Shravani Mela (Baidyanath Dham Deoghar)
Month-long Kanwar pilgrimage carrying holy Ganga water 105km from Sultanganj to Baba Baidyanath Jyotirlinga.
Essays on Sanatana Dharma, astronomical science behind Hindu festivals, temple architecture, and practical Vedic philosophy.
Month-long Kanwar pilgrimage carrying holy Ganga water 105km from Sultanganj to Baba Baidyanath Jyotirlinga.
Harvest celebration painting mud walls in exquisite GI-tagged Sohrai tribal art and thanking cattle.
Pilgrimage to magnificent colossal rock-cut bas-relief Shiva sculptures carved into Tripura hillfaces.
Day Lord Shiva brought Goddess Parvati to Kashi after wedding; devotees play Gulal with Baba Vishwanath.
Eighty-four ghats of Varanasi blaze with millions of earthen lamps as gods descend to bathe in holy Ganga.
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.
Traditional Ahom festival offering worship and homage to ancestral spirits for peace and protection.
Manipuri Lunar New Year where villagers climb hilltops symbolizing climbing to higher levels of existence.
Maidens fast and worship newly risen moon praying for handsome and virtuous husband like Lord Kartikeya.
Folk Shaivite penance festival concluding Chaitra month with Sannyasis performing feats on wooden towers.
Historic donkey and camel trading fair at confluence of seven rivers in Dholka on Karthika Purnima.
Sacred midnight march of Naga Sadhus taking bath in Mrugi Kund atop holy Mount Girnar on Mahashivratri.
Tribal match-making festival famous for exquisite embroidered umbrellas and traditional folk dances.
Birth anniversary of visionary Maratha ruler and protector of Sanatana Dharma across Sahyadris.
Farmers give complete rest to farm bullocks, bathe them, paint horns in vivid shades, and worship them.
Six-day celebration offering turmeric powder (Bhandara) and brinjals to warrior deity Lord Khandoba in Jejuri.
Midnight festival at historic Vaikom Shiva temple where Lord Murugan from Udayanapuram visits his father.