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State/UT Location Name of college Festival name Festival Type Assam: Jorhat: Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology: Abeyaantrix: Technical Assam: Tezpur
'special occasion'), [1] also referred to as Utsavam, generally means a festival or celebration or any joyous occasion, mostly associated with Hinduism. [2] [3] It also carries the meaning of delight, merriment and pleasure. [4] The Sanskrit word utsava comes from the word "ut" meaning "removal" and "sava" which means "worldly sorrows" or ...
Vijayadashami (Sanskrit: विजयादशमी, romanized: Vijayadaśamī), more commonly known as Dassahra in Hindi-Urdu, [a] and also known as Dashāhra or Dashain in Bhojpuri, Maithili and Nepali, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Durga Puja and Navarahtri.
The Janmashtami celebration of Mathura and Vrindavan, the places where Sri Krishna had spent his life, are very special. On this day temples and homes are wonderfully decorated and illuminated. Night long prayers are offered and religious mantras are sung in the temples. [16] Radhashtami: Goddess Radha Radhashtami celebration at Iskcon Vrindavan
Raksha Bandhan [3] is a popular and traditionally Hindu annual rite or ceremony that is central to a festival of the same name celebrated in South Asia.It is also celebrated in other parts of the world significantly influenced by Hindu culture.
Inuit dance near Nome, Alaska, in 1900. A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music.This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts.
The celebration of Ugadi is marked by religious zeal and social merriment. [ 13 ] [ 6 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] According to Vasudha Narayanan, a professor of Religion at the University of Florida: [ 16 ] The pacchadi festive dish symbolically reminds the people that the following year – as all of life – will consist of not just sweet experiences ...
Regional and community variations in celebration of the festival and rituals observed exist. Durga Puja is an old tradition of Hinduism, [38] though its exact origins are unclear. Surviving manuscripts from the 14th-century provide guidelines for Durga Puja, while historical records suggest that royalty and wealthy families were sponsoring ...