Festivals of India
Indian Festivals
India is well known all over the world as a country of cultural and traditional festivals as it has many cultures and religions. One can enjoy the festival celebration in India every month. As it is a secular country full of diversity in the religions, languages, cultures and castes, it is always crowded with the people involved in the fairs and festivals celebration. People from each religion have their own cultural and traditional festivals. Some of the festivals are celebrated by the people of all religions in the entire nation. Each and every festival is celebrated uniquely in different ways according to the rituals, beliefs and its significant history behind. Each festival has its own history, legend and significance of celebration. Indian origin people in the abroad also celebrate their cultural festival with the immense passion.
India is a country with example of unity in diversity as it contains people of various religions like Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Jain, Christian and etc. Some of the festivals are celebrated at national level whereas some of are at regional level. According to the religions and rituals, festivals have been categorized into following categories:
Hindu Festivals
There are lots of cultural and traditional festivals celebrated by the people of Hindu religion all over the world. Hinduism is considered as the oldest organized religion of the world as well as counted as the third largest religion of the world. Each Hindu festival celebration has a special ritual to be celebrated in that way by the act of worship, offerings to deities, offering Ganga Jal, fasting, bathing in Ganga jal in early morning, feasting, Dan, Dakshina, Puja, Katha, Hoom, aarti and so many. All the people of Hindu religion celebrate their festivals by uniting together in community without any distinction of age, caste and gender.
The dates of the Hindu festivals are fixed according to the dates of the Hindu calendar, lunar calendar which depends on the sun and moon movements throughout the year. Some of the festivals of Hindu are celebrated as the historical mythology, some for seasonal changes and some for cleaning and keeping the environment safe. Some of the festivals celebrations are limited to the specific sects or Indian subcontinent regions.
There are many believes in the Hinduism because of various historical sculptures (Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharata and Ramayana), ancient and sacred religious text (Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda), Hindus deities and etc. The birth and death anniversaries of the god and goddess are also celebrated in the Hinduism with lots of fun and frolic activities such as music, dance and etc. Below is the list of all the Hindu festivals:
Festivals in 2016
Hindu Festivals Date – 2016
Lohri 13th January, Wednesday
Makar Sankranti 14th January, Thursday
Pongal 15th January, Friday
Vasant Panchami 12th February, Friday
Thaipusam 24th January, Sunday
Maha Shivaratri 7th March, Monday
Holika Dahan 23rd March, Wednesday
Holi 24th March, Thursday
Chaitra Navratri 8th April 2016, Friday to 16th April 2016, Saturday
Ugadi/Telugu New Year 8th April, Friday
Gangaur Festival 9th April, Saturday
Mewar Festival 9th April, Saturday – 11th April, Monday
Ram Navami 15th April, Friday
Mahavir Jayanti 19th April, Tuesday
Hanuman Jayanti 22nd April, Friday
Rath Yatra 6th July, Wednesday
Guru Purnima 19th July, Tuesday
Onam 13th September, Tuesday
Raksha Bandhan 18th August, Thursday
Kumbh Mela 29th August 2016, Monday to 18th September 2016, Sunday
Janmashtami 25th August, Thursday
Ramlila 08th September 2016, Thursday to 08 October 2016, Saturday
Ganesh Chaturthi 5th September, Monday
Brahmotsavam 16th September 2016, Friday to 24th September 2016, Saturday
Pitr Paksh 16th September 2016, Friday to 30th September 2016, Friday
Rambarat 8th October, Saturday
Navratra 1st October 2016, Saturday to 10th October 2016, Monday
Dussehra 11th October, Tuesday
Maharishi Valmiki jay
Indian Festivals
India is well known all over the world as a country of cultural and traditional festivals as it has many cultures and religions. One can enjoy the festival celebration in India every month. As it is a secular country full of diversity in the religions, languages, cultures and castes, it is always crowded with the people involved in the fairs and festivals celebration. People from each religion have their own cultural and traditional festivals. Some of the festivals are celebrated by the people of all religions in the entire nation. Each and every festival is celebrated uniquely in different ways according to the rituals, beliefs and its significant history behind. Each festival has its own history, legend and significance of celebration. Indian origin people in the abroad also celebrate their cultural festival with the immense passion.
India is a country with example of unity in diversity as it contains people of various religions like Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Jain, Christian and etc. Some of the festivals are celebrated at national level whereas some of are at regional level. According to the religions and rituals, festivals have been categorized into following categories:
Hindu Festivals
There are lots of cultural and traditional festivals celebrated by the people of Hindu religion all over the world. Hinduism is considered as the oldest organized religion of the world as well as counted as the third largest religion of the world. Each Hindu festival celebration has a special ritual to be celebrated in that way by the act of worship, offerings to deities, offering Ganga Jal, fasting, bathing in Ganga jal in early morning, feasting, Dan, Dakshina, Puja, Katha, Hoom, aarti and so many. All the people of Hindu religion celebrate their festivals by uniting together in community without any distinction of age, caste and gender.
The dates of the Hindu festivals are fixed according to the dates of the Hindu calendar, lunar calendar which depends on the sun and moon movements throughout the year. Some of the festivals of Hindu are celebrated as the historical mythology, some for seasonal changes and some for cleaning and keeping the environment safe. Some of the festivals celebrations are limited to the specific sects or Indian subcontinent regions.
There are many believes in the Hinduism because of various historical sculptures (Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharata and Ramayana), ancient and sacred religious text (Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda), Hindus deities and etc. The birth and death anniversaries of the god and goddess are also celebrated in the Hinduism with lots of fun and frolic activities such as music, dance and etc. Below is the list of all the Hindu festivals:
Festivals in 2016
Hindu Festivals Date – 2016
Lohri 13th January, Wednesday
Makar Sankranti 14th January, Thursday
Pongal 15th January, Friday
Vasant Panchami 12th February, Friday
Thaipusam 24th January, Sunday
Maha Shivaratri 7th March, Monday
Holika Dahan 23rd March, Wednesday
Holi 24th March, Thursday
Chaitra Navratri 8th April 2016, Friday to 16th April 2016, Saturday
Ugadi/Telugu New Year 8th April, Friday
Gangaur Festival 9th April, Saturday
Mewar Festival 9th April, Saturday – 11th April, Monday
Ram Navami 15th April, Friday
Mahavir Jayanti 19th April, Tuesday
Hanuman Jayanti 22nd April, Friday
Rath Yatra 6th July, Wednesday
Guru Purnima 19th July, Tuesday
Onam 13th September, Tuesday
Raksha Bandhan 18th August, Thursday
Kumbh Mela 29th August 2016, Monday to 18th September 2016, Sunday
Janmashtami 25th August, Thursday
Ramlila 08th September 2016, Thursday to 08 October 2016, Saturday
Ganesh Chaturthi 5th September, Monday
Brahmotsavam 16th September 2016, Friday to 24th September 2016, Saturday
Pitr Paksh 16th September 2016, Friday to 30th September 2016, Friday
Rambarat 8th October, Saturday
Navratra 1st October 2016, Saturday to 10th October 2016, Monday
Dussehra 11th October, Tuesday
Maharishi Valmiki jay
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