures from Rose Day (Feb 7), Propose Day (Feb 8), Chocolate Day (Feb 9) Teddy Day (Feb 10), Promise Day (Feb 11), Hug Day (Feb 12), Kiss Day ( Feb 13) to the most awaiting day to cherish and shower love on your loved ones,  the one and only Valentine’s Day( Feb 14).

Love is a relationship between two souls that connects hearts even in distant places. It creates a place for emotions and sharing bondage between two individuals. Valentines days has got its own charm among youngsters and college students. They want to celebrate the occasion in the most splendid way by gifting lovable gifts to their lovers. There are even few lovers who have distanced from their lovers due to professions and other personal reasons to abroad. For many such lovers who are away from their hometown and want to wish and gift their lovers in their true spirits, here a brilliant idea of gifting through online portals. Online gift portals have a treasure of gifts to shower your lover with the right kind of gesture you want to express and explore on the great occasion of Valentine’s Day.

You can send Valentine’s Day Flowers, a gift basket filled with cakes and Premium chocolates, Branded Wrist Watches, Freshly bakes cookies, Fancy Jewellery, Designer Apparels and many more as wonderful gifts on the lovely occasion of Valentine’s Day. You can sit at any corner point of the world and send it to you lover in India. Giftagift is a online gifting portal that has special section for Valentine’s Day 2013 Gift Ideas like: Designer cakes, Fresh Flowers, Heart Shape Cakes, Decorative Cakes, Fresh Flowers, ValentineArrangements, Valentine’s Day Gifts, Gift Vochers, Couple Gifts, Gifts for Her, Apparels, Branded Perfumes, Handbags, Gifts for Him, Love gifts, Jewelry, Bangles & Bracelets, Earrings & Pendants, Valentine Chocolates & Teddy Bears, Soft Teddies, Homemade Chocolates, Techno Gifts, Valentine's DayHampers.

If you are planning to send your gesture of love and care to your lover in India, Please feel free to visit http://www.giftagift.com/valentinesday.aspx and send Valentine’s Day Gifts to India from USA. People from India can also send beautiful gifts to your NRI’s friends to express the love and passion of emotion for the coming occasion of Valentine’s Day. You can find a wide variety of gifts that can excite your lovers abroad with the great pleasure of receiving your gifts.

You can be anywhere away from your lover. There are many ways to express love to them in the present day technology and communications systems. Be the first to surprise your lover with a heart winning gift of love, gestures and emotions.

NEW YEAR GIFT IDEAS 2013

New Year is celebrated the world over on 1^st of January every year. New Year is the moment which says good bye to the passing year. Its time to welcome New Year 2013 with joy and happiness. With new hopes and aspirations, it also offers a chance to greet and strengthen relationships. Indians in India and NRIs abroad celebrate it with fanfare and splendor  A special time for everyone, many find ways to reach out to relatives and friends through gifts and greeting cards.

If you belong to those who love to send New Year gifts and online greeting cards to your dear ones, you would love to read further. This New Year, simply forget the conventional way of buying gifts by visiting malls and stores located miles away from home. Just connect to the Internet and a few clicks at the right website like GiftaGift.com can do wonders. Send New Year 2013 Gifts to India from USA while sitting at home. It’s effortless and fun as well. Just go through the thousands of gift options, and order gifts online at the most reasonable prices. And the best part – it’s delivered on the day you want.

Missed Father’s Day in 2012? Worry not. New Year 2013 Gift for Dad is the best way to compensate. At GiftaGift.com, you can make his New Year gift truly memorable. From general gifts such as watches to very personal ones such as high-end mobile phones, cameras and lots more - you get it all. Continuing about men, there are suitable New Year 2012 Gift Ideas for your brother, and even boyfriend!

For general friends, you can send New Year special gifts such as Chocolate & black forest cakes, New year premium cakes, New year egg less cakes, New year fresh flowers, Fruits, Flower combos, Cakecombos, New year hampers, Dairies & organizers, Perfumes, Branded pens, Gift coupons, jewelry, Techno gifts, Smart phones, sweets, Dry fruits, Savories, – conveniently from GiftaGift.com.

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At Giftagift.com, all care is taken to bake the exquisite quality cakes that are made to melt…for a memorable mellowing experience. Pick from any size, any texture, any flavour, any cut and any design of cakes. The delightful range includes Regular Cakes, Fancy Cakes, Tier Cakes, Kids Cakes, Cartoon Cakes, Eggless Cakes, Ice-Cream Cakes, Plum Cakes, Graduation Day Cakes and many more.

At Giftagift.com, you can satiate your longing to send only the most stimulating gifts. From Christmas specific such as Xmas trees and Jesus Christ frames to musical items and so on – if you have it in mind you can easily find it here. If you want to spread fragrance, send flowers from a wide range at Giftagift.com. If you want to add sweetness in somebody’s life, gift him/her lip-smacking sweets and savouries that are hygienically prepared and lovingly packed and sent. 

Like lamps and Diwali go together so also Christmas and cakes are inseparable. At Giftagift.com you will find the rare, once-a-year kind Designer Cakes with royal icing, almond icing, cashew nut toppings and so on. You can also order Yule Log cakes which are a must at this time of the season. What’s more, the cakes and gifts available at the site are such as Rich plum cakes, Candles &  stands, Xmas crystal gifts, Xmas divinity gifts, Xmas hampers. After all, for a significant occasion like Christmas, the cakes you send to someone should be the best that is available

 

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It’s the mega event of the year - the Indian Festival of Lights: Diwali. It will be followed by Choti Diwali (Naraka Chaturdashi) on Monday the 12th November of 2012. And the big day or main festival - Diwali also known as Lakshmi Puja day will be celebrated all over India and the world on Tuesday, 13^th November 2012. The 14th of November 2012, Wednesday will be for Padwa (Govardhan Puja/Annakoot) and finally Thursday, 15th of November 2012 will be for Bhaiduj (Yama Dwitiya).

While in North-India it is popularly known as ‘Diwali’, the name for the festival in South-India is ‘Deepavali’. It marks the triumph of the Good over the Evil and Light over Darkness. It is not only celebrated by Hindus, but Sikhs and people practicing Jainsim also commemorate it with the same fervour. Interestingly, the most famous day of Diwali also marks the commencement of the Hindu New Year, and many entrepreneurs in India begin a new accounting year on this momentous day.

So as a Non-Resident Indian (NRI), where will you be this Diwali – celebrating with friends and relatives in India or pursuing your dream career or educational degree in US, UK or Canada? Even if it’s the latter, worry not. You can in some special way be with your family, friends or someone you love on this Diwali. How? Through www.GiftaGift.com, of course. All you need to do is relax on a chair at home or office and happily look through all the attractive gifts you would need this Diwali at GiftaGift.com - it is really as easy as that! 

At GiftaGift.com, you can find all kinds of glittering gifts, even Diwali specific such as a wide range of Diwali Gifts, Diwali Branded Crackers, Special Diyas, Diwali Sweets, Latest Diwali Apparels for Her, Diwali Home decors, New Diwali Hampers, Diwali Chocolates to India, Special Dryfruits for Diwali, Diwali Combos, Traditional Pooja Thali's. so on. If you want to fashionably light up your house back in India, send home decor items such as Photo Frames of Gods & Goddesses, Carved Floral Vases, Ganesh Pooja Set and more from a wide range at GiftaGift.com. Ethnic gifts too are aplenty at the gift portal.

Send Dussehra Gifts to India

Dussehra or Dussera is one of the main festivals of Hindus and celebrated all over the country. The festival is known by another name Vijayadashmi, which means victory on the tenth day. The word "Dussehra" can also be interpreted as "Dasa-Hara", which stands for the cutting of the ten heads of Ravana by Lord Rama. The most popular reason for celebrating is that on this particular day Lord Rama killed the demon Ravana for abducting his wife Seeta. One of the oldest Indian festivals, Dussehra is celebrated across India and has an ancient origin that is steeped in a number of old legends.

Significance of Dussehra :

Dussehra signifies the triumph of Good over Evil and it is also considered to be an auspicious day to begin new things in life. In the Northern part of India, Dussehra commemorates the victory of Lord Rama, over Ravana, the ruler of Lanka, who according to the mythological Ramayana had abducted Sita, the wife of Rama. However, in the Southern, Eastern and Western India, the festival is celebrated as Navaratri, which ends with Vijayadashmi. Here the same festival commemorates the legend in which the Goddess Durga vanquishes the demon Mahishasura.

Gifts for Dusshera:

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Ganesh Chaturthi Festival 2012

Ganesh Chaturthi falls on the fourth day of the Hindu month of Bhadrapada, which falls around August or September. Ganesh Chaturthi 2012 is celebrated on 19th September 2012. Ganesh Chaturthi also knows as "vinayaka Chaturthi" in south Indian states. This Chavithi is celebrated as the birthday of lord ganesha, the son of shiva and parvati. It is an important festival of maharastra, celebrated grandly in other parts of India also. Ganesh Chaturthi starts with installation of these ganesh statues in colorfully decorated at homes. The celebration ends with the immersion of the ganesha's idol into the water. Gifts are exchanged with your dear ones for Ganesh Chaturthi. Giftagift.com offers a wide range of Ganesh Chaturthi gifts like ganesh Idols, pooja hampers, special hampers, ganesh chaturthi specials.