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My Mother Celebrates Dhanteras Her Way Women buying metal utensils on Dhanteras ahead of Diwali festival at Boring road on November 2, 2021 in Patna, India. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) Hindus believe that buying materialistic things at Dhanteras—the day Goddess Lakshmi arrives, just before Diwali—can bring luck and prosperity. On this day the market can be seen packed with people: moneyed people buy gold, expensive clothes, cars, etc.; the middle class buy silver, utensils, electronic goods, clothes, etc.; but both classes buy brooms—which is considere

Bortol People lighting earthen lamps and inscense under the banyan tree at Bortol. Every year, people come in their hordes to attend the mela at Bortol. They offer ducks and ash gourds to the temple and ask god to fulfill their wishes. The unique prasad is another attraction to them. Bortol, which is a place of worship for Hindus, has been attracting me for a long time. I heard many stories about it, some of which I found to be quite interesting. Though it is not far from my hometown Golaghat, I couldn't arrange a visit to it, especially when melas were organized there. L

Golaghat Celebrates 75th Anniversary Of Independence: Images The Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Golaghat. In 15th August 1947, India won independence from Britain. However, it was not an easier task for the people of India to achieve the independence from British Empire; it took them nearly 90 years to free the country from British rule. In that period of struggle for independence, many people were imprisoned or tortured; many lost their lives. Yet, unfortunately, as soon as the independence was won, it divided India and Pakistan by partition, which resulted in one of the history's