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Gangaur
Sixteen days from the day after Holi to Chaitra Shukla Tritiya in which women worship clay images of Isar and Gauri…
Onam
Kerala's ten-day harvest festival from Atham to Thiruvonam in Chingam, remembering King Mahabali's yearly visit home…
Bali Padyami
Balipratipada
The third day of Diwali in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana and Andhra, marking King Bali's yearly return…
Holi
The spring festival of colours whose eve bonfire re-enacts the burning of Holika while Prahlada survives.
Kanwar Yatra
Shravani Mela · Bol Bam
The Shravan pilgrimage in which devotees carry Ganga water on shoulder-poles on foot to Shiva shrines (Pura Mahadev…
Shiber Gajan
Gajan · Charak
A pre-harvest festival of Chaitra in western Bengal, kept mainly by agricultural communities with Brahmins excluded…
Shravan Mondays
Shravana Somvar · Solah Somvar
The month of Shravan is given to Shiva across north and east India: Monday fasts, water and bilva on the linga, Naga…
Teej
Hariyali Teej · Kajari Teej · Hartalika Teej
Parvati's monsoon festivals for women: Hariyali Teej in Shravan, Kajari and Hartalika Teej in Bhadrapada. They…