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Have you ever had the yearning to hug someone who is miles away from you?

Sending flowers and gifts has been a wonderful way of showing love to your friends and loved ones. When you are far away and want to convey a message to the person you love, you always look for such things that can express your emotions in a perfect manner. All around the world, the tradition of giving flowers is admired by lovers, friends and families. All special occasions either a wedding decorations, anniversaries, first dates and of course birthday celebrations call for beautiful, fresh flowers. If you are thousand miles away from your home and want to send flowers to your family in India, you can do so by just logging onto online flower shops.

The technological advancement has brought many changes in our life. And the prominent one among them is definitely online shopping. With the help of these shopping portals people can now easily send flowers to their loved ones even from far off places. There are a number of websites specializing in sending gifts and flowers. You just have to choose the best that suit your requirements and the rest would be taken care by them.

Earlier, one had to visit floral shops or stalls across the streets and stand around to see bouquets of all sizes. But now in few clicks, you can choose the freshest flower available by florist. They also offer cheap flower delivery services. You can choose from a varied range of floral bouquets for every taste and occasion. Flowers speak the unspoken and represent a symbol of relationship between friends and lovers. So, pick one for your friend, whom you have not seen for months or give to someone you love most.

Now you can send flowers to India through Oflowers, which is one of the leading online florists and offers cheap flower delivery and gifts to its customers. It provides home delivery services across all major Indian cities and a number of international delivery centres. You can choose from an extensive range and send flowers or gifts online at the address and on the date decided by you.

A respectful gesture during religious festivals is to send a gift or a card. Sending flowers works incredibly well for any religion.

There are various flowers associated with particular religions which have become a symbol of their beliefs and practices. For example, the flower of Christianity is generally seen as the Madonna lily whilst the symbol of Hinduism and Buddhism is a Lotus flower, yet different religious holidays and festivals make use of many different kinds of flowers.

In South Africa, the predominant religious holidays and festivals when floral gifts are exchanged include Christmas and Easter for Christianity, Pesach, Rosh Hashanah and Chanukah for Judaism, Deepavali for Hinduism and Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha for Islam.

Christmas
Christmas is the most important festival of the Christian calendar as it celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas is held on the 25th of December and is celebrated for 12 days through Christmastide until the 5th of January.

Flowers and plants related to the Christmas period are poinsettia, Christmas cactus, holly, ivy, the Christmas rose (which flowers during winter in Europe) and mistletoe. These flowers and plants bloom during the winter months in the Northern Hemisphere and are generally used for decoration. The flowers are also mentioned in Christmas hymns and carols. The tradition of “kissing under the mistletoe” is still very well known and involves the hanging of a sprig of mistletoe in one?s house. If two people stand underneath the hanging sprig at the same time, they are required to kiss.

The poinsettia is a red and green plant which is a popular gift at Christmas and used for decorations. Generally the colours associated with Christmas are red, green, silver and gold and many people choose to send a gift of flowers in these colours which are a perfect decoration to any home celebrating this festival.

Easter
Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday following the Paschal full moon, which is the first ecclesiastical full moon in the Northern Hemisphere, occurring over a weekend from a Friday until the Sunday. Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ after he was crucified on the cross. The predominant flower associated with Easter is the Easter lily (Lilyum Longiflorum) as well as the daffodil, atamasco, Madonna lily and the Pasque flower.

Rosh Hashanah, Pesach and Chanukah
Rosh Hashanah, Pesach and Chanukah are three religious holidays featuring in the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah is the celebration of the Jewish New Year and is celebrated in September. Chanukah is the “Festival of Lights” and is a commemoration of the re-dedication of the Jerusalem Holy Temple and is celebrated in December.

Pesach is the holy day celebrating the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt in Biblical times. Pesach is celebrated in April.

All of the Jewish festivals use flowers as decorations. The religion is not specific about which flower should be used, but extremely fine and beautiful flower bouquets are the traditional arrangements given on Jewish holidays. Colours associated with the Jewish religion are blue, white, silver and feature in decor such as floral arrangements with candles.

Deepavali
Deepavali or Diwali is a Hindu festival which focuses on the inner light of all things in existence and is celebrated with fireworks, lights, sending flowers, sweets, sweet meats and festivities over five days, beginning mid October.

It is very common to find many jasmine and marigold flowers during the festival, as these flowers are extremely important to the Hindu religion as a symbol of prosperity. They are threaded into garlands with other flowers which are hung for decoration and are worn for the duration of the festival.

Eid-ul-Fitr
Eid-ul-Fitr, otherwise known as “Eid” is the end of the holy month of fasting (Ramadan) in Islam and is celebrated in September. Muslims celebrate the breaking of the fast by wearing their best attire, visiting friends and family and attending prayer services. Muslims also remember the deceased amongst them and visit cemeteries with large collections of unspecific flowers and gift hampers for children and parents.

This time is celebrated by giving to charity and often hampers are sent to charitable organisations.

Eid-ul-Adha
This festival is known as the Festival of Sacrifice and is the Islamic celebration of the strong faith and obedience of Ibrahim, who was willing to sacrifice his son Ishmael as God had commanded him to do. However, once God saw his faith and obedience, he provided a ram to be sacrificed instead and spared the child. The festival is celebrated in November. It is a popular tradition to send friends and family a gift of flowers during this festival. Special hampers can be used as Hajj gifts.

Why online florists?
Sending flowers for religious holidays is now a far easier task with online florists and reliable flower delivery services.

Most online florists have an extremely detailed and large catalogue of flowers and gifts available on their website with a handy search function and specific sections dedicated to religious flowers. Safe payment facilities, guaranteed products and traceable orders are just some of the benefits of using an online florist to send flowers for religious holidays.