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Festivals of India
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Diwali
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LAMPS called DIYAS
• Diwali or Deepavali, the festival of lights", is one of the most important of all Hindu festivals.
• Symbolizes the victory of good over evil and the lifting of the spiritual darkness that envelops the soul.
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Fireworks • Request to the Lord
...from darkness to light,...from ignorance to knowledge,...from death to eternal lifelead me, my master;let thy peace pervade the universe.
• - from a Hindu prayer
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CAR FESTIVAL
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CAR FESTIVAL
• The land of festivities and fairs, Orissa claims an upper hand when there's a mention of the famous Rath Yatra of Jagannath Puri.
• To the Western world, the festival is popular as the Car Festival.
• Celebrated during the months of June and July in the temple town of Puri in Orissa, there are huge processions held with great splendor.
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HOLI
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COLORS of SPRING• Holi is the festival of
colors that brings the message of the onset of spring.
• It is celebrated on the day after the full moon in early March every year.
• People all over celebrate this colorful festival besmearing each other with colored water and spraying everyone with water from water pistons.
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Besmeared with Colors
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Ganesh Chaturthi
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Ganesh Chaturthi
• This day is dedicated to the Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed god of all good beginnings and success.
• Held annually, this festival is a ten day long event.
• The images of Lord Ganesha are installed and worshipped and on the last day these are taken in processions to be immersed in flowing water.
• The seafront at Mumbai, packed with people, is a spectacular sight
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DUSHERA
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Dushera
• Celebrated to mark the defeat of Ravana by Lord Rama, Dussehra symbolizes the triumph of good over evil.
• The Ramlila - an enactment of the life of Lord Rama, is held during the nine days preceding Dussehra.
• On the tenth day, larger than life effigies of Ravana, his son and brother - Meghnath and Kumbhakama, are set alight.
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Pongal
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Pongal• Sankranti is termed as
Pongal in Tamilnadu, and is celebrated with a popular dish with the same name.
• Kolams (Rangoli) and prayers constitute the celebration of the festival.
• People buy new clothes, ornaments, sugarcane and sweet candy for the festival.
• The farmers worship their harvested crops and share with friends and relatives.
• Women and young girls wear new clothes, wear golden and silver ornaments, volunteer different flowers and visit their relatives and friends.
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Pongal
• Interestingly, this is the only festival in the Hindu calendar that follows a solar calendar and is celebrated on the fourteenth of January every year (all other Hindu festivals are computed using the lunar calendar).