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Falgun Full moon: March: Holika: 1–2 days: falls in Falgun, the last month of the marathi Shaka Calendar. Deshastha celebrate this festival by lighting a bonfire and offering puran poli to the fire. In North India, Holi is celebrated over two days with the second day celebrated with throwing colors.
Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the deity Shiva, between February and March. [3] According to the Hindu calendar, the festival is observed on the fourteenth day of the first half (night start with darkness - waning) of the lunar month of Phalguna.
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
The nine-day festival Chaitra Navratri [5] or Navadurga (or "Nava Durga", the 'nine forms of the Goddess Durga') starts from Chaitra Shukla Pratipada. The first day of month Chaitra is celebrated as Hindu New Year's Day, known as Gudi Padwa [ 6 ] [ better source needed ] in Maharashtra , Puthandu in Tamil Nadu [ 7 ] and Ugadi in Karnataka ...
Shiv Jayanti, also known as Shivaji Maharaj festival, is a festival and public holiday of the Indian state of Maharashtra. This festival is celebrated on February 19, celebrating the birth anniversary of [[Shivaji Maharaj], the first Chhatrapati of the Marathas. He established Hindavi Swarajya (Hindavī Svarājya; "Self-Rule of the hindavi ...
Bhogi is a festival celebrated widely in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. Bhogi is a festival that symbolises renewal and transformation, during which people discard old, unused, or derelict items to make way for new beginnings. [4] At dawn, a bonfire is lit using logs of wood, solid fuels, and unwanted wooden furniture.
Paryushana Parva is one of the most important festival for Jains. Paryusana is formed by two words meaning 'a year' and 'a coming back'. This festival comes in the months of Shravana and Bhadra (August or September). Śvetāmbara Jains celebrate it for eight-days while Digambara Jains celebrate it for ten days. It is also known as Das Lakshana ...
Pahela Falgun (Basanta Utsab) is a Spring festival, also known as the first day of Spring of the Bengali month Falgun. [8] The celebration was started in 1991 by students of Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts. [9] The first of Falgun usually falls on 13 February of the Gregorian Calendar. [10]