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here for a Month-wise list of some important festivalsI ndia
is a land of myriad festivals, in rhythm with the cycle of the seasons, with sowings
and harvesting. and around them have grown legends, most depicting the victory
of good over evil. These fairs and festivals lend color and gaiety to life and
Indian calendar is marked by plethora of such big and small occasions. Some festivals
are of religious nature, others are related more to, change of season and harvesting.
They have a long past and many have undergone major modifications. Though the
enthusiasm for some also seems to be fading, nevertheless they do bring about
a change in the lifestyle of the people. Some festivals and fasts are religion
specific protocols aiming towards communication with the divine. The liveliness
of the people is reflected in the colorful vibrancy of the fairs and festivals.
Processions, prayers, new attires, dance, music etc. are elements related to any
such celebration.  The
Puri-Rath Yatra, Allahabad-Kumbha, Alleppey-Boat Race, Pushkar-Camel Fair, Goa-Carnival
so on and so forth all reflect the diversity of the land and its people but common
emotion of revived vigour, joy and sharing. Vasant
beckons spring. Scattered amongst the ripening wheat are the bright yellow flowers
of mustard. Tender blossoms appear on the mango tree and 'song is bestowed upon
the bird'. On that day everyone wears a special shade of yellow. The festival
is dedicated to Saraswati, goddess of learning and the arts. After
about two months comes Holi, the very end
of our cool season. It is a festival of colour, truly democratic and egalitarian.
All barriers are down, all inhibitions shed. Boys and girls, men and women of
all ages, all castes, and all classes participate. None is high and none is low.
Anyhow, when a person is plastered with colour he is not easy to identify. On
the eve of Holi bonfires are lit and Holi itself is celebrated by the throwing
of colour, by gaiety and noise, one could even say, by wild abandon. In time the
festival has also become associated with the 'Lila' of Radha and Krishna
and has inspired some of our most sensuous poetry.Of
all the seasons it is the Sawan (Monsoon)
which has evoked the largest number of songs. This is not strange, for summer
in the plains of North India is long and hot. As months go by anxious eyes scan
the sky. It is a time for renewal. Swings are hung at all likely places and women
and children are seen swinging high into the branches overhead accompanied by
joyous singing.Raksha
Bandhan - the bracelet of protection - is a festival belonging to the
old days of chivalry. If the gift of a bracelet sent by a girl was accepted by
a man, he henceforth became her adopted brother, pledged to support her in times
of stress or war. Today it is just a ritual, though a charming one. Close
on its heels comes Janmashtami, the birthday
of Lord Krishna, and the most beloved of all gods. The Krishna legend has caught
the imagination of our own people and now of many abroad. Krishna is intensely
human. He's everybody's child, full of mischief. Stories of his pranks are recounted
as recent happenings. As an ardent lover, he inspires our poets and artists, our
music and dance. Ganesh
is the god of wisdom as well as of good fortune. As a granter of boons he is worshipped
at the beginning of every prayer and auspicious occasion. Ganesh's birthday
(Chaturthy) falls at the end of the monsoon
and is marked by special festivities after which is image is immersed in the nearest
river or the sea. Every
year in autumn, at the time of the full moon the Rajputs gather to honour Lord
Brahma, the god of creation at the temple of Pushkar. This is the
only temple dedicated to the god in the country.T he
female as Shakti (Perennial Energy) has a central place in Indian tradition
and Durga is its militant form. She is the Mother and at the same time
the destroyer of evil forces. Her festival Dussehra
heralds the new planting season and also celebrates her victory over the demon
buffalo Mahishasura. These are also the days of the Ram Lila, an
enactment of the story of Lord Rama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu
and the hero of the epic Ramayana. It is extraordinary how this ancient
story written in Sanskrit by Sage Valmiki and the people's spoken Hindi
by poet Tulsidas and in other languages by renowned poets has permeated
the hearts of our people and is relived year after year. On the day of Dussehra
effigies of Ravana the king of Lanka are burnt at nightfall marking the
celebration of the victory of Rama over Ravana symbolizing the victory
of good over evil. 20 days later comes Diwali,
the most beautiful of all festivals. It is dedicated to Lakshmi the goddess
of prosperity. All buildings from the palatial to the humblest are illumined with
millions of twinkling oil lamps, now being replaced by electricity, which though
cleaner is not half-pretty. At dusk the sky is lit up and air reverberates with
fireworks. States
have special harvest festivals such as Bihu
in Assam, Onam in Kerala and Pongal
in Tamil Nadu. The main attraction of Onam is a boat race on rivers swollen
by the monsoon. At Arnamulla the long boats compete in speed on the Pamba River
where water jousts are held. Each boat painted in the colors of its proprietor
or village is manned by a hundred oarsmen, who chant in rhythm to speed up the
beat of the paddles.Kerala
is a land of strange beliefs and of all of India it is here that pre Aryan customs
have best been preserved. North of Malabar, the feasts of Therayattam
are held from January to March. Masked dancers execute what seems to be a synthesis
of all the different cults rendered to Devi the Great Goddess and to the
ancestors. From daybreak to dusk masked divinities dance without ceasing. At Trichur,
Pooram the feast of the Shaivite temples is
enthusiastically celebrated in April or early May. The festival attracts millions
of spectators to watch the celebrated procession of elephants in battle formation.
Musicians play all day. Beating their drums in frantic rhythm, clashing their
cymbals or blowing their bugles. The
Muslims celebrate Eid twice a year and is
an occasion for functions of communal harmony. There is also the Prophet's birthday.
Ramzan is a month of prayer and fasting.The
Sikhs observe the birthdays and days of martyrdom of their Gurus. The birthdays
of Buddha and Mahavira are similarly observed.For
official and work purposes we follow the Gregorian calendar, but Hindu and Muslim
festivals are calculated according to the Lunar calendar, so the dates change
every year. Different groups of observe different New Years. For the Gujaratis
Diwali marks the eve of the New Year. The Parsis celebrate Nauroz
on 21 March, the same as in Iran. The Kashmiri Hindus New Year is the same as
the 'Gudi Padwa' of Maharashtra, the Ugadhi
of Karnataka and Andhra. Everyone has a different type of celebration. The Punjabis
have Baisakhi,
which falls on 13 April. Bengal and Assam observe the 1st of Baisakhi, which falls
around the same time.
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