Hindu Festivals

It is often said that Hindus celebrate everything. So they do. The birth of gods, death of asuras, victory of the gods, marriage of the gods, the new year, new months, full moons, new moons, harvests, birthdays, initiations, marriages, deaths, anniversaries - you name the event, and it is reason for music, dance, processions, and what have you.

And there is the religious bit lurking behind it all. The reasons for this lie deep, in the origin of Hinduism as an organic religion. Its followers have over time considered anything, animate or inanimate, to be sacred and aspects of divinity.

That is also why even secular events like harvests take on religious overtones, with the patron deity presiding over the festivities. As soon as something happens, there is a kind of thanksgiving to the divine that follows it.

Click on the following links to know more about Hindu festivals & events.

Adi Krittika
Adi Pooram
Amavasya
Baisakhi
Diwali
Durgashtami
Ganesh Chaturthi
Guru Poornima
Hanuman Jayanti
Holi
Kartika Deepam
Karvachauth
Krishna Janmashtami
Lohri
Mahashivaratri
Makar Sankranti, Pongal
Nag Panchami
Onam
Varalakshmi Vrata
Vijayadashami/ Dusshera
Poornima
Rakshabandhan
Ram Navami
Rathasaptami
Shukla Shashti
Skanda Shashti
Tulasi Vivah
Ugadi, Gudi padava
Vasant Navaratri
Vasant Panchami