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  • Korean New Year 2025 Date and Significance: Everything To Know About Seollal To Commemorate the First Day of Lunar New Year

    Korean New Year 2025 Date and Significance: Everything To Know About Seollal To Commemorate the First Day of Lunar New Year

    Korean New Year, also popularly known as Seollal, is one of the most significant traditional holidays celebrated in both North Korea and South Korea as well as Korean diaspora all around the world. This day marks the first day of the lunar calendar and is celebrated over three days: the day before Seollal, Seollal itself, and the day after. Korean New Year 2025 is on Wednesday, February 29. On Korean New Year, people honour ancestors, spend time with family, and look forward to a prosperous year ahead. It is a Korean traditional festival and national holiday commemorating the first day of the lunisolar calendar. Korean New Year 2025 Date: What Makes Seollal So Special? Historical Origins, Significance and Cultural Background To Celebrate the Traditional Festival. 

    As per historical records, Seollal has begun by celebrating the new year as a way to honour ancestor spirits and bring in a bountiful harvest. The customs of Korean New Year were carried on throughout generations. In this article, let’s know more about Korean New Year 2025 date and the significance of the annual event. Korean New Year 2025 Wishes: Share Happy Seollal HD Images, Messages, Thoughtful Greetings, Quotes and Wallpapers on the First Day of Lunar New Year. 

    Korean New Year 2025 Date

    Korean New Year 2025 is on Wednesday, February 29.

    Korean New Year Significance

    Korean New Year holds great significance for Koreans around the globe as the day brings together all the family members for festive meals and joyful times. Traditionally, families gather for ancestral rites called charye to pay respect to their ancestors. This ceremony often includes offering a table of beautifully arranged dishes. Traditional foods like tteokguk (rice cake soup) are eaten and play traditional games symbolising growth and the arrival of a new year. People also wear hanbok, the traditional Korean attire, to marl the significant occasion.

    (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 29, 2025 10:59 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

  • When Is National Youth Day 2025? Know Rashtriya Yuva Diwas Date, Theme, History and Significance To Commemorate the Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda

    When Is National Youth Day 2025? Know Rashtriya Yuva Diwas Date, Theme, History and Significance To Commemorate the Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda

    National Youth Day 2025, also known as Rashtriya Yuva Diwas will be marked on January 12. This annual commemoration is marked on the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda and is sure to be celebrated with great fervour and enthusiasm across the country. The main goal of the celebration of National Youth Day is to help people remember the power that the young Indians hold and encourage them to tap into his power. As we prepare to celebrate National Youth Day 2025, here is everything you need to know about this day, how to celebrate National Youth Day and its significance. Hindu Festivals Calendar 2025: Know Dates of Holi, Chaitra Navratri, Durga Puja, Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali and Other Major Festivals in India. 

    National Youth Day 2025 Date

    National Youth Day 2025 will be marked on January 12.

    National Youth Day 2025 Theme

    The celebration of National Youth Day 2025 will be marked with the theme of “Arise, Awake, and Realize the Power You Hold” and is sure to help people understand the need to pay more attention to the youth of the country, addressing their challenges and making sure they are equipped to bring change. January 2025 Holidays and Festivals Calendar: Check Dates of Important Events in the First Month of the Year. 

    National Youth Day History and Significance

    The celebration of National Youth Day was started by the Government of India in 1984 and has been an important observance ever since. While announcing the observance of National Youth Day on Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, the government stated the “philosophy of Swamiji and the ideals for which he lived and worked could be a great source of inspiration for the Indian Youth Day.”

    The annual commemoration of National Youth Day has been an important day for the government to interact with the youth of India and empower them to bring positive and actionable change in the world through engaging activities and campaigns. National Youth Day is celebrated annually at many centres of Ramakrishna Math, Ramakrishna Mission and their branches with great enthusiasm. A mangal aarti, devotional songs, meditation, sandhya aarti and more are performed in honour of Swami Vivekananda.

    National Youth Day helps the youth of today to remember the teachings of Swami Vivekanada and engage with his work. We hope that National Youth Day 2025 helps you to do just that.

    (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 08, 2025 12:55 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

  • Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 2025 Date and Shubh Muhurat: Know Saptami Tithi, Puja Vidhi and Prakash Parv Significance To Commemorate the Birth Anniversary of the Sikh Guru

    Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 2025 Date and Shubh Muhurat: Know Saptami Tithi, Puja Vidhi and Prakash Parv Significance To Commemorate the Birth Anniversary of the Sikh Guru

    Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 2025 will be marked on January 6. This annual celebration marks the birth anniversary of the tenth and last human Sikh guru – Guru Gobind Singh. Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 2025 will mark the 358th birth anniversary of the noted Sikh guru and is sure to be celebrated with great fervour and enthusiasm by people across the country. The commemoration of Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti is one of the most important observances for practising Sikhs and is celebrated with early morning Prabhat Pheris and special Langars organised at various Gurudwaras across the country. As we prepare to celebrate Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 2025, here is everything you need to know about this day, how to observe Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti, significance, Prakash Parv celebrations and more. Hindu Festivals Calendar 2025: Know Dates of Holi, Chaitra Navratri, Durga Puja, Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali and Other Major Festivals in India. 

    Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 2025 Date and Saptami Tithi

    Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 2025 will be marked on January 6. Guru Gobind Singh Ji was born in Patna, Bihar on December 22, 1666 according to the Julian calendar. However, his birth anniversary is marked on Shukla Paksha Saptami in the month of Paush according to the Hindu Calendar. The Saptami Tithi for Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 2025 begins at 08:15 PM on January 05 and will go on till 06:23 PM on January 06. Purnima 2025 Calendar: Know Full Moon Dates, Poornima Significance and Fasting Rituals for the Auspicious Observance. 

    Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti Puja Vidhi and Significance

    Guru Gobind Singh Ji was the son of Guru Tegh Bahadur, who gave his life to protect religious freedom. His contributions to the religions scriptures of Sikhism – Guru Granth Sahib have immense relevance even today and he was the last human guru of the religion. This is the reason that his birth anniversary is also marked with great fervour and enthusiasm. It is one of the ten Gurpurab celebrations that is carried out across the year by Sikhs across the world. It is important to note that he was also the one who declared the Guru Granth Sahib, which is Sikhism’s Holy Scripture, to be the permanent Sikh Guru.

    These reasons make the celebration of Guru Gobind Jayanti immensely important. To mark this day, people often wake up early, take out large gatherings, called prabhat pheris, where they offer prayers to the Gurus of Sikhism. Reiterating stories of their leadership as well as singing religious songs are also common practice on this day. After this, a lavish langar is organised by the people of the community to serve one another and spread the teachings of Guru Gobind Singh and the holy scriptures.

    (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 01, 2025 11:00 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).