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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Pargat Diwas&#039;&#039;&#039;, or &#039;&#039;&#039;Valmiki Jayanti&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an annual Indian festival celebrated in particular by the [[Balmikism|Balmiki]] religious group, to commemorate the birth of the ancient Indian poet and philosopher [[Valmiki]], who is thought to have lived around 500 BCE.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Debroy |first=Bibek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=orU8DwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;q=pargat+diwas |title=The Valmiki Ramayana: Vol. 1 |date=2017-10-25 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-87326-26-2 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The festival date is determined by the [[Vikram Samvat|Indian lunar calendar]], and falls on the full moon (Purnima) of the month of [[Ashvin|Ashwin]], typically in late September or early October.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Das |first=K. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0IM3l0v0Z6YC&amp;amp;dq=pargat+diwas&amp;amp;pg=PA238 |title=Global Encyclopaedia of the North Indian Dalits Ethnography (2 Vols. Set) |date=2007 |publisher=Global Vision Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8220-238-2 |pages=238 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Valmiki is revered in India as the author of the Indian epic poem &#039;&#039;[[Ramayana]]&#039;&#039;, and is also worshipped as the [[avatar]] of God by members of the [[Balmiki|Balmiki sect]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&amp;gt; Valmiki himself appears as a major character in the &#039;&#039;Ramayana&#039;&#039;, as a monk who receives the banished queen [[Sita]] into his hermitage and acts as teacher to her twin sons, [[Lava (Ramayana)|Lava]] and [[Kusha (Ramayana)|Kusha]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Kumar Suresh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uw8wAQAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=pargat+diwas |title=People of India: Punjab |date=2003 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-81-7304-123-5 |pages=167 |language=en |author-link=Kumar Suresh Singh}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The &quot;epic metre&quot; in traditional Indian poetry is attributed to Valmiki, with verses consisting of memorable rhyming couplets, suggesting that the poem was intended for public recitation, a common Indian oral tradition.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Pargat Diwas&#039;&#039;&#039;, or &#039;&#039;&#039;Valmiki Jayanti&#039;&#039;&#039;, is an annual Indian festival celebrated in particular by the [[Balmikism|Balmiki]] religious group, to commemorate the birth of the ancient Indian poet and philosopher [[Valmiki]], who is thought to have lived around 500 BCE. The festival date is determined by the [[Vikram Samvat|Indian lunar calendar]], and falls on the full moon (Purnima) of the month of [[Ashvin|Ashwin]], typically in late September or early October. &lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On Pargat Diwas, portraits of Valmiki, typically depicted as a monk wearing saffron-coloured robes and holding a quill and paper, are paraded in processions called &#039;&#039;[[Shobha Yatra]]&#039;&#039; through the main streets of the Balmiki sect&#039;s locality, accompanied by street devotional singing.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=सितारगंज में वाल्मीकि प्रकट दिवस पर भव्य शोभा यात्रा |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttarakhand/rudrapur/story-grand-shobha-yatra-on-valmiki-manifest-day-in-sitarganj-2798350.html |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Hindustan |language=hindi}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Valmiki is revered in India as the author of the Indian epic poem &#039;&#039;[[Ramayana]]&#039;&#039;, and is also worshipped as the [[avatar]] of God by members of the Balmiki sect. Valmiki himself appears as a major character in the &#039;&#039;Ramayana&#039;&#039;, as a monk who receives the banished queen [[Sita]] into his hermitage and acts as teacher to her twin sons, Luv and Kush. The &quot;epic metre&quot; in traditional Indian poetry is attributed to Valmiki, with verses consisting of memorable rhyming couplets, suggesting that the poem was intended for public recitation, a common Indian oral tradition.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On Pargat Diwas, portraits of Valmiki, typically depicted as a monk wearing saffron-coloured robes and holding a quill and paper, are paraded in processions called &#039;&#039;[[Shobha Yatra]]&#039;&#039; through the main streets of the Balmiki sect&#039;s locality, accompanied by street devotional singing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;== References ==&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Balmiki]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Balmiki]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Religious festivals in India]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Religious festivals in India]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pargat Diwas&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Valmiki Jayanti&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, is an annual Indian festival celebrated in particular by the [[Balmikism|Balmiki]] religious group, to commemorate the birth of the ancient Indian poet and philosopher [[Valmiki]], who is thought to have lived around 500 BCE. The festival date is determined by the [[Vikram Samvat|Indian lunar calendar]], and falls on the full moon (Purnima) of the month of [[Ashvin|Ashwin]], typically in late September or early October. &lt;br /&gt;
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Valmiki is revered in India as the author of the Indian epic poem &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Ramayana]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and is also worshipped as the [[avatar]] of God by members of the Balmiki sect. Valmiki himself appears as a major character in the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ramayana&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, as a monk who receives the banished queen [[Sita]] into his hermitage and acts as teacher to her twin sons, Luv and Kush. The &amp;quot;epic metre&amp;quot; in traditional Indian poetry is attributed to Valmiki, with verses consisting of memorable rhyming couplets, suggesting that the poem was intended for public recitation, a common Indian oral tradition.&lt;br /&gt;
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On Pargat Diwas, portraits of Valmiki, typically depicted as a monk wearing saffron-coloured robes and holding a quill and paper, are paraded in processions called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Shobha Yatra]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; through the main streets of the Balmiki sect&amp;#039;s locality, accompanied by street devotional singing.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Religious festivals in India]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Hindu festivals]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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