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Fairs and Festivals of India |
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The festivals
of India can broadly be themed upon the rituals of the Indian religions celebrated by the people respectively. However, there are many festivals which are celebrated on the basis of Indian regional ethos, local traditions, seasonal and social festivities. This is not storming to believe the fact that India is famous in the world for its being the country of gods, goddesses, saints, gurus, prophets, fakirs and sanayasi |
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. All these festivals of India are knows for their unique character mixed up of colour, gaiety, celebrations, feasts and a variety of prayers and rituals. There is not even a single day in which India does not celebrate one kind or another kind of fairs and festivals. That is why the land of India is sarcastically described as “A Land of Festivals”. Since India is a multi-religious and multi-lingual country, it is but natural to find fetes of all major religions in the world being celebrated in India. Thus, the famous festivals celebrated exclusively by the Hindu community and other communities of India in general are the festival of Holi, Dusshera, Janmashtmi, Hanuman Jayanti, Ganesh Chaturthi, Shivratri, Diwali etc. The famous festivals which are celebrated by the Muslim community of India are Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-zoha, Muharram, Shab-e-Barat etc. The famous festivals of Christians celebrated across the Indian subcontinent are Christmas, Easter, Good Friday Goa Carnival etc. Famous Sikh festivals of India are Gurunanak Jayanti, Holla Mohalla etc. The famous Jain festivals of India are Mahavir Jayanti, Deep Diwali etc. The Buddhist community of India celebrated the festivals of Buddha Purnima, Losar while the Parsi celebrated the festivals of Jamshed Navroz, Khordad Sal and Jewish celebrated the festivals of Feast of Passover and Purim. Besides these religious festivals of India, there are numerous other fairs and festivals that are based on the streams of secular or non-religious festivals like the harvest festivals, Raksha Bandhan, Karwa Chauth, cultural festivals, national festivals, regional festivals and local festivals of India. Besides these festivals of India, the famous Indian fairs are Rajasthan Pushkar Fair, Kumbh Mela at Prayag (Allahabad) and Haridwar in Uttar Pradesh, Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, Nasik in Maharashtra, Bihar Sonepur Fair, and Dadri Cattle Fair in Uttar Pradesh which attracted the tourist from almost all parts of the world.
The state wise with detail description of fairs and festivals of India are given below:
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| ANDHRA
PRADESH |
ASSAM |
BIHAR |
Bangle Festival
Bathkamma
Ganesh Chaturthi
Lumbini Festival
Pongal
Rayalaseema Food and Dance Festival
Ugadi
Visaka Utsav
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Ambubachi Mela
Bihu Festival
Brahmaputra Beach Festival
Tea Festival
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Chhath Festival
Chotonagar Adivasi Mela
Makar Sakranti Mela
Pataliputra Mahotsava
Rajgir Dance & Food Festival
Sonepur Mela |
| CHANDIGARH |
DELHI |
GOA |
Sukhna Lake, the Mysterious Beauty of Nature
Rock Garden Rocks
Rose Garden, the Heaven of Flowers
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International
Citrus Festival
International Kite Festival
Garden Festival
International Mango Festival |
Carnival
Shigmo
International Sea Food Festival |
| KERALA |
GUJARAT |
HARYANA
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Nishagandi
dance Festival
Boat Race, Onam Celebrations
Great Elephant March |
International
Kite Festival
Somnath Festival (Rann of Kutch)
Tarnetra Festival |
Kurukshetra
Festival
Surajkund Craft Mela |
| HIMACHAL
PRADESH |
KARNATAKA |
MADHYA
PRADESH |
Kangra
Valley/Tea Festival
Shimla Summer Festival
Kullu-Dussehra Festival |
Coorg
Festival
Hoysala Mahotsava
Vijayanagar-Hampi Festival |
Bhojpur
Orchha-Shivpuri-Gwalior
Pachmari |
| MAHARASHTRA |
MIZORAM |
MANIPUR
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Elephanta
Festival
Ganesh/Pune Festival |
Chapcharkut
Featival |
Kut
Festivals |
| MEGHALAYA |
NAGALAND
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ORISSA |
| Nongren
Dance Festival |
Autumn
Festival |
Rajrani
Festival, Bhubneswar
Beach Festival, Konark Dance Festivals |
| PONDICHERRY |
RAJASTHAN |
TAMIL
NADU |
| Fete
de Pondicherry/Yoga Festivals |
Desert
Festival, Jaisalmer
Marwar Festival, Pushkar Fair
Jhalawar Festival |
Mahabalipuram
Dance Festival
Ooty Summer Festival
Tea & Tourism Festival, Coonoor |
| UTTAR
PRADESH |
WEST
BENGAL |
JAMMU
& KASHMIR |
Taj
Mahotsava, Agra
Avadh Festival, Lucknow
Akbar Festival, Fatehpur Sikri |
Darjeeling
Tea Festival
Vishnupur Festival
Calcutta/Shantiniketan Festival |
Hemis
Festival |
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Celebrations in India don't just happen; they are events that
are eagerly awaited for throughout the year. Lohari,
Pongal, Bihu, Makara Sankranthi, Basanta Panchami, Holi, Raksha
Bandhan, Janmashtami, Sivaratri, Onam, Ganesh Cheaters, Id-ul-Fiter,
Dusshera, Diwali & Christmas are a factor
that strengthens the bonds of familial affection and concern. |
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