Thursday, November 5, 2009

LIST OF 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, Easter, 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