Indian Festivals
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‘Pattadakal’ is a town in the state of Karnataka in India which hosts the famous cultural dance event known as “Pattadakal Dance festival” once in a year in the month of January. The “...
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India’s diverse and rich culture actually holds the thread of its unity. Most of the art forms have evolved over a thousand of years ago and are still practiced. This is not a reflection of the diverse culture bu...
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The “Sabrimala Temple Festival” is a ten day annual festival at the Lord Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala which is considered to be one of the most ancient ‘Sastha’ temples in the country. The f...
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In Goa the Christmas and the feast of three kings are the most celebrated festivals. Even the Hindus here celebrate these festivals. All religions join the celebrations of these festivals. The whole place will be t...
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Navratri is celebrated by all communities and by all age groups in all cities in India. It is celebrated with much hype in Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Mysore and in northern parts of India. This festival is celebrated in t...
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Chemrey Angchok is the most popular festival celebrated in Ladakh. This festival is celebrated for two days with great joy. It is a vibrant and rich celebration which attracts a wide range of tourists. It is a mona...
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The Teesta tea and tourism festival is celebrated to mainly promote tourism. This tourism is jointly organized by the West Bengal Tourism, Sikkim Tourism and the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council. This tourism is supp...
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Losar is one of the most widely celebrated festivals among the Buddhists community in Tibet and the surrounding places. This festival marks the Tibetan New Year and is celebrated with great grandeur and splendor. T...
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There is a huge sculpture of the Pallavas in Mamallapuram. This is the venue for the different forms of dances in the place of Mammallapuram. Mamallapuram dance festival is held in the place of Mahabalipuram of Tam...
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The classical music of south India will reach its peaks in the Chennai music and dance festival in Chennai. This festival is a celebration of dance and music. This festival will be held from mid December to mid Jan...
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The sound of waves, the coral reef, palm leaves dancing in the mild breeze, lush green rain forests, white sand beaches and the chirping of the rare birds is what one can think about the scenically beautiful Andama...
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Makar Sankranti is considered as an auspicious festival by the Hindus and is celebrated in every part of the country in innumerable forms, gaiety, and devotion. This festival is marked when the sun moves from the T...
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A Harvest festival has been a part of every culture since the time man has started planting crops and gathering food. “Pongal” is also one such harvest festival celebrated widely in states like Tamil Na...
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‘A Kerala Village Fair’ or a ‘Gramam’ represents the replica of a traditional Kerala style village. In Malyalam, ‘Gramam’ means village. The ‘Kerala Village Fair’ is ...
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Fourteenth of January is the Makara Sankranthi of the Hindu calendar. This day is celebrated as the kits festival in Jaipur. The sky is filled with all colored kites. The kites willful the sky and give a special lo...
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Ganga Sagar is a renowned Place of Pilgrimage on the western part of the Sunderban Delta in West Bengal. This place is considered to be Holy because here the River Ganga has a confluence with the Bay Of Bengal Sea....
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Makar Mela is celebrated around the middle of January. Makar Sankranti festival comes in this time. 14th of January will be the time for the celebration of this Mela. Sun God is worshipped during this fe...
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A temple of the eleventh century in Modhera of Mehsana district, Gujarat is in ruins. This Sun Temple is the venue for the Modhera Dance festival and is located on the bank of river Pushpavati. The architecture is ...
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The Visakha Utsav is a famous festival celebrated every year in the State of Andhra Pradesh in Vishakhapatnam. The entire city of Vishakhapatnam comes alive during the grand celebration of this festival. It is seen...
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There are ten gurus who are worshipped by the Sikhs. The tenth guru was Guru Gobind Singh. His birthday is celebrated as the Guru Gobind Singh Jayanthi. He was the last guru. There will be more celebrations by the ...
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The “Dehing Patkai” Festival is a festival that showcases the Assamese tribal culture. Assam is a home for a number of tribes and among them there are around 20 tribes which actively take part in the cu...
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Kolkata Festival is an Indian classical musical festival which is held every year in the centrally located open air auditorium in south Kolkata. It is a festival of fun and frolic makes the festival a lively occasi...
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Thai Pushyam is celebrated with great pomp and gaiety in the South India especially in the Tamil Nadu to commemorate the victory of Lord Murugan or Lord Subramanya. The festival falls on a full moon night in the mo...
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The Republic day Celebrations mark the date on which the Constitution of India came into force. Though India became independent of British Rule on August 15th 1947, it did not have a permanent constituti...
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The “Beating of Retreat” Festival is a ceremony which formally closes the Republic Day Celebrations in Delhi the capital city of India. This ceremony is also refereed as the moving ceremony which is hel...
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The Puri Beach Festival disintegrate the regal splendour divergent art, craft & culture from various states, peculiarly the magnificence of Orissa’ s Glorious Culture. There are many Fairs and Festi...
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India is a diverse country where people have assorted beliefs and thoughts. All over India a number of festivals are celebrated in every state. One such festival which is celebrated in the Kashmir valley is “...
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The ‘Lepcha and Bhutia New Year’ is also known as ‘The Farmer’s New Year in Sikkim. ‘The Lepcha New Year’ is also known as ‘Losoong’ and ‘The Bhutia New Year&rs...
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The fifth day of the spring season is celebrated as the Basant Panchami. Basant is the spring season and panchami is the fifth day. Goddess Saraswathi who is the symbol of wisdom is worshipped on this day. There wi...
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The Naguar fair is held in the state of Rajasthan. This is mainly cattle fair which will be celebrated for eight days. This fair will be continued till the months of January and February. This cattle fair is said t...
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Taj Mahotsav Festival is held in the month of Feb/March. This is celebrated in shipgram which is towards the eastern gate of Taj Mahal. This festival will take place for about ten days. Here there s a deep introduc...
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India is a culturally diverse country, owning various forms of dance and classical music. Konark Dance and Music festival is one such festival in Orissa which showcases all the different kinds of traditional dances...
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‘Holi’ is a festival of colors and is an important Festival of India which is celebrated with great enthusiasm particularly in North India. The festival falls on a full moon day of the Phalguna month ac...
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The Friday which is celebrated in advance of the festival of Easter is the most solemn day for Christians. It is the day on which Jesus Christ died on the cross. This day is known as Good Friday. Good Friday ...
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The festival of Gudi Padwa is celebrated on the first day of the Chaitra month. The Maharashtrians celebrate the festival as a New Year. The Gudi Padwa is termed as the Ugadi festival in the states of Andhra Prades...
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The festival of Ugadi is celebrated with a great favor in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The festival is known as Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, whereas in Maharashtra it is called as Gudipadava. The creator ...
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The state of Rajasthan in India is the driest and most arid state. The place of Rajasthan is well known and seen in all its colors during the time of Gangaur. The festival of spring season is dedicated to the...
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The festival of Mewar is a well known feast which is compromised with Rajasthani songs, dances, processions, devotional music and firework display- usually celebrated in the month of March / April. The feast is cel...
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Ram Navami is the birthday of Lord Rama that; the festival falls on the 9th day of the month of Chaitra. The Ram Navami is one of the most important festivals of the Hindus. The festival is celebrated by the Vaishn...
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Mahavir Jayanthi is celebrated by the Jain community on behalf of the birth of Lord Mahavira. Mahavira is also the founder of Jainism. It is the considered to be the most important festival for the Jains. Mahavira,...
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Bakri-Id, the festival of sacrifice is also called as Id-ul-Azha. This is one of the most celebrated festivals in the Muslim community. Bakri-Id is celebrated for three days i.e. on 10th, 11th...
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Gandhi Jayanti is the national festival of India. The birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, father of the nation is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti. It is celebrated with great honor on 2nd October every yea...
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India is a land of festivals and Dussera is one of the important festivals celebrated. It is mainly celebrated by the followers of the Hindu religion. Dussera is basically a celebration marking the victory of the H...
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Large number of muslims are found throughout the globe and have been divided into 2 sub-castes. One is known as “Shia” and another is named as “Sunni”. Though festivals are same for bo...
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Marwar festival popularly known as “Maand” festival is celebrated in the month of October every year in memory of heroes of Rajasthan. This is celebrated for two days. The events organized during this f...
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Diwali, the festival of lights is the most celebrated and most famous festival amongst all the Hindu festivals. It is usually celebrated for five days in most parts of India. And this festival usually falls on the ...
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Diwali give an opportunity for the family to get together. People from everywhere will come to India to see the festival. This is a chance to pray god and also have a good time with the family. Ea...
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Bhai Dooj is celebrated on the fifth day of Diwali. This festival is something like raksha bandhan. The relationship of the brother and sister will be more defined by such festivals. In the year 2012 this festival ...
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Touted to be the world’s largest camel fair, the Pushkar Camel fair is an annual five day festival that takes place is the small town Pushkar in Rajasthan where livestock and camels are bought and sold. Howev...
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The month of Karthik is very important for Hindus. They celebrate this month by praying for many deities. Fairs and festivals are celebrated with pomp and show. Chandrabhaga fair is one of such fair which is held i...
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Children’s day in India is celebrated on the 14 of November. The birth date of Jawaharlal Nehru is celebrated as children’s day in India. The children will get chocolates from the schoo...
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The full moon day of the month of karthik in the Hindu calendar is the Kathika Purnima. The other name of Karthik purnima is Tripuri Purnima. There is a story which tells that a demon called Tripuri was killed by l...
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Guru Nanak Dev was the founder of Sikhism. He was born in 1469 AD in a village, Rai-Bhoj-di Talwandi near Lahore, Pakistan. He was born in a Bedi kshtriya family. Of the ten gurus in Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev was the ...
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Nagaland is referred to as the ‘Switzerland of the East’ for its beautiful scenery. Nagaland is also a home to a number of indigenous tribes and each of these tribes celebrates the festivals with great ...
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Many Christians from all over the country celebrate Birthday of Lord Jesus Christ as Christmas Day held on December 25th.
There are many churches spread all over the country ...
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Rajasthan is state known for its rich culture and tradition in India. The “Winter Festival” is celebrated to honour this rich culture and tradition of the State of Rajasthan. The “Wint...
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New Year symbolizes happiness, celebrations, joy, and excitement. New Year is celebrated grandly to bid farewell to the gone year and welcome the New Year with pleasure. The New Year celebrations start from the 31<...
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Bikaner is a place in Rajasthan. The world famous Bikaner Camel festival is held here. The people from all over the world will come to participate in the camel festival. The camels are displayed with full decoratio...