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July 5: Birthday of Guru Hargobind (Sikhism)
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July 7 : Asalha Puja or Dhammacakkha (Dharma) Day (Buddhism)
Celebrated by Theravadin and Western Buddhists as the anniversary of the
Buddha's first sermon, known as 'Turning of the Wheel of Law'. The Buddha
preached the need to follow a 'Middle Way' between self-indulgence and severe
self-denial. |
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July 15 : St. Swithin's Day (Christianity)
St. Swithin's Day is 15th July, a day on which people watch the weather for
tradition says that whatever the weather is like on St. Swithin's Day, it will
continue so for the next forty days. |
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July 19: Lailat al Mi'raj (Islam)
The Night Journey:
The festival celebrates Prophet Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Jerusalem
in a single night on a winged creature called Buraq. |
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July 23: Birthday of Guru Har Krishen (Sikhism)
A festival to worship Krishna |
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July 25: St. James the Great Day (Christianity)
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July 30: Tisha B'av (Judaism)
Day of Mourning:
A solemn festival of fasting and mourning when Jews remember the destruction
of the second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans in AD 70. |
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