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NAVREH SPECIAL UPDATE FROM KOSHUR
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Navreh
The New Year Day in Kashmir
The current year picture of Lord
Shiva is outcome of a spiritual vision of a person and we gave a
practical shape especially the colours of this picture. The five heads symbolize
the five aspects of Ishwar - srushtee, sithithi, samhar, anugreh and vilaya - this is what is
Lord Shiva of Kashmir all about.
Courtesy: Satisar Foundation, Jammu
(NOTE: Download
and save the calendar image in its original size
on your hard disk)
Navreh falls on March
23rd this year,
with Thaal Barun on March 22nd. Kashmiri Pandits celebrate
their New Year's Day, Navreh, on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada or the first
day of the bright fortnight of the month of Chaitra. The word 'Navreh'
is derived from Sanskrit 'Nava Varsha' meaning the New Year. On the eve
of Navreh, which falls on Amavasya or the last night of the dark fortnight,
they keep a thali filled with rice, a cup of curds, a bread, cooked rice,
some walnuts, an inkpot and a pen, a silver coin and the Panchanga of the
New Year, as the first thing to be seen at the Brahma Muhurta or the wee
hours. The Panchanga popularly known as Nechi Patri (Nakshatra Patri) is
an almanac giving important astrological configurations and auspicious
tithis or dates and other useful religious information for the coming year.
Keeping the Nechi Patri handy for consultation is a tradition followed
in every Kashmiri Pandit household where religious and even social obligations
are performed according to the tithis, mathematically calculated in it. (source:
http://ikashmir.net/navreh/article3.html)
Navreh Thaal
Picture Provided by: Dalip Langoo
Navreh:
The New year Day in Kashmir
Navreh is the lunar
new year which is celebrated in Kashmir and many other parts of the country.
This coincides with the first day of the Chaitra (spring) Navratras. It
is the first day of 5074 of the Sapath Rishi Samvat which falls on March
29, 1998, this year and is the oldest new year. It is this calendar, according
to which Hindus generally celebrate their birthdays, anniversaries, festivals
and other religious functions.
http://ikashmir.net/navreh/article1.html
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The Significance
of Navreh - A Shakta Interpretation
Kashmiri Pandits celebrate
their New Year's Day, Navreh, on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada or the first
day of the bright fortnight of the month of Chaitra. The word 'Navreh'
is derived from Sanskrit 'Nava Varsha' meaning the New Year. On the eve
of Navreh, which falls on Amavasya or the last night of the dark fortnight,
they keep a thali filled with rice, a cup of curds, a bread, cooked rice,
some walnuts, an inkpot and a pen, a silver coin and the Panchanga of the
New Year, as the first thing to be seen at the Brahma Muhurta or the wee
hours.
http://ikashmir.net/navreh/article3.html
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Questions
about Navreh Thaal
What is the significance of the early morning
thaal, and all the items on it ?
http://ikashmir.net/navreh/article2.html
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