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Indian Festivals


Festivals in India

India is a country full of celebrations and the main reasons behind celebrations are nothing but the various festivals in India. There are various religions and these all religions have their separate festivals and celebrating days as per their traditions.

India is the only country which has many holidays and so the wedding season always comes in months of November and March. All the holidays and festivals are as per the Indian lunar calendar or may be as per the Islamic calendar. The days of all the occasions so keeps on changing from year to year as per the Gregorian calendar.

Main festivals in India



Holi

Dipawali

Ponagal

Vasant Panchami

Maha Shivaratri

Makar Sankranti

Bhaiyya Dooj

Buddha Purnima

Christmas

Ganesh Chaturthi

Muharram

Id


Gokulastmi

Hanuman Jayanti

Mahavir Jayanti

Navratri

Raksha Bandhan

Ram Navami

Rath Yatra

Tulasi Vivaha

Nag Panchami

Teej

Onam

Vijaya Dashami


Akshaya Tritiya

Baisakhi

Dhantryaodashi

Gudi Padwa

Guru Purnima

Holla Mohalla

Karva Chauth

Kumbha Mela

Bihu

Durga Puja

Dussehra

Ekadashi


Easter

Good Friday

Independence Day

Janmashtami

Lohri

Nowruz Festival

Paryushan

Pushkar Fair

Ramadan

Ugadi

Varalakshmi Vratam

Vat Purnima

In India there are some special and famous local festivals as per the traditions and cultural activities in the State. Many States have festivals as per the Gods and Goddesses they worship, where as many States have festivals as per the seasons and the tribes residing there.