Indian Festivals At A Glance

Indian Festivals At A Glance

India is the land of festivals, where people of all faiths coexist. The numerous Indian festivals celebrated in our country are a true reflection of the country’s rich culture and traditions. Many Indian festivals are celebrated every month that gives us an opportunity to rejoice with our families, friends, and society at large. To give an overview of all the popular Indian festivals, their origin, history, significance, timing, and dates, we bring to you the “Indian Festivals At a Glance” podcast. This show will provide you (and our little listeners) with all the essential information that one should know about it. So join us in this journey where we take you through India’s cultural history. Visit our website to know more: https://chimesradio.com Connect with us on our social handles to get all content updates: https://www.instagram.com/vrchimesradio/ https://www.facebook.com/chimesradio

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Eid-ul-Fitr

April 12, 2022 • 6 mins
Eid-ul-Fitr is  the biggest festival of Muslims. It is celebrated across the world with a lot of fervor, more so because it is celebrated after the holy month of Ramadan, where followers of Islam fast for 30 days where they do not eat or drink during the day, but only eat twice during Sehri, which is right before sunrise, and Iftaar which is right after sunset. During the month of Ramadhan, Muslims also do charity and follow a lot ...
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Good Friday and Easter

April 12, 2022 • 6 mins
Easter is a festival celebrated by Christians all across the world. Even in India, the followers of Christianity celebrated this festival.  This day marks the resurrection of Lord Jesus after three days of his crucifixion.  According to history, Jesus Christ had a huge followership among people. Fearing this, the royals arrested him on various charges and gave him an execution sentence. Jesus Christ was crucified on a Friday known ...
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Baisakhi

March 31, 2022 • 5 mins
Baisakhi or Vaisakhi, the harvest festival, is observed in most of India to mark the start of the new spring season. Baisakhi is particularly significant in Punjab and Haryana due to the large Sikh population, which celebrates the festival with zeal and enthusiasm. The festival became closely associated with Sikhism at the end of the 17th century, when Guru Gobind Singh, the Sikh leader, chose the date of the festival to establish ...
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Ram Navmi

March 31, 2022 • 4 mins
Ram Navami is a Hindu festival, celebrating the birth of Lord Rama.  According to mythology, Rama was the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He was born to King Dashratha and Queen Kaushalya in Ayodhya. Lord Rama was born on Navami Tithi during Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month. Therefore each year, the ninth day is celebrated as Ram Navami. Hindu households celebrate the Navratri by doing puja and on the ninth day, they perform Kany...
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Hindu Nav Varsh/Gudi Padwa/Ugadi

March 22, 2022 • 5 mins
HIndi New Year is celebrated on the first day of Shukl Paksh ok Chaitr month according to Hindu Calender. It is believed that Lord Brahma created this world on this very day, thus its symbolic to New Beginnings.  Hindu Panchang also begins on this day. This New Year is celebrated in various parts of the country according to different customs like its called Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra, Ugadi in Karnataka, Sajibu Nongma Panba Charioba...
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Holi

March 5, 2022 • 7 mins
Holi is one of the most vibrantly celebrated festivals of India, celebrated in almost every part of the country, and by Indians belonging to every faith and belief. It is also famous as the “festival of colors” as on this day people get together forgetting all resentments and any bad feeling towards each others and play with colors. This Indian festival is celebrated on two main days on the Full Moon Day in the month of Falgun. It ...
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Maha Shiv Ratri

February 21, 2022 • 5 mins
Maha Shivratri is an Indian festival, celebrated annually in honor of Lord Shiva. It is in descending winter season, during the Spring season to be precise.  Maha Shivratri, means ‘the great night of Shiva’. According to legend, it is on this night that Lord Shiva appeared and also commemorates the night he performed his fury dance, Tandav. It is believed that fasting, and praying and offerings of Lord Shiva’s favorite things  can ...
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    Vasant Panchami

    February 2, 2022 • 5 mins
    Vasant Panchami is one of the special Indian festivals celebrated. It is commonly called as Shri Panchami or Sarwasati Panchami. The festival of Vasant Panchami takes place in India around the beginning of spring when mustard flowers bloom. The color yellow is associated with the festival which signifies happiness, excitement, and positivity of new beginnings. According to the Hindu calendar, this popular Indian festival is celebra...
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    Republic Day

    January 21, 2022 • 6 mins
    26th Of January is celebrated as Republic Day of our India. This Indian Festival is very special because it is celebrated by every Indian. This Indian Festival is a National Festival.  Though centuries of freedom Struggle, India got its independence on 15th August 1947, yet getting this freedom was not enough, India needed some rules and regulations to govern this huge country. Therefore a regulating committee was created under the...
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    Makar Sankranti

    January 12, 2022 • 6 mins
    Makar Sankranti is a major Indian Festival which is celebrated on 14th or 15th January, denoting the moving of Sun in the Makar Rashi. It is celebrated by donating various things like Khichdi, Gajjak, Oil, and money to the needy, and a Maha Snan is also held on this day in the holy Ganges.  It is celebrated in different parts in India with different names and customs. In Tamil Nadu its called Thai Pongal, In Assam its called Bihu, ...
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    Lohri

    January 11, 2022 • 4 mins
    Lohri is a very famous Indian Festival, which is a traditional winter festival, celebrated in North India, especially in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Delhi. The origin of the festival can be traced back to the legend of Dulla Bhatti, a famous  hero of Punjab, who led a rebellion against Mughal emperor Akbar. Lohri also marks the end of the winter solstice, when the days start to become longer than the nights. It is ...
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    New Year

    December 30, 2021 • 6 mins
    New Year is the biggest festival of the world. It is considered as one of the the global events. New Year is celebrated on 1st January every year. It is the day when at the stroke of 12 am, the calendar changes to a brand new year.  Normally the new year festivities are continued from the Christmas Day, the holiday season culminates with this day and new year is welcomes with opened arms.  In ancient times, New Year was celebrated ...
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    Christmas

    December 17, 2021 • 6 mins
    December is the favorite time of the year as the holiday season begins this time. It is the time to deck the halls up with stockings, lights, stars, bells, candles, and not to forget traditional Christmas songs. For kids, Christmas is all about presents, chocolates, lights, holidays, family, and dinner. Children decorate Christmas trees and wait for Santa Claus to get them gifts. But does your child know about the story of Jesus Ch...
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    Gurpurab (Guru Nanak Jayanti)

    November 16, 2021 • 8 mins
    Gurpurab commemorates the birth of Guru Nanak Dev ji, the first Sikh Guru. Gurpurab, one of the most holy holidays, falls on the Guru Purniama of the Kartik month. Guru Nanak Jayanti otherwise called Gurpurab, is the main celebration for the devotees of the religion of Sikhism. The celebration is celebrated on arrival of Kartik Poornima, which is the fifteenth lunar day in the long stretch of Kartik as depicted by the Hindu schedul...
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    Bhai Dooj

    November 2, 2021 • 4 mins
    Bhai dooj is one of the most loved and cherished Indian Festivals which celebrates the love between a brother and a sister. This Festival is celebrated after two days of Diwali. On this day brothers visit their married sisters with gifts and sisters put a tilak on their brothers' foreheads and accept gifts from them, celebrating the festival of Bhai Dooj Among the many Indian festivals, the significance of Bhai dooj is that, the si...
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    Diwali

    October 29, 2021 • 5 mins
    Diwali festival is the festival of lights. It is one of the main Indian Festivals, which falls at a time when people are preparing the starting of Winters.  Diwali Festival is also called Deepavali, which means a row of lights. It falls on the New Moon Night of Kartik month according to Hindu calender.  Significance of Diwali is that it is celebrated to commemorate Lord Ram's return to Ayodhya after defeating demon king Ravana with...
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    Karwa Chauth

    October 26, 2021 • 5 mins
    Indian festivals are well-known throughout the world. Among all the Indian festivals, one stands out in the Hindu lunar calendar month of Kartik, It is Karwa Chauth. On this day, Hindu ladies anxiously wait for the moon to appear in the sky. It is an annual one-day holiday observed by married Hindu women during which they fast from dawn to moonrise and pray for their husbands. Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and R...
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    Dusshera

    September 24, 2021 • 6 mins
    Dussehra, also known as Vijayadashami, is a Hindu festival that commemorates the triumph of good over evil.  Dusshera is celebrated on the tenth day of Ashvin, the seventh month of the Hindu Luni-Solar Calendar, which occurs between September and October in the Gregorian calendar. In different parts of the India, Vijayadashami or Dusshera is commemorated and celebrated for different reasons. Vijayadashami is the end of Durga Puja i...
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    Navratri

    September 15, 2021 • 5 mins
    Navratri, also called Durga Puja, is one of the major festivals in India. It is held in honor of the divine feminine. The festival is of nine days and nine nights is accompanied by dance, music, sweets, and worship of the most powerful goddess. During this festival, the nine avatars of Goddess Durga are worshiped each day.  One popular ritual of this festival is Kanya Puja. In this ritual, nine young girls are dressed as the nine g...
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    Ganesh Chaturthi

    September 4, 2021 • 6 mins
    Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated to mark the birth of Lord Ganesha. Ganesh Chaturthi is also known as ‘Vinayak Chavithi’.Lord Ganesha is considered to be a symbol of wisdom and good fortune. He is also addressed as Gajanana, Ganesh, Gajadant that are among his 108 names. This is a 10-day long festival. The festival is widely celebrated in the state of Maharashtra. People chant Ganapati Bappa Morya, paying respect to him.  Prayers are...
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