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Champa Sashti festival is a six-day festival observed from the first to the sixth of the Hindu month of Margashirsha (November – early December). It is one of the most important festivals dedicated to Lord Khandoba .This festival celebrates the victory of Khandoba against the demons Mani-Malla. Prathamastami.
v. t. e. Gauri Habba ( Kannada: ಗೌರಿಹಬ್ಬ, romanized: Gaurihabba) [ 1] is a Hindu festival celebrated a day before Ganesh Chaturthi in Karnataka. [ 2] This festival celebrates the goddess Gauri (Parvati) who is venerated as the mother of Ganesha. It is usually observed by married women and is a significant festival in Karnataka. [ 3]
It falls on November or December of the Gregorian calendar and is also known as Tripurari Purnima or Deva-Deepavali, the gods's festival of lights. Karthika Deepam is a related festival that is celebrated in South India and Sri Lanka on a different date. It follows Diwali by about 15 days.
Janmashtami is the largest festival in the Braj region of north India, in cities such as Mathura where Hindu tradition states Krishna was born, and in Vrindavan where he grew up. [14] Vaishnava communities in these cities in Uttar Pradesh , as well as others in the state, as well as locations in Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand and ...
Today’s Holi festival has its roots in a few different Hindu legends, including the story of Prahalad and Holika. In a version of the ancient tale summarized by the BBC , Holika is the evil ...
This is the day when Hindu, Jain and Sikh temples and homes are aglow with lights, thereby making it the "festival of lights". The word Deepawali comes from the Sanskrit word deep, which means an Indian lantern/lamp. [ 45 ][ 128 ] A sparkling firecracker, commonly known as 'Kit Kat' in India.
In India, the full moon day of the Vaisakha month of the Hindu calendar is celebrated as Buddha Purnima. [15] The festival is commonly known as Buddha Purnima, as Purnima means full moon day in Sanskrit and Hindi languages. It is also called Buddha Jayanti, with Jayanti meaning birthday in Sanskrit. The festival is a public holiday in India. [15]
The Holi festival is an ancient Hindu festival with its own cultural rituals which emerged before the Gupta period. [11] The festival of colours finds mentioned in numerous scriptures, such as in works like Jaimini's Purva Mimamsa Sutras and Kathaka-Grhya-Sutras with even more detailed descriptions in ancient texts like the Narada Purana and ...