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• Festivals of India, July 2010

  In Events / 1 July 2010 / 0 comments

  

  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 [...]

• Festivals of India, June 2010

  In Events / 1 June 2010 / 0 comments

  

  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.

• Festivals of India, May 2010

  In Events / 2 May 2010 / 0 comments

  

  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.

• Festivals of India, April 2010

  In Culture, Events / 28 March 2010 / 0 comments

  

  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.

• Happy Holi!

  In Events / 25 February 2010 / 0 comments

  

  On March 1st, all of India will be celebrating Holi. This year I’ll be en route to Bengaluru, where the festivities will be finished by the time the plane arrives. I had a chance to [...]

• Festivals of India, March 2010

  In Culture, Events / 22 February 2010 / 0 comments

  

  All other festivals will be overshadowed this month by the celebration of Holi. As a tourist traveling through India at this time, be forewarned locals take this festival very seriously. If you’re not interested in [...]