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Across the globe, Hindus celebrate a diverse number of festivals and celebrations, typically marking events from ancient India and often coinciding with seasonal changes. These celebrations take place either on a fixed annual date on the solar calendar, or on a specific day of the lunisolar calendar.
May 1, 2024 · Large numbers of pilgrims gather there annually at the beginning of the Hindu solar year in April; the Kumbh Mela (a Hindu religious festival) is held every 12th year in Haridwar. The Daksha Mahadev temple, another important pilgrimage site, lies 2 miles (3 km) downstream at Kankhal.
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There are three main yearly festivals. All major festival celebrations include visiting a temple, eating special foods and exchanging gifts. Diwali is the festival of lights. Light represents knowledge. It is celebrated in late October or early November. This is the Hindu New Year.
Vijayadashami (Sanskrit: विजयादशमी, romanized: Vijayadaśamī), more commonly known as Dussehra, and also known as Dasara or Dashain, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Durga Puja and Navaratri. It is observed on the tenth day of the month of Ashvin, the seventh in the Hindu lunisolar calendar.
Hindu holidays and festivals celebrate themes like Hindu gods and goddesses, renewal and beginning, relationships, and historical events. They vary greatly by region and community. Diwali is one of the biggest festivals within Hinduism.
Apr 1, 2021 · New Delhi CNN — Massive crowds of Hindus began arriving in the northern Indian city of Haridwar on Thursday for the largest religious pilgrimage on Earth, even as experts warned it could cause a...
List of Sikh festivals. This is the list of the major festivals of the Sikh religion . This festival commemorates to the 40 Muktas (40 Martyrs) who fought in the Battle of Muktsar . This festival's name, when translated, means the birth celebration of the 10th Divine Light, or Divine Knowledges.
