Ganesh Chaturthi
Overview Ganesh Chaturthi (ISO: Gaṇeśa Caturthī), also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, Vinayaka Chavithi or Vinayagar Chaturthi, is a Hindu festival dedicated to the deity Ganesha. In tradition, Ganesha is venerated as t...
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Overview Ganesh Chaturthi (ISO: Gaṇeśa Caturthī), also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, Vinayaka Chavithi or Vinayagar Chaturthi, is a Hindu festival dedicated to the deity Ganesha. In tradition, Ganesha is venerated as t...
Overview Hanuman Jayanti, also known as Hanuman Janmotsava, is a Hindu festival that commemorates the birth of Hanuman, a central figure in the Ramayana and its various regional retellings. Within the tradition, Hanum...
Overview Rama Navami (Sanskrit: राम नवमी, romanised: Rāmanavamī) is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Rama, a revered deity in Hinduism who is regarded as the seventh avatar of Vishnu. Within the Hindu tra...
Overview Raksha Bandhan is a traditionally Hindu annual rite and festival celebrated across South Asia and among communities influenced by Hindu culture. The Sanskrit expression "Raksha Bandhan" literally means "the b...
Overview Ranga Panchami (Sanskrit: रङ्गपञ्चमी, Raṅgapañcamī) is a Hindu festival observed on the Panchami (fifth day) of the Krishna Paksha in the month of Phalguna, falling on the fifth day after Holi. The festival f...
Overview Holi is a major Hindu festival of colours, love, and spring, celebrated predominantly in the Indian subcontinent. The festival honours the love between the deities Radha and Krishna, and also marks the triump...
Overview Bhai Dooj, also known as Bhai Tika, Bhaubeej, Bhai Beej, Bhai Phonta or Bhratri Dwitiya, is a Hindu festival that celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters. It is observed on the second lunar day of th...
Overview Govardhan Puja (IAST: Govardhana-pūjā), also known as Annakut, meaning a "mountain of food", is a Hindu festival celebrated on the first lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kartika. It falls on ...
Overview Diwali, also known as Dipavali (IAST: Dīpāvalī), is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions such as Jainism and Sikhism. The festival symbolises the spiritual victor...
Overview Vijayadashami (Sanskrit: विजयदशमी), more commonly known as Dasara, Dassahra or Dussehra, and also referred to as Dashāhra or Dashain in Bhojpuri, Maithili and Nepali, is a major Hindu festival observed at the...
Overview Shivratri, also known as Maha Shivaratri, is a Hindu festival observed annually in honour of the deity Shiva. It falls between February and March, on the chaturdashi (14th lunar day) of the krishna paksha (wa...
Overview Ekadashi (Sanskrit: एकादशी, Ēkādaśī, meaning 'the eleventh day') is the eleventh lunar day (tithi) of each of the two fortnights in a month of the Vedic calendar — the waxing phase (Shukla Paksha) and the wan...
Overview Chhath is an ancient Hindu festival native to eastern India and southern Nepal. It is celebrated especially in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, and in the Koshi, Gandaki, ...
Overview Jitiya, also known as Jiutiya or Jivitputrika, is an ancient Hindu festival observed by mothers for the well-being and long life of their children. The observance is rooted in regional Hindu traditions and is...
Overview Teej (Nepali: तीज, meaning "third") is a collective term for three Hindu festivals celebrated in Nepal and parts of Northern India, dedicated to the goddess Parvati and her consort Shiva. The festivals are ob...
Overview Karva Chauth, also spelt Karwa Chauth and known in Sanskrit as Karaka Chaturthi (करकचतुर्थी), is a Hindu festival observed by women in Nepal, Northern India and Western India. It falls in the lunisolar month ...
Overview Agni Sakshi, literally "with fire as witness", refers to the Hindu tradition of solemnising a marriage in the presence of the sacred fire (Agni). The fire is regarded as the divine witness whose presence sanc...
Overview Sindoordaan refers to the ritual application of sindoor (Hindi: सिंदूर; Sanskrit: सिन्दूर, IAST: sindūra), a traditional vermilion, orange-red or maroon cosmetic powder used in South Asia. Within Hindu weddin...
Overview Mehndi, also spelt mehendi, is a form of temporary skin decoration created using a paste made from henna. Widely practised across South Asia, it resembles similar traditions of henna body art found in North A...
Overview Vivah (Sanskrit: विवाह) is the traditional Hindu marriage ceremony. It is known by various regional names, including lagna in Marathi, biyah in Bhojpuri, bibaho in Bengali, bahaghara or bibaha in Odia, tiruma...