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Pages in category "Harvest festivals in India" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations in Victoria Park, Hong Kong. A harvest festival is an annual celebration which occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. . Given regional differences in climates and crops, harvest festivals can be found at various times throughout the wo
Pongal (IPA: / ˈ θ aɪ ˈ p oʊ ŋ ʌ l /) is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival celebrated by Tamils.The festival is celebrated over three or four days with Bhogi, Thai Pongal, Mattu Pongal and Kaanum Pongal, beginning on the last day of the Tamil calendar month of Margazhi, and observed on consecutive days.
It is an important harvest festival in India. Kanuma Maagam 15 or 16 January Third day of the four-day Sankranthi festive season.Kanuma festival is a significant event in Andhra Pradesh which celebrates cattle worship.
Wangala is also called the festival of "The Hundred Drums", a harvest festival celebrated by the Garo tribe, who live in Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Assam in India and Greater Mymensingh in Bangladesh. [1] In this post harvest festival, they give thanks to 'Misi Saljong', the sun god, for blessing the people with a rich harvest. Wangala is ...
A month-long Hindu festival observed in the month of Shravan (July–August) at the Baba Baidyanath Dham temple in Deoghar, Jharkhand, India. Shravani Mela is one of the largest religious gatherings in India, attracting millions of devotees, primarily the Kanwariyas, who undertake a pilgrimage to offer holy water from the Ganges to Lord Shiva .
Vaisakhi is a harvest festival for people of Northern India. [129] Chander and Dogra (2003) state that in Punjab, Vaisakhi marks the ripening of the rabi harvest. [ 125 ] Vaisakhi, the Hindu Solar new year, also marks the Nepalese, Punjabi and Bengali New year. [ 185 ]
Magh Bihu (also called Bhogali Bihu (of eating Bhog i.e. enjoyment) or Maghar Domahi is a harvest festival celebrated in Assam, North-East India, which marks the end of harvesting season in the month of Magh (January–February). [1] A bonfire (Meji) is lit for the ceremonial conclusion and prayer to the God of Fire. [2]