India is a country where 365 days of the year, there will be some festival somewhere in the whole country. People here are very deeply associated with the festival. Every festival has its own story. Today, no matter how modern it has become, every countryman remembers its roots in these festivals.
Today many people have left their home or village for study or work and have gone to the city, but during these festivals, they come back to their home and celebrate these festivals together with their family.
1. Durgapuja
Major festival of hinduism, traditionally held for 10 days in the month of Ashvina (September–October), the seventh month of the hindu calender. It is mainly celebrity in north east states of the country . In west bengal it celebrate with a great joy . MAHALAYA is the first day since this festival is started.their is a popular story behind this is that devi durga killed a devil mahishasur in this period of 10 days .We celebrate this festival in this happiness.
It is a festival of the victory of good over evil.
2.DEEPAWALI
The name of this festival itself suggests that Deepavali means "festival of deep". This is the festival of light. In this festival, all the people clean their houses, decorate it and light it with colourful lights.Among Hindus the most widespread custom is the lighting of diyas (small earthenware lamps filled with oil) on the night of the new moon to invite the presence of laxmi .The goddess of wealth. In bengal the goddess kali is worshipped. In North India the festival also celebrates the royal homecoming of lord rama (along with sita, Lakshmana, and Hanuman) to the city of Ayodhya after defeating Ravana, the 10-headed king of the demons .
3.Chhath pooja
This is a festival of northern india stated like UP,Bihar,jharkhand . In those region people celebrate this festival with a great joy .The festival does not involve idolatry and is dedicated to worship lord surya(the Sun deity). ' Chhathi Maiya ' is the mother goddess who provides strength and support to the poors. She is worshipped as ' goddess of the festival '.The Sun is offered arghya(offering/homage) in the evening of the first day and in the morning of the second day.A whole festival of 4 days happened.
4.HOLI
Holi is a festival of colors. We celebrate it in the months of March. Holika Dahan takes place the day before.
Children and elder person also celebrate this festival with great enthusiasm. People soak each other with water and colour.people make different kind of dishes in this festival.The vibrancy of colors is something that brings in a lot of positivity in our lives and Holi being the festival of colours is actually a day worth rejoicing.
Holi is a famous Hindu festival that is celebrated in every part of India.
5.Eid
Eid in Arabic means “feast or festival ” ... During the calendar year there are two Eid's that are celebrated by Muslims. Eid ul Fitr, which means “festival to break the fast”, is at the end of the holy month of Ramadan in which Muslims fast for a whole month.
As in Islam’s other holy festival Eid-Al-Adha. As"Eid-al-adha" commemorates the sacrifice made by the prophet Ibrahim, Muslims typically celebrate the festival by carrying out a Qurbani, meaning “sacrifice” in Arabic. The animal that is sacrificed – which is usually a goat, sheep, cow or camel.Eid is the most important festival of muslim . Its enthusiasm can be seen in Muslims as well as other religion people.
Our country india is a secular country. People of all religions and creeds live in this country and people of all religions celebrate their festivals grandly here. There are other festivals that I have not told about, but their list is so long that it is not possible to tell everyone in a blog.
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