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Revision as of 11:17, 23 August 2006

India, being a multicultural and multireligious society, celebrates holidays and festivals of various faiths and special interest groups. There are three national holidays: Independence Day, Republic Day and Gandhi Jayanti. Hindu festivals of Diwali, Holi, Pongal and Dussehra are most popular religious festivals in India. A number of festivals are common to most parts of India. In addition, many states and regions have local festivals depending on prevalent religious and linguistic demographics.

The following is a List of Festivals in India:

Hinduism

Main article: Hindu festivals
File:DiwaliSwastika.jpg
Children lighting lamps in the form of swastika on eve of Diwali.
People celebrating Holi.
File:Mahakumbh.jpg
The largest religious gathering on Earth. Around 70 million Hindus from around the world participated in Kumbh Mela at one of the Hindu Holy city Prayag (India).

Islamic

File:Diwali goldentemple.jpg
Every year, thousands of Sikhs and Hindus celebrate Diwali at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India.

Christian

Sikhism

Zoroastrian

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The Traditional Haft Seen for Navroz

The Parsis account for less than 0.007% of the Indian population, but as Mahatma Gandhi said, they are "in number beneath contempt, but in contribution, beyond compare." The same could be said of their festivals. Unfortunately, like the Parsis themselves, these are private and celebrated primarily within the community. The Parsis use the Shahenshahi ("Imperial") version of the Zoroastrian calendar, which differs significantly from the Qadimi ("Ancient") version that their Iranian co-religionists use. For example, New Year is celebrated in the spring by Iranians but falls in late summer for Parsis. In addition to seasonal festivals, called Gahambars, the most eminent celebratory occasions are listed below.

See also: Zoroastrian calendar

Jain

Others

Unofficial

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