October brings one of my favorite celebrations of India, Karva Chauth. It’s showing of love and devotion to one’s partner by way of Indian pomp and circumstance makes for a tourist’s treat for those traveling [...]
September is a month filled with religious fervor. A generous portion of time is spent celebrating the Hindu god Lord Ganesh through 3 different events. Muslim, Jain, and Sikh religions are also busy giving thanks after the harvest and monsoon seasons. Several notable non-religious holidays also occur in September.
Nag-Panchami is an important all-India festival and is celebrated on the fifth day of the moonlit-fortnight in the month of Shravan (July /August). This is the time when serpents invariably come out of their holes [...]
June is celebrated with several notable festivals both around the entire country and regionally as the monsoons begin to move in bringing some relief to high temps. But, the real celebrations are still a few months away after the much needed rainfall.
Many major festivals celebrated throughout India occur in May yet smaller regional celebrations exist but are not noted. Nehru’s death is among the most revered for All India, being one of the founding fathers of the “new” India in the late 1940′s.
Kumbha Mela wraps up it’s final month in April. Several holidays are celebrated this month that are not Indian in origin. Jallianwala Day is not celebrated as a festival rather marked as a day of remembrance.
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