Kang Rath Yatra (Manipur)
Ten-day Manipuri Jagannath Rath Yatra with Jayadev Gita Govinda singing and massive bell ringing.
Essays on Sanatana Dharma, astronomical science behind Hindu festivals, temple architecture, and practical Vedic philosophy.
Ten-day Manipuri Jagannath Rath Yatra with Jayadev Gita Govinda singing and massive bell ringing.
Century-old cleansing of the Mother Earth with ritual ablution of 14 brass royal deities in Saidra river.
Strict 2.5-day territorial quarantine festival with sealed royal borders invoking protection from calamities.
Pilgrimage to magnificent colossal rock-cut bas-relief Shiva sculptures carved into Tripura hillfaces.
Holiest month commemorating Shakyamuni Buddha birth, enlightenment, and Parinirvana in Gangtok.
Mothers pray to Sun God for children recovery and health commemorating Krishna son Samba curing leprosy.
Assamese spring harvest New Year celebrating life, fertility, Bihu dance with Dhol & Pepa flutes.
Feast of food and bonfires with thatched Meji structures lit at dawn offering pithas and laroos to Agni.
Solemn agricultural rite lighting earthen mustard oil lamps under Tulsi and in paddy fields for pest protection.
Annual fertility festival at sacred Kamakhya Shakti Peetha celebrating Mother Earth monsoon menses.
Traditional Ahom festival offering worship and homage to ancestral spirits for peace and protection.
World largest river island celebrates Srimanta Sankardev Bhaona plays enacting Krishna divine Lilas.
Historic fair where hill tribes exchange mountain produce with plains rice via ancient barter system.
Five-day festival blending Vaishnava Sankirtana with indigenous Thabal Chongba moonlight folk dance.
Manipuri Lunar New Year where villagers climb hilltops symbolizing climbing to higher levels of existence.
Every Thursday of Margasira month women scrub mud floors and worship new paddy grain measure (Mana).
Return journey of the three divine chariots from Gundicha temple back to the sanctum of Puri Jagannath temple.
Western Odisha premier agrarian festival offering freshly harvested grains (Nabanna) to Mother Samaleswari.