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  • Father’s Day 2024 Significance: Date, History, And Significance | Culture News

    The third Sunday in June is designated as Father’s Day each year. Father’s Day 2024 is June 16, 2024, this year. The purpose of the day is to honor and celebrate our father. While many other nations observe Father’s Day in June, India observes the holiday in a different month on a different day. It is often forgotten what our father has sacrificed. The day is the ideal chance for us to show our Father how much we appreciate and adore him, as well as to give him thanks for everything. Around the world, people commemorate this unique day with great delight and fervor.

    Date

    As we celebrate Father’s Day on June 16, let us know the history and significance associated with this day.

    History

    Father’s Day was originally observed in the United States in the wake of a mining accident at Fairmont, West Virginia, that claimed hundreds of lives. The identification of this day is also attributed to a woman from Spokane, Washington named Sonora Smart Dodd. Sonora wished to pay tribute to her father, William Jackson Smart, a Civil War soldier who raised his six children by himself following the tragic death of his wife.

    Sonora’s efforts resulted in the first Father’s Day being observed in Spokane on June 19, 1910. The United States of America formally recognized Father’s Day as a national holiday in 1972 when President Richard Nixon signed an executive order.

    Significance

    This day is very important because it carries on the custom of honoring fathers in our lives and the countless sacrifices they have made. Additionally, it gives us a chance to thank them for imparting valuable life lessons and ideals to us. Here are a few justifications for the celebration of this day.

  • Ayodhya gears up for historic Ram Mandir consecration

    The Ram idol will be consecrated on Monday (today), marking the beginning of the opening of the temple in Ayodhya at the birth site of the deity in a watershed moment for the Ram-janmbhoomi movement, Indian politics and history.

    A day before the event, Ayodhya was marked with festive anticipation and revelry by devotees, with men in fatigues from the state police force, CRPF and Rapid Action Force spread across the town in varying intensities. Lata Chowk and the road leading to the Hanumangari temple witnessed the thickest crowds of devotees. The road leading to the Ram temple was cordoned off.

    Ayodhya Ram Mandir Inauguration: Catch all the live action hereOn January 22, outsiders will not be allowed inside the town, unless they are attendees or have valid permissions.

    At the temple, marking the sixth day of pre-rituals, the idol of Ram Lalla was bathed in water from 114 kalash (urns).

    The idol was bathed with medicated water and water brought from various pilgrimage sites from India. The consecration on Monday will be carried out by PM Narendra Modi.

    The muhurat for the ritual on Monday is between 12:29:8 pm to 12:30:32 pm, leaving 84 seconds for the consecration. From about 10 am in the morning for over two hours until the muhurat, a ‘Mangal Dhwani’ (Divine Melody) will be played in the temple courtyard. “In our Indian tradition, on any auspicious festival, a ritual of mangal dhwani or playing traditional music before God has been laid down. In this context, the consecration of Lord Ram is a once-in-a-century moment of pride for every Indian and we will be playing instruments from all regions and states of the country,” Champat Rai, general secretary of the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra said.