August 15th 2015: 69th Independence Day of India (Sanskrit: स्वतंत्रता दिवस)

1. Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi) was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. 2. She was born as Kunjamma in the temple city of Madurai on September 16th, 1916 into a family of musicians. 3. She began her Carnatic classical music training under Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and then Hindustani classical training under Pandit Narayan Rao Vyas […]
Ganesha Chaturthi , also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi , Vinayaka Chaviti (Devanagari: गणेश चतुर्थी, Kannada: ಗನೆಶ ಚತುರ್ಥೀ, Telugu: వినాయక చవితి), is the birthday of Lord Ganesha, the god of wisdom, prosperity , good fortune and the one who removes obstrucles in life. Ganesh Chaturthi is one of the important Hindu festivals celebrated throughout India with […]