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| Diwali Festival |
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| One of the grandest Indian festivals celebrated across the world is Diwali or Deepavali, which means `row of lights`. It is celebrated all over India with equal enthusiasm and zeal, in the month of October-November. Hindus all over India celebrate Diwali whole-heartedly, and everyone celebrates Diwali in his own way. Lighting up entire hou...
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| Ratha Yatra |
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| Ratha Yatra , one of the famous indian temple festival , is celebrated in Puri in the state of Orissa. It has a famous shrine of Krishna in the form of Jagannath, the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu.
In honour of Lord Jagannath, the people celebrate the "Car Festival" on the Bright Fortnight of Ashadha (June - July), which is also known as the ...
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| New Year Festivals |
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| New Year Festivals are celebrated on a grand scale in almost all the regions of India.This Indian festival is also described as a new year festival as it marks the end of the year and beginning of the new year. Indian New years festivals are different from state to state and region to region.The new year festivals celebrated in India are Ugadi, Los...
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| Kurukshetra Mela |
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| Fairs are held during the solar and lunar eclipses at Kurukshetra. There are several shrines on the extensive plains of Kurukshetra, but the holiest place for meritorious bathing is a pool, near the town of Thaneshvar, filled from sacred river Saraswati. Bathing here is considered particularly efficacious in purifying the soul. Another sacred tank ...
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| Republic Day Festival |
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| Republic Day is India`s great Indian festival which It is celebrated every year on January 26 in New Delhi with great pomp and pageant and in capitals of the States, as well as at other headquarters and important places with patriotic fervor. Republic Day reminds us of the fulfillment of the pledge that was made on the midnight of Independen...
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| Festivals of Kerala |
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| The south Indian state of Kerala is referred to as the God`s own country and is renowned for a wide plethora of colorful festivals. The festivals of Kerala are an integral part of the Indian festival. Each and every community and religion has some festival to celebrate all throughout the year. The festivals celebrated in Kerala are Onam, Vishnu...
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Onam •
Thomas Mount Feast •
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