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Festival name Date - Hindu lunar calendar Date - Gregorian calendar Celebrating or Dieting worshiped Duration Description Gudi Padwa: 1st day of Chaitra: March–April: New Year: One day: The year starts on the first day of Chaitra known as Gudi Padwa] which falls around March or April of the Western calendar.
It is celebrated in and around Maharashtra, Goa & Damaon at the start of Chaitra, the first month of the lunisolar Hindu calendar. The festival is characterised by colourful floor decorations called rangoli, a special gudi dvaja; which is a saari or dhoti or other piece of cloth garlanded with flowers, mango & neem leaves; a sugar crystal ...
The festival of Ganesha Chaturthi, which celebrates the birthday of Ganesha, is observed from 4-10 Bhadrapada in the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) and is the main holiday of the year in Maharashtra. Per the Shaka calendar, the dark fortnight (Krishna Paksha) of Bhadrapada is reserved for the veneration of the dead.
Bullock cart race at a Jatra in Manchar, Maharashtra Kushti competition at Javla. Jatra or Urus are annual festivals held in a large number of villages in the Indian state of Maharashtra during the months of January to May. [1] These may be in honour of the village Hindu deity (Gram devta) or the tomb of a local Sufi pir. [2]
List of festivals of West Bengal. Festivals in Kolkata; List of fairs and festivals in Punjab; List of festivals in Maharashtra; List of festivals of Odisha; Fairs and Festivals in Manipur; category:Festivals in Tamil Nadu
This festival is celebrated for nine days and is recognised as the identity of Telangana. [13] Rath Yatra: Rath Jatra in Puri: Second to tenth day of waxing moon phase of month Ashadha (Hindu Calendar) Rath Yatra is the festival associated with Jagannath.It is the most important festival of Bengalis and Odias . Raja Parba: Raja Doli khela ...
The festival is believed to have originated in Maharashtra and is also known as Shimga. [3] In some places, people make small processions carrying an image of a deity, and the procession ends with the immersion of the deity in a nearby river or pond. Ranga Panchami is a popular festival in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Karnataka.
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