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  Talk:Chingam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Chingam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Malayalam calendar.
Chingam (Lion) is referring to the Leo zodiac constellation.
This page was last modified 01:27, 22 July 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chingam   (102 words)

  
 Keral Tourism
Onam is the most important national festival of Kerala, falls in the month of Chingam (August-September).
The most popular legend is that Mahabali, the legendary king who ruled over Kerala in an age of plenty and was pushed down to the infernal regions by Lord Vishnu in the form of Vamana, returns to see his people once a year.
The most important of the boat regattas are held during the Onam season in Chingam (August-September) in the Alappuzha and Kottayam districts.
www.keral.com /tourism/tourism/festivals.html   (895 words)

  
 A Short History of the S.M.High School, Tattamangalam From 1890 to 1950
As for the Acquittance Roll, it is seen to have been maintained only from Chingam 1086, that is 26 years after the starting of the school.
All our facts regarding the history of the school during the first 25 years of its life have, therefore, to be based on these two records and also on the evidence of old boys who studied during that period.
It was during this period that the standard of the school was raised to that of a High School and Form IV was opened in Mithunam 1117 and forms V and VI in the years 1118 and 1119.
in.geocities.com /goldengun888/shorthistory.htm   (2204 words)

  
 Payangal mudivathilai!
Chingam or Bhadrapada, the first month of the calendar ushers in ONAM, the national fiesta of Kerala.
It is believed that during those days the whole of Chingam was celebrated as Onam season.
There used to be a time in my life when I used to wait for sunday evening to come so that I can go to my neighbour's home and watch Giant Robot on the television.
www.tamizhan.com /tags/10   (1487 words)

  
 The Hindu : Kerala / Kollam News : Malayalam New Year celebrated with gaiety
Temple rituals and exchange of greetings and gifts marked the Malayalam New Year celebrations on the occasion of the commencement of the Malayalam month of Chingam here today.
Chingam 1 marks the beginning of Kollavarsham 1180.
All temples were crowded with devotees early in the morning as many began the new year by offering prayers.
www.hindu.com /2004/08/18/stories/2004081807970300.htm   (289 words)

  
 Festivals Of India > Onam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Onam is the most important harvest festival of Kerala and is an attraction for thousands of people within and outside the state.
Ranging from four days to ten days, all the activities during this season are cantered around worshipping, music, dances, sports, boat races and good food.
It is celebrated in the Malayalam month Chingam (ending of August and beginning of September).
festivalsofindia.in /pragati1/festivals/onam   (1773 words)

  
 Kerala Festivals.com - celebrate with your loved ones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
This is the time to welcome the King Mahabali, time to reap the harvest and to rejoice.
Onam is a ten day festival held in the month of "Chingam" according to Malayalam calendars.
The carpenter, the barber, the goldsmith, the flsmith, the agricultural laborersall have a place on the boat.
www.keralafestivals.com /html/onam.htm   (1655 words)

  
 Feature
In case monsoon happens to be active during the Onam week, it can diminish the festivity and glory of this popular occasion.
The Thiruonam star day of the Malayalam month, Chingam, is the important Onam day.
This year Chingam 9 (August 25) is the Thiruonam Day.
pib.nic.in /feature/fe0899/f2308991.html   (547 words)

  
 Festivals and fairs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Onam, the most typical Kerala festival which coincides with month of harvest season in an occasion for spontaneous revelry.
It celebrates the home coming of Mahabali, the legendry king who ruled over Kerala in an age of plenty and was pushed down to the infernal regions (Pathalam) by Vishnu in the form of Vamana.Onam is being celebrated as a national festival under Government auspices.
It is celebrated in the month of Chingam (August - September).
www.cochinbackwater.com /festivals.htm   (923 words)

  
 Guruvayur Devaswom
On the Uthradam day of the month of Chingam (August- September), thousands of devotees bring "Kazhcha kulas" (bunches of Banana) as offering to the Lord.
Ashtami Rohini in Chingam (August-September) is the birthday of Lord Krishna.
It is a formal beginning of the use of rice from the new harvest season for offering in the temple.
www.guruvayurdevaswom.org /oreligious.shtml   (700 words)

  
 Keralabeckons.com - Festivals
Events to mark the beginning of the Onam festival on the Atham day of the Malayalam month Chingam at Tripunithura, Kochi.
It commemorates the legendary rule of King Mahabali, during which time the people were so happy that it aroused the jealousy of the gods.
On celebrations are on for ten days, beginning with the atham day of the Malayalam month chingam.
www.keralahub.com /festivals.htm   (969 words)

  
 KoreaTimes : Bumpae Festival Reenacts Buddhist Music and Dance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Although Buddhism was introduced here in the fourth century, Bumpae was not introduced to Korea until the ninth century during the Unified Silla Kingdom from the Tang Dynasty of China by Buddhist priest Chingam Sonsa.
Chingam Sonsa studied Buddhism in China and taught Bumpae in Okchon-sa Temple which is now located in Kosong, South Kyongsang Province.
It was localized and developed after having been informed by word of mouth for a long time along with the Buddhist dance called ``Jakbub.’’ Now only some monks can study and complete the course of Bumpae since it is so difficult to master.
times.hankooki.com /lpage/culture/200407/kt2004070718184011710.htm   (453 words)

  
 Keralaonline.com - Onam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Chingam or Bhadrapada, the first month of the calendar ushers in ONAM, the
The myths and beliefs connected with Onam travel back to the times of King Mahabali, the mythical monarch of Kerala and undoubtedly the most loved ruler.
Onam is celebrated with focus on different cultural aspects in each place.
www.keralaonline.com /onam/legend.htm   (1999 words)

  
 Southindia.com- Kerala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Among the typical festivals of Kerala the Vallomkali or boat regatta has a palce of honour.
The most important of the boat regattas are held during the Onam season in Chingam (August-September) in the Allapuzha and Kottayam districts.
Aranmula is the venue of the famous sake boat regatta held on the Uttrattati day in connection with the Onam festival.
www.southindia.com /kerala-festival.html   (1108 words)

  
 Kerala Info Service-Looking for information on Kerala. This is the place. Trivandrum-hotels, hospitals, elections
The blare of amplifiesr with 1000s of watts of musical power, are distinctly not part of traditional onam.
This calendar system was begun on Chingam 1, 825 A.D. which happened to be 15-th of August (some do not agree with this date).
Udaya Marthanda Varma was king of Kerala around the year 825 A.D. I said "around the year 800 A.D." because nothing is known about his majesty other than the fact that he founded a new Era.
www.angelfire.com /nt/vmp/onam.html   (983 words)

  
 New Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Month of Chingam, is good for your children but Thulam they may suffer from sickness.
Fights among couples in the month of Karkdakaom and family problems, stress in the month of Chingam are expected.
Sorrow due to children is expected in the month of Chingam.
www.kudamaloorsarmaji.com /hor04.htm   (836 words)

  
 CalicutNet.com - Your Town. Kannur (Cannanore). Festivals.
The traditional Hindu in the district observes a number of religious festivals.
Among them the prominent ones are Vinayaka Chathurthi (in the month of Chingam, August-September), Ashtami Rohini (in Chingam), navarathri (in Kanni, September-October), Mahasivarathri (in Kumbhom, February- March), Onam (in Chingam), Vishu (in Medom, April- May) and pooram (in Meenam, March- April).
The navarathri festival is a nie day festival and a favourable period for the worship of Sakthi.
www.calicutnet.com /yourtown/kannur/festivals.htm   (399 words)

  
 Vallabhi: Its Onam time !!!
Kerala, the land of colorful festivals, usually called as 'God's Own Country' celebrates Onam as its national festival in the late August or early September (ie, Malayalam month of Chingam) which is usually marked by some high-spirited celebrations down south in Kerala.
People in the southern Indian coastal state of Kerala, irrespective of their religion, go crazy over the state festival of Onam, with ten days of feasting, boat races, song, dance and merriment.
This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
vallabhi.blogspot.com /2004/08/its-onam-time.html   (743 words)

  
 Events - greatest festival of Kerala [tvmLive.com]
The request was accepted and the date of his visit was fixed as the Thiruvonam day in the month of Chingam.
Another story aout Onam is that, Mahabali Perumal of Thrikkakkara celebrated a twenty-eight daylong Onam starting from the Thiruvonam day of karkataka.
But the main celebration was in the Thiruvonam day of Chingam.
www.tvmlive.com /events/onam   (1075 words)

  
 Maphryono Mor Baselios Shakralla
Thus in Chingam 1748, the Patriarch summoned Ramban Shakralla from Aleppo and consecrated him Maphriyono, and also promoted Mor Ivanios of the St.Behanan Monastery, in the title – 'Mor Gregorios' of Jerusalem.
Chingam 1749 the Patriarch asked MarThoma to receive the Maphrian warmly.
The Maphriyono Mor Baselios Shakralla took with him 18 valuable volumes of his own library and holy vessels, worth Rs.3000/- and another set of 40 volumes presented by the Patriarch, besides the Holy Moroon and oils and relics of the saints.
www.syriacchristianity.org /bio/MorShakralla.htm   (1731 words)

  
 When is Onam,Onam Date,Onam Festival Date,Onam Calendar,Onam Date 2005
Vibrant and colorful harvest festival of Onam is celebrated in the beginning of the first month of Malayalam Calendar (Kolla Varsham) called Chingam.
The day is decided in accordance with the legend of King Mahabali in whose honor Onam is celebrated.
People believe that it was this particular day in the month of Chingam when Lord Vishnu took his fifth avatar as Vaamana, appeared in the kingdom of King Mahabali and send him to nether world.
www.onamfestival.org /when-is-onam.html   (438 words)

  
 KoreaTimes : [Travel] Ssanggye-sa Temple: Birthplace of Traditional Korean Tea, Buddhist Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Later, in 840, during the reign of King Chonggang in the late United Silla Dynasty, the name was changed to Ssanggye-sa.
According to legend, when a monk named Chingam brought tea seeds from China, he spread the seeds around the temple, the temple thus becoming the first place in Korea where tea was cultivated.
According to temple lore, after watching fish swim in the nearby Somjin River, the esteemed monk Chingam, the founder Buddhist music in Korea, composed Eosan, a piece of Bompae music composed of eight tones and rhythms, after which this pavilion was named.
times.hankooki.com /lpage/culture/200405/kt2004052617550252970.htm   (1308 words)

  
 Kollam - Not Just Cashew And Fish   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
In that year, Persian immigrants set up a township in Kollam and built a town there, having received a charter of privileges from the Raja of Venad (/vEnaad/).
According to one historical view, in that year, King Udaya Marthanda Varma of Venad convened at Kollam a grand assembly of Kerala's learned men in order to introduce a new era which the assembly resolved would be adopted from the first Chingam (Malayalam month) of the year.
In Kollam, over the centuries, merchants from all over the world gathered and contributed to the city's reputation as a centre of a flourishing mercantile community.
www.bangalorenet.com /system1/utkarsh/kollam.htm   (520 words)

  
 Welcome to Sixam Holidays - Tour Packages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
It falls in the Malayalam month of Chingam (Aug-Sept).
Legend states that Onam is celebrated as the home coming of Mahabali, the king who ruled over Kerala in the age of plenty and was pushed down to the infernal regions (Patala) by Lord Vishnu in the form of Vamana.
It is held in the month of Chingam (Aug- Sept).
www.sixamholidays.com /festivals.htm   (1473 words)

  
 Ernakulam,Travel Ernakulam,Tourism in Ernakulam,Ernakulam Travel Tours,Ernakulam in Kerala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
The oldest synagogue in India, it was built in 1586 AD by the prosperous Jewish community whose links with Kerala began in Kodungalloor in northern Kerala.
The festival of Attachamayam is held on the Atham day of the Malayalam month of Chingam (August/ September), at the historical town of Tripunithura, near Kochi more..
The Cheeyappara and Valara waterfalls are located between Neriamangalam and Adimali on the Kochi - Madurai highway.
www.kerala-travel-tours.com /kerala_india_cities/ernakulam_travel_tourism.html   (779 words)

  
 Kerala - The Festivals
Chingam, the first month of the Malayalam calendar has dawned.
After the build-up of excitement and preparation of nine thrilling days, there is a rush to wake up....This is one of the enchanting images of Onam for every Keralite.
He was born in Kerala on a bright Onam day!!
www.angelfire.com /mn/saga/onamfestival.html   (1114 words)

  
 Indian Festivals
Onam is a four-day harvest festival celebrated in Kerala.
It falls in the Malyali month of Chingam, marking the end of the life-giving monsoon and the advent of spring.
Mythologically, the event celebrates the annual visit of King Mahabali.
www.webonautics.com /ethnicindia/festivals/onam.html   (564 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT Travel: A travel feature on Onam in Kerala, India
It is an event to celebrate and display the physical might of the people who are happy and content.
The most famous boat race in Kerala is the Aranmula Vallam Kali conducted on the Uthrittathi day of Chingam, the month in which Onam is celebrated.
Aranmula is known all over the world for its aranmula kannadi or ornate mirrors...
specials.rediff.com /travel/sep/01onam1.htm   (494 words)

  
 ASTROLOGY FOR BEGINNERS-2
In this system each column is named after the names of
Rasi named Meenam and it is on 8 degrees and 58 kalas on Kumbam Rasi.
So you can mark Sun in Chingam Rasi or the 5 th house and Venus on 11 th
www.geocities.com /jyothishkerala/les2.htm   (649 words)

  
 Mor Dionysius Mikhayel, Alummoottil (1880-1956)
Mikhayel accompanied Mor Dionysius to Kottayam where he continued his education at M.D. Seminary and Old Seminary.
He was ordained shamshono by Parumala Mor Gregorius and on Chingam 15, 1910 was ordained priest by Vattasseril Mar Dionysius.
Qasheesho Mikhayel served as member on the Kayamkulam town improvement committee and later in the Sree Moolam Praja Sabha.
sor.cua.edu /Personage/Malankara/MDionysiusMAlummoottil.html   (228 words)

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