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Navreh (Kashmiri Pandit New Year)
New Year dawn sight of a thali filled with unhusked rice, coin, mirror, walnuts, flowers, & new Panchang.
Vedic Articles & Spiritual Wisdom ధార్మిక వ్యాసాలు & వేద విజ్ఞానం
Essays on Sanatana Dharma, astronomical science behind Hindu festivals, temple architecture, and practical Vedic philosophy.
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Amarnath Yatra Holy Ice Lingam
Culmination of Himalayan cave pilgrimage where Lord Shiva revealed secret of immortality to Mother Parvati.
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Shigmo Festival (Goan Spring Carnival)
Goan 14-day Hindu spring folk festival with Ghode Modni warrior horse dances and magnificent mythological floats.
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Sindhu Darshan Festival (Leh Ladakh)
Pilgrims bring water from rivers across India to pour into holy Indus (Sindhu) river celebrating national unity.
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Chaitra Navratri Day 1 (Maa Shailaputri)
Ghatasthapana and invocation of Goddess Shailaputri, daughter of the Himalayas riding a bull.
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Chaitra Navratri Day 2 (Maa Brahmacharini)
Worship of Goddess Brahmacharini who practices austere penance holding rosary and Kamandalu.
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Bastar Dussehra (75-day World Longest Festival)
World longest 75-day festival worshipping Mother Danteshwari featuring giant 8-wheeled double-decker chariot.
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Hareli Festival (First Festival of Chhattisgarh)
Farmers clean and worship all agricultural tools, eat Cheela, and children walk tall on bamboo stilts (Gedi).
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Rajim Kumbh Kalp Mela (Triveni Sangam)
Fifteen-day holy pilgrimage at Prayag of Chhattisgarh where Mahanadi, Pairi, & Sondhur rivers unite.
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Kullu Dussehra (International Folk Gala)
Commences when other Dussehras end; 300+ village deities (Devtas) assemble in palanquins at Dhalpur Maidan.
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Mandi Shivratri International Fair
Centuries-old fair where 200+ local hill deities arrive on shoulders to pay obeisance to Lord Madho Rai.
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Phool Dei (Harvest Spring Festival)
Young children place freshly plucked wild yellow mustard & peach flowers on doorsteps singing blessings.
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Harela Festival (Greenery & Plantation)
Kumaoni festival celebrating sowing and monsoons; families wear grown green wheat shoots (Harela) behind ears.
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Chardham Yatra Opening (Akshaya Tritiya)
Sacred opening of the portals of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, & Yamunotri after six months of winter snow.
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Nanda Devi Mahotsav (Almora & Nainital)
Veneration of twin royal goddesses Nanda and Sunanda with plantain trunk idols immersed after grand procession.
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Salasar Balaji Jayanti Mela
Chaitra Purnima fair at the unique bearded and moustached Hanuman shrine in Churu district.
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Ramdevra Fair (Baba Ramdev Jayanti)
Universal harmony pilgrimage in Jaisalmer desert where Hindus and Muslims revere folk saint Baba Ramdev.
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Nathdwara Shrinathji Annakut Mahotsav
Pushtimarg premier festival featuring mountain of pure rice (Annakut) looted joyfully by Bhil tribals at night.