Festivals of the Jains

Festivals of the Jains

The Jains celebrate several festivals all round the year. The festivals are connected with the births and deaths of the Tirthankaras. The important festivals are Paryushana practiced by the Svetambara sect of the Jains, Mahavir Jayanti is celebrated the birth anniversary of Mahavir and Mahamastak Abhishek meaning 'the grand ceremonial head anointing of Bahubali’ celebrated in the town of Shravanabelagola in Karnataka.

Festivals:

1. Mahavir Jayanti
2. Paryushana
3. Mahamastak Abhishek
4. Deep Diwali
5. Paryushan

Festivals of the Sikhs

Festivals of the Sikhs

The Sikhs celebrate their festivals in their own individual ways along with some of the major festivals of the Hindus like Holi, Dusshera and Diwali. The festivals unique to the Sikhs have little to do with worship of God. Instead, the events celebrate the achievements in the lives of the 10 Sikh gurus and their teachings who is the most important person in Sikhism. The birthdays of the first and the last gurus, Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh, are celebrated with all the pomp of festivals.

Bhakti is central to the religion and therefore most of their festivities are accompanied by lot of music and song. Its festivals are marked by the singing of gurbani or holy songs, and readings from the holy book.

Festivals:

1. Guru Nanak Jayanti
2. Guru Purab
3. Holla Mohalla
4. Lohri
5. Birthday Guru Ramdassji
6. Installation of Guru Granth Sahibji
7. Sodal mela
8. Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti

Muslim Festivals

Muslim Festivals

Muslims celebrate a number of festivals all round the year. An interesting thing of their festivals is that they are based on Hegira and follow the lunar calendar rather than the Georgian calendar. The festivals of theMuslims do not have months that correspond to the seasons. Muharram is one of their main festivals which fall on the first Muslim month. Other festivals are Bakri-id, Shab-I-Barat, Ramzan Id, and Milad-Ul-Nabi.

Festivals:

• Muharram
• Id-ul-Zuha (Bakri-id)
• Shab-I-Barat
• Id-ul-Fitr (Ramzan Id)
• Milad-Un-Nabi
• Barawafat
• Giaravahin Sharif
• Hazarat Ali's Birthday
• Shabbe Mirag
• Barabanki Mela

Hindu Festivals

 Hindus celebrate a number of festivals which include birth of gods, marriage of the gods, victory of the gods, death of asuras, harvests, the new-year, full moons, new moons, birthdays, initiations, marriages, deaths, anniversaries and the list goes on. Apart from festivals like Diwali, Holi, Raksha Bandhan, Dusshera, Durga Puja, Navratri, there are festivals which are celebrated by specific tribes and communities in individual states as well. So almost every month, one festival or the other is being celebrated somewhere in India by the Hindus.

Hindus celebrate a number of festivals which include birth of gods, marriage of the gods, victory of the gods, death of asuras, harvests, the new-year, full moons, new moons, birthdays, initiations, marriages, deaths, anniversaries and the list goes on. Apart from festivals like Diwali, Holi, Raksha Bandhan, Dusshera, Durga Puja, Navratri, there are festivals which are celebrated by specific tribes and communities in individual states as well. So almost every month, one festival or the other is being celebrated somewhere in India by the Hindus.

Festivals

·         Holi

·         Makar Sankranti

·         Lohri

·         Pongal

·         Maha Shivratri

·         Vasant Panchami

·         Ram Navami

·         Guru Purnima

·         Rath Yatra

·         Ganesh Chaturthi

·         Onam

·         Janmashtami

·         Raksha Bandhan

·         Navratra

·         Dusshera

·         Karva Chauth

·         Diwali

·         Bhai Dooj

·         Govardhan Puja

·         Brahmotsavam

·         Karni Mata Mela

·         Pitr Paksh

·         Ramlila

·         Sitabari fair

·         Aanvla Navami

·         Dev Uthani Ekadashi

·         Dhanteras

·         Maharishi Valmiki jayanti

·         Rambarat

·         Beneshwar Fair (Dungarpur, Rajasthan)

·         Kumbh Mela (Haridwar)

·         Makara Sankranti / Uttarayan

·         Thai poosam

·         Chaitra_Navratri

·         Gangaur Festival

·         Hanuman Jayanti

·         Mewar Festival

·         RamNavmi

·         Ugadi

·         Mahavir Jayanti

·         Holla Mohalla

Alphabetical List of Festivals in India

A

Aadiperuku Amarnath Yatra Anant Chaturthi Akshaya Tritiya Ambedkar Jayanti Amongmong Festival Aranmula Vallamkali Ayudha Mela Aanvla Navami Autumn Festival Autumn Flower show Agni Utsav Army Day Alwar Festival Arattupuzha pooram Attuvela Mahotsavam

B

Baisakhi Bandi Festival Baneshwar Fair Bhai Dooj Bhogali Bihu Bihu Bikaner Festival Brahmotsavam Buddha Purnima Bera Utsav Bhadrapada ambaji mela Birthday Guru Ramdassji Barabanki Mela Bateshwar Fair Bhai Dooj Bada Osha Bali Yatra Bundi Utsav Brij Festival

C

Champakkulam Boat Race Chapchar Kut Chaliho Chandrabhaga Fair Cheti Chand Chennai Dance Festival Christian Fair Christmas Chaitra – Navratri Coconut Day Festival Cochin Carnival Chappar Mela Cape Festival Cattle Fair Chandigarh Carnival Chhath Puja Children's day Charta Festival Chrysanthemums Show Chennai Dance Festival Chumpha Festival Chandigarh Garden Festival Chinakkathoor Pooram Central Excise Day

D

Deccan Festival Desert Festival Dhan Teras Diwali Durga Puja Dussehra Dasara Fair Dala Chhath Dev Uthani Ekadashi Desh prem Diwas Dr. Sampoornanand Jayanti Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti Delhi Garden Festival

E

Easter Elephant Festival Elephanta Festival Ellora Festival Engineers day Elephant Festival

F

Feast of Purim Float Festival Flower Festival Fulaich Festival Elephant Festival

G

Gandhi Jayanti Ganesh Chaturthi Ganesh Festival Ganga Dussehra Ganga Mahotsav Ganga Sagar mela Gangaur Garden Festival Goa Carnival Good Friday Goverdhan Puja Gudi Padwa Or Ugadi Gugga Naumi Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti Guru Nanak Dev Jayanti Guru Purab Guru Purima Guru Ravidas Jyanti Guruvayur Festival Gajalaxmi Puja Geeta Jayanti Samaroh Godachi Fair Guru Gorakhnath Jayanti Goa Carnival Grape Festival Guru Ramdas Jayanti

H

Hampi Festival Hanuman Jayanti Hemis Festival Holi Holla Mohalla Hornbill Festival Hoysala Mahotsava Hazarat Ali's Birthday Heikru Hitongba Hamir Utsav Hindu New Year

I

Id-ul-Fitr Id-ul-Zuha (Bakr-Id) Independence Day International Yoga Week Island Tourism Festival Installation of Guru Granth Sahibji International Literacy Day International Kite Festival Indian Derby Weekend 2010 International Yoga Week Island Tourism Festival International Women’s Day

J

Jamshed-e-Navroz Janmashtami Jhansi Festival Jamat-ul-Vida Jhiri Mela Jaipur Literature festival Jaisalmer Desert Festival Jhullelal Jayanti

K

Kali Puja Ka Pomblang Nongkrem Kandoori Kalahasti Temple Festival Kartika Purnima Karthigai Deepam Kerala Village Fair Khajuraho Dance Festival Kolayat Fair Kolkata Festival Konark Dance Festival Kumbha-Mela Kulu Dussera Kurukshetra Festival Karva Chauth Kallaji Ka Mela Karni Mata Mela Kisan Mela Kota dussera Koratty Muthy kalidas festival Kalpathi Ratholsavam Kolayat Fair Kolhaiya Mela Kundri Mela Kurukshetra Festival Kala Ghoda Arts Festival Khajuraho Dance Festival Khatu Shyamji Konark Dance&Music Festival Kaila devi Fair

L

Lakshmi Puja Lohri Lucknow Festival Lili Parikrama Fair Lavi Fair Losar

M

Mahashivratri Mahavir Jayanti Makara Sankranti May Day Mamallapuram Festival Mango Festival Marwar Festival Mahamasthabhisheka Milad-Un-Nabi Mewar Festival Modhera Dance Festival Muharram Manarcad Perunnal Manektari Punam Fair Mim Kut Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti Majuli Festival Mati Puja Mondei Festival Magh Bihu (Assam, Bengal) Mahatma Gandhi’s Assassination Day Mamallapuram Festival Martyr’s Day

N

Naga Nagaur Fair Nag Panchami Naga Festivals Natyanjali Festival Navratri Navroze Nanda Devi Fair Nehru Trophy Boat Race New Year's Day Nishagandhi Dance Festival Navakhana Navrathri Music Festival Neelamperoor Pooram Novidade Ngada Festival Nimar Utsav Ningol Chakouba Nongkrem Dance Festival National Youth Day National Science Day Navchandi Fair No Smoking Day

O

Onam

P

Pattadakkal Dance Festival Palm Sunday Pandharpur Temple festival Pious Pachyderms Pongal Pooram Pori Festival Pushkar Mela Pitr Paksha Paryushan Payippad Boat Race Phulaich fair Phoolkwalon ki Sair Pinjore Heritage Festival Pomblang Lewduh Parab Tribal Festival Parumala Perunnal Puri Beach Festival Pariyanampetta Pooram Paripally Gajamela

Q

Qutub Festival

R

Rajgir Dance Festival Raksha Bandhan Ram Navami Raslila Rath Yatra Republic Day Rose Festival Ramlila Ram Barat Rayalaseema Festival Rajyotsava Day Renuka Fair Rashtriya Suraksha Divas

S

Sabarimala Temple Festival Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsava Saptak Music Festival Sindhu Darshan Festival Shigmotsav Festival Shivaji Jyanti Sonepur Mela Summer Festival Surajkund Crafts Mela St. Francis Xavier Day Shabbe Mirag Solar Eclipse Sair Fair Sitabari fair Sodal mela Sharad Purnima Sri Vithappa Fair Seng Kut Snem Shamlaji Fair Shekhawati Festival Swami Ramakrishna Paramhansa Jayanti Sai Baba Puja Utsav Sheetla Asthami

T

Taj Mahotsav Tamil New Year Tarnetar Mela Teej Teacher's Day Thai Pusam Tihar Festival Thimithi Festival Tsokum Festival Tulsi Vivah Thalfavang Kut Tokhu Emong Thirunakkara Arattu

U

Ugadi

Urs

Uthralikavu Pooram

V

Vasant Panchami Vishnupur Festival Viswakarma Puja Vishu Vallarpadam Perunnal Vaikathashtami Festival Vautha Fair Valentines Day

W

World Ozone Day

Wangala Festival

World Forestry Day

World Meteorological Day

World TB Day

World Water Day

X

X-Mas

Y

Yoga Week

Yellamma Devi Fair

Yamuna Jayanti, Mathura