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Diwali
Deepavali
The autumn festival of lamps that carries four Vishnu stories by region: Rama's homecoming, Krishna's killing of…
Festival · All traditions · Tirumala (Andhra Pradesh); Srirangam, Chidambaram, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)
Brahmotsavam
The great annual temple festival of South India, named for Brahma because he is held to have been its first officiant…
Festival · All traditions · Varanasi
Vaikuntha Chaturdashi
Kartik bright fourteenth, when at Kashi Vishwanath Vishnu is said to offer tulsi to Shiva and Shiva bael to Vishnu…
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Guru Purnima
Vyasa Purnima
The Ashadha full moon honouring teachers, traditionally Veda Vyasa's birthday and for Buddhists the day of the first…
Festival · All traditions · Pushkar, Rajasthan
Kartik Purnima at Pushkar
Pushkar Fair · Pushkar Mela
Brahma's one large public festival: the full-moon bathing day of the month of Kartik at Pushkar lake, which closes the…
Festival · All traditions · Haridwar, Prayagraj, Nashik-Trimbak, Ujjain
Kumbh Mela
The great bathing fair rotating between four river cities, explained by the story that drops of the churning's nectar…