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EID KA CHAND

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CHAND RAAT   (Bengali: চার তাত),  (Urdu: Urdu اند رات),   (Hindi: Night);   Literally moon night) is a Bengali and Urdu-Hindi place used for the eve of the Muslim festival of Eid ul-Fitr in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India;  It can also mean a night with a new moon for the new Islamic month of Shawwal.  Chand Rawat is a time of celebration when family and friends gather in open areas at the end of the last day of Ramadan, which celebrates the Amavasya and marks the arrival of the Islamic month on Eid.  Once the moon is seen, people give each other Chand Rat Mubarak ("A blessed night of Amavasya") or Eid Mubarak ("blessing of Eid day").  Women and girls decorate their hands with mehndi and people prepare sweets for the next day of Eid and do the last round of shopping.  The city streets have a festive atmosphere, and the brightly decorated malls and markets remain open till late at night.   Chand Rawat is celebrated by Muslims all over Sout...

Tik Tok v/s YouTube

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 If you love TikTok, have you watched YouTube vloggers’ reactions to TikTok videos? Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and isolation with people browsing with a vengeance to be the first to send a forward for a good laugh, these YouTube videos are quite the life-saver. The lockdown period all around the globe has also seen a huge swell of TikTok videos of solo-dancing, pranks on family members and roommates, as well as dubbed videos from famous scenes of reality television shows, movies and songs — all of which have the cringe factor. The YouTube reaction videos to the TikTok content are fun if you love puns and have a good sense of humour. The infinite scroll feature of the Internet can offer great things; you can chance upon new books, quirky accounts on social media and, sometimes, you will end up on an interesting page that promises to make you an overnight expert in their given topic.  I experienced the terms ‘the web sucks you in’ and ‘deep dive’ when I realised I had spent ...

RAMADAN (RAMAZAN)

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रमज़ान इस्लामी कैलेण्डर का नवां महीन रमज़ान  या रमदान ( उर्दू  -  अरबी  -  फ़ारसी  : رمضان)  इस्लामी कैलेण्डर  का नवां महीना है। मुस्लिम समुदाय इस महीने को परम पवित्र मानता है। رمضان रमदान बहरैन  के शहर  मनामा  में शाम का वक़्त और खूबसूरत वर्धमान और माह ए रमदान की शुरुआत। अनुयायी मुस्लिम प्रकार धार्मिक उत्सव सामूहिक  इफ्तार  और सामूहिक प्रार्थना अनुष्ठान सौम  (उपवास) ज़कात  और  सदक़ा  (दान धर्म) तरावीह  प्रार्थना कुरान  का पारायण बुरे कामों से दूर रहना, नेक अमल करना, उदार रहना आरम्भ 1  रमजान का महीना समापन 29, or 30  रमजान तिथि इस्लामी कैलेण्डर  (चान्द्रमान) के अनुसार बदलता है। 2019 date 7 May – 4 June [1] आवृत्ति हर 12 चन्द्रमा (चान्द्रमान महीने) समान पर्व ईद उल-फ़ित्र ,  लैलतुल क़द्र इस्लामी कैलेंडर इस प्रकार मुहरम सफ़र रबी अल-अव्वल रबी अल-थानी जमाद अल-अव्वल जमाद अल-थानी रज्जब शआबान रमजा़न शव्वाल ज़ु अल-क़ादा ज़ु अल-हज्जा रमज़ान का चंद्रमा इस मास की विशेषताएं महीने भ...

Indian heritage building

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The  Taj Mahal    lit.  'Crown of the Palace',  [ is an ivory-white marble  mausoleum  on the south bank of the  Yamuna  river in the Indian city of  Agra . It was commissioned in 1632 by the  Mughal emperor   Shah Jahan  (reigned from 1628 to 1658) to house the  tomb  of his favourite wife,  Mumtaz Mahal ; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The tomb is the centrepiece of a 17-hectare (42-acre) complex, which includes a  mosque  and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded on three sides by a  crenellated  wall. Taj Mahal Location Agra ,  Uttar Pradesh ,  India Coordinates 27°10′30″N   78°02′31″E Area 17 hectares [1] Height 73 m (240 ft) Built 1632–53 [2] Built for Mumtaz Mahal Architect Ustad Ahmad Lahauri Architectural style(s) Mughal architecture Visitors 7–8 million [3]  (in 2014) Governing body Government of India