Princely India

Surguja 

former princely states of India, 

was amongst main states during the rule of the British Empire in India.

 (Surguja District (सरगुजा) is a district in the northern part of the state of Chhattisgarh in India. The district headquarter is Ambikapur.

The district borders on the states of Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, and overlaps the southeastern part of the Vindhyachal-Baghelkhand region of peninsular India.

a princely state)

remembers it's glorious past

(https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.193895373973536.53866.192610050768735&type=3)

an old revenue stamp of then Surguja state

present heir of Surguja State Mr.T.S.Singhdeo

through the festivals being observed by the land and the people

in a free democratic India ..

picture: dated 24th October 2012.

picture: dated 24th October 2012.

picture: dated 24th October 2012.

 picture: dated 24th October 2012.

picture: dated 24th October 2012.

 picture: dated 24th October 2012.

 picture: dated 24th October 2012.

 picture: dated 24th October 2012.

Gates are open of the age-old palace where former king meets with the public. For general public it's an occasion to mix the old glories with the present, sort of recreation and festivity.
picture: dated 24th October 2012.

We live

with an honor for the past,

contentment in the present,

and hope for the future !!

With our festival 

and

 festivities !!

Images Of Imagination

           An Indian festivity

             In God we believe

and
Mythologies we follow !!

         

(This year 2012: Navrathri in the year 2012 starts on 16 October 2012 and ends on    23   October 2012 with Vijayadashami celebrated on 24 October 2012. 6.15am). 

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Navratri (Hindi: नवरात्री Gujarati: નવરાતૃી Bengali: নৗরাতরী Assamese:নোরাত}}Marathi: नवरात्री Punjabi: ਨਰਾਤੇ Kannada: ನವರಾತರೀ Telugu: నవరాతరీ Tamil: நவராதரீ Malayalam: നവരാതരീ ) is a festival dedicated to the worship of a Hindu deity Shakti. The word Navaratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit, nava meaning nine and ratri meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakti/Devi are worshiped. The 10th day is commonly referred to as Vijayadashami or "Dussehra." Navratri is a very important and major festival in the western state of Gujarat and Mumbai, during which the traditional dance of Gujarat called 'Garba' is widely performed and eastern state of West Bengal the northern state of Punjab also celebrates.

# Note:  
....following are the photographs of the podium erected temporarily with the clay idols/images of a common theme and installed in, for a week-celebration, almost in every colony and major squires of the city, to be immersed in water at the end of the week-long festivity and fervor.    

 (a reference link of like: http://throughpicture.blogspot.in/2012/10/gods-in-world-of-men-destroyer.html)

place: chambothi>ambikapur>surguja>india; dated: 21st october 2012

place: jaystambh chowk>ambikapur>surguja>india; dated: 21st october 2012

place: sadar road>ambikapur>surguja>india; dated: 21st october 2012

place: mahamaya chowki>ambikapur>surguja>india; dated: 21st october 2012

place: madhya nagri>ambikapur>surguja>india; dated: 21st october 2012

place: chambothi>ambikapur>surguja>india; dated: 21st october 2012

place: near hanuman temple>ambikapur>surguja>india; dated: 21st october 2012

place: manipur>ambikapur>surguja>india; dated: 21st october 2012

Significance: The beginning of spring and the beginning of autumn are two very important junctions of climatic and solar influence. These two periods are taken as sacred opportunities for the worship of the Divine Mother Durga. The dates of the festival are determined according to the lunar calendar.

Navarathri represents celebration of Goddess Durga, the manifestation of Deity in form of Shakti [Energy or Power]. The Navarathri festival or ‘Nine Nights festival’ becomes ‘ten days festival’ with the addition of the last day, Vijayadashami which is its culmination. On all these ten days, the various forms of Mother Mahisasura-mardini (Durga) are worshiped with fervor and devotion.

Victory of God Rama over Ravana (A mythology about these celebration)

(See also: Ramayana, Shri Rama, and Ravana)

On this day in the Treta Yug, Rama, also called Shri Ram, the seventh avatar of Vishnu, killed the great demon Ravana who had abducted Rama's wife Sita to his kingdom of Lanka. Rama, his brother Lakshmana, their follower Hanuman and an army of monkeys fought a great battle to rescue Sita. The entire narrative is recorded in the epic Ramayana, a Hindu scripture.