Punjab

Today, Gurpurab or Guru Nanak Jayanti (the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru), also known as the Prakash Utsav, is being celebrated with much aplomb in India and amongst the Sikh community and followers of Guru Nanak Dev all over the world. Prabhat Pheris (early morning singing of hymns starting from...

A quick way to describe the Land of Five Rivers would be to say Punjab is the Frontier of India and the Land of Plenty from where large-hearted, fearless Aryans of Indian Civilization ascend. There is more to the state than crops, rivers, and places of pilgrimage. Punjabis are the...

With the advent of the Shravan of the Hindu lunar calendar, a number of people in the northern states of India and parts of Nepal gear up for Teej. Also known as Hariyali Teej, the festival marks the bounty of hariyali or greenery that the monsoon bestows upon the...