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What is Maha Shivaratri? Maha Shivratri, or simply Shivratri, is a Hindu festival celebrated all across India. The name literally means ‘the great night of Shiva’. The auspicious time begins at sundown on the the 13th night during the month in the Hindu calendar and ends at sundown the following day. Since the date of…

World Book Day changes lives through a love of books and shared reading. The charities mission is to promote reading for pleasure, offering every child the opportunity to have a book of their own.    This year, World Book Day is on the 4th of March.  The Early Years took part in celebrating all things…

Vasant Panchami is a festival that marks the beginning of preparations for spring season. It is celebrated by people in various ways depending on the region. Vasant Panchami also marks the start of preparation for holiday and Holi which occurs forty days later. For many Hindus, Vasant Panchami is the festival dedicated to goddess Saraswati…

Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Lent – the 40 days leading up to Easter – was traditionally a time of fasting and on Shrove Tuesday, Anglo-Saxon Christians went to confession and were “shriven” (absolved from their sins). A bell would be rung to call…