Celebrations Infinite

One of the biggest festivals being Holi, The Festival of Colors, this festival is celebrated with bonfires and plenty of splashing color. Besides these, Diwali is one of the most widely celebrated festivals of India. It’s the Festival of Lights and this is celebrated with almost everyone illuminating their houses with oil lamps, candles, and electric lights. In other states like Goa, The Goa Carnival is a boisterous, colorful carnival spread over a week held every year in Goa just before lent. The festivities include an extravagant parade consisting of theme-floats. In Kerala, Onam is an occasion unique to the region celebrated to mark the beginning of the harvest season. A major attraction of the Onam celebrations in Kerala are the famed snake boat races ‘Vallam Kalli’ held on the scenic backwaters. Kumbh Mela, a large festival in Indian tradition, is attended by millions of people on a single day. The major event of this festival is a ritual bath at the banks of the rivers in each town. Other activities include religious discussions, devotional singing, mass feeding of holy men and women and the poor, and religious assemblies where doctrines are debated and standardized. Kumbh Mela is the most sacred of all the pilgrimages. One of the major attractions to look out for would be the Pushkar Fair which is held annually on the banks of Lake Pushkar in Rajasthan. During the mela, a major attraction is the camel and cattle fair and camel races. Another festival particular of India is the Kite Festival celebrated mainly in the Northern parts of India. The Kite festival is a time when the azure skies are festooned with multicolored kites of all patterns and dimensions with the entire city populace on roof tops flying kites attached to brightly colored strings and in a passionate bid to cut each other’s strings.
Major Fairs and Festivals
Pongal | Desert Festival | Janamashtmi | Kumbh Mela | Elephant Festival | Helms Festival | Durga Puja | Dussera | Navaratri