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           Story of Govardhan Puja Govardhan worship is done the next day of Deepawali. People also know it by the names of Annakoot. This festival has great importance in Indian life. In this festival human beings have a direct connection with nature. This festival has its own recognition and folklore. Cows are worshiped in the Govardhan Puja. It is said in the scriptures that the cow is sacred like the Ganga in rivers. The cow has also been described as the goddess Lakshmi. As the goddess Lakshmi provides happiness, so does Gao Mata also provide health money from her milk. Their calf grows grain in fields. Thus the cow is reverend and respectable for the entire human race. To express devotion to cow, Gordhan is worshiped on the day of Kartik Shukla Paksha Pratipada, and as a symbol of the cow's cow. When Krishan kept the Govardhan mountain on his smallest finger for seven days to avoid the torrential rain of the Brajwasi people...

         Dhanteras Special Dhanteras  also known as Dhanatrayodashi  is the first day that marks the festival of Diwali in India. Dhanteras is celebrated on the thirteenth lunar day of Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in the Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar month of Karthik. Dhanvantari, who is also worshipped on the occasion of Dhanteras, is the god of Ayurveda who imparted the wisdom of Ayurveda for the betterment of mankind and to help rid it of the suffering of disease. This day is also regarded as the birth of God Dhanvantari, the Physician of Gods, who came out during Samudra Manthan, the churning of the great ocean by the gods and the demons.         Celebrations on Dhanteras Dhanteras marks the beginning of the five day festivities of Diwali, The festival is celebrated as "Lakshmi Puja" is performed in the evenings when tiny diyas of clay are lit to drive away the shadows of evil spirits. Bhajans, devot...