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Fair and festival holidays of India is very popular all over the world because India is a land of world’s oldest civilization with a myriad of fairs and festivals of all religions, communities and tribes, in rhythm with the cycle of the seasons, with sowings and harvesting. Indians are celebrating their fair and festival holidays with processions, prayers, new attires, dance, music etc. that attract the even the tourists coincide their trip to India with the popular Indian fairs and festivals. Some of the important fair and festival holidays of India are festival holidays of Dusshera, festival holidays of Ganesh Chaturthi, festival holidays of Eid-ul-Fitr and Bakra Eid, festival holidays of Christmas and Easter, festival holidays of Diwali, Holi, Raksha Bandhan and Onam. Besides these, there are other fairs and festivals holidays like, Pongal, Baisakhi, Buddha Jayanti, Kumbh Mela, Nagaur Fair, Gangasagar Mela, Urs Ajmer Sharif, Pushkar Fair etc. |
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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. 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.
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state wise with detail description of fairs and festivals
of India are given below: |
| 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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