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Basant Panchami Festival
Basant Panchami has a specific meaning, Basant means Spring, whereas Panchami means the fifth day of the spring. It falls on Panchami - on the Waxing Moon. The festival lies in the month of January-February...
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Bhai Dooj Festival
After the celebrations of Diwali-there comes the festival of lights - firecrackers and sweets, sisters in India get ready for 'Bhai Dooj'. The festival falls on the second day after Diwali and is celebrated all over the country...
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Buddhist Festival
One of the world’s greatest spiritual leaders and the founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha was born in 563 b.c. as the son of King Shuddhodana and Queen Maya of Kapilavastu at Lumbini, which is now in Nepal...
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Christmas Festival
Christianity came to India in a.d. 52. Twenty years after the crucifixion of Christ, one of his apostles, St. Thomas, is said to have landed on the Malabar Coast, established a few churches and converted...
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Diwali Festival
Diwali (also known as Deepawali), or ‘the festival of lights’ is perhaps the most popular of all Hindu festivals. Like most festivals, Diwali has its mythological and historical bedrock. Legend has it that Hanuman ...
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Durga Puja Festival
Basant Panchami has a specific meaning, Basant means Spring, whereas Panchami means the fifth day of the spring. It falls on Panchami - on the Waxing Moon. The festival lies in the month of January-February....
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Dussehra Festival
Come September and an intangible bubbling excitement begins to charge the Indian air. Folks go about their daily chores as usual. But hey, look closer and you’ll notice the little skip in their steps...
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Eid Ul Fitr Festival
105 million Muslims make India the second most populous Islamic nation in the world. They form India's largest minority and constitute almost 12% of India's total population. Islam is also the most recent ...
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Ganesh Chaturthi Festival
Ganesh Chaturthi or the birthday of Ganesha (the elephant-headed God of Wisdom and Prosperity) falls on the fourth day of the Hindu month of Bhadrapada (around August-September)...
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Holi Festival
Holi is celebrated at a time of the year when everyone has had enough of the chilly winter and looks forward to the warmth of the sun. Trees get fresh new leaves that are at their glossiest...
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Independence Day
When the San Gabriel sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to finally dock at Calicut, a prosperous port and an independent principality on the Malabar Coast in May, 1498, half a century of the Portuguese...
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Janmashtami Festival
Janmashtami is celebrated every year on the 8th day of the dark fortnight that is also known as the Krishna Paksh, in the Hindu month of bhadon (around July-August). The period usually coincides with the rainy season...
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Karva Chauth Festival
Karva ChauthKarva Chauth is a very significant festival for the women of North Indian. Traditionally the Indian woman was expected to uphold family honour and repute. and in order to do that, she was compared...
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Maha Kumbh Festival
Allahabad is located at the confluence of the rivers Yamuna and Ganga. The city is one of the most revered pilgrim centres in the country and has a rich mythological dimension woven into its name. Legend...
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Mahavir Jayanti Festival
Mahavir JayantiAs a religion, Jainism originated around 5th-6th century b.c. Its founder Mahavira was born in 540 b.c., in a suburb of Vaishali called Kundagrama. Vardhamana, popularly known as Mahavira...
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Navratri Festival
Festivals in India epitomise the religious, cultural and social aspirations of the people, and are occasions to reaffirm one's gratitude and allegiance to one's family. Most Hindu festivals are a soul-purifying experience...
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Pushkar Fair
The annual Pushkar fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan is celebrated with great enthusiasm. The festival is an obeisance to lord Brahma, the creator of this world. Situated in Pushkar is the only temple of Brahma ...
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Raksha Bandhan Festival
Mahavir JayantiAs a religion, Jainism originated around 5th-6th century b.c. Its founder Mahavira was born in 540 b.c., in a suburb of Vaishali called Kundagrama. Vardhamana, popularly known as Mahavira or the Great Hero...
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Rath Yatra
Orrisa comes alive in the month of June and July because this is the time when the famous Jagannath Rath Yatra takes place in Puri. People from all across Orrisa and from various parts of India come to take ...
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