India's most famous festivals in 2020

India is a country of festivals, where people of different faiths live in harmony.  The wide variety of festivals celebrated in India is a true manifestation of its rich culture and traditions.  There are many Indian festivals and celebrations, the most interesting of which are mentioned below.  While the festival is celebrated throughout the year, October to January is the time when the country can be seen as vibrant.

 India is a country where every religion and community celebrates its culture.  In India, there are people based on festivals, religion, and community.  Therefore, every day is a new festival in this country.  You also enjoy the many Gazette vacations that give you the opportunity to plan travel around the country.

 To give you a better idea of ​​all the festivals and dates of India before 2020, here is an information to help you get started!  It will also tell you about the importance of famous festivals in India!

INDIAN FESTIVALS CALENDAR 2020

Here is a list of India's religious and national festivals, which are celebrated in the country with big heart.  If you want to explore the vibrant culture of India, then plan your holidays around these festivals.

Month	Festival	Date (2020)	Day
January	Makar Sakranti	15th January	Wednesday
January	Pongal	Begins on 15th January	Wednesday
January	Basant Panchami	29th January	Wednesday
February	Maha Shivratri	21st February	Friday
March	Holi	10th March	Tuesday
April	Baisakhi	13th April	Monday
April	Bihu	Begins on 14th April	Tuesday
May	Eid Ul Fitr	23rd May	Saturday
June	Hemis	30th June	Tuesday
August	Rakshabandhan	3rd August	Monday
August	Janmashtmi	12th August	Wednesday
August	Onam	Begins on 22nd August	Saturday
August	Ganesh Chaturthi	22nd August	Saturday
October	Navratri	From 17th to 25th October	Monday
October	Durga Puja	26th October	Monday
October	Dussehra	26th October	Monday
November	Diwali	27th November	Saturday
November	Gurupurab	30th November	Monday
December	Christmas	25th December	Friday

1. MAKAR SANKRANTI:-

Makar Sankranti is a real New Year for the North Indians and Sikhs, celebrated a day after the blacksmith.  On this day, for the blessing of his God for the New Year.  Is worshiped.  This is the end of winter in a way and the beginning of spring, which means an agricultural cycle for farmers.  Dates are determined by solar cycles, unlike other Hindu festivals where dates are decided by lunar cycles.  People celebrate the day with kite-mocking and sarcasm 'buzzing' and sweet 'sesame oil'.  Gujarati celebrates this festival in the name of Atharine.

•  Important: the beginning of the agricultural cycle.

• Central Attraction: Kite racing.

•  When: January 15 (Wednesday).
•  Where: In India, the festival is celebrated in North Indian and Sikh communities.  The northern region is the best place to celebrate Makar Sankriti in India.

2.PONGAL:-

South India's four-day harvest festival is one of India's most popular festivals.  People prepare pongal dishes and adorn their traditional clothing.  Celebrating this famed South Indian festival, celebrities include bonfires, dances, livestock races, sweets and sewage.  Houses look amazing with cool designs (traditional floral designs made of rice, colorful powder, and petals of flowers).

• Importance: It is a festival of nature thanksgiving to represent the first harvest of the year.

• Highlights: Colum design and varieties of livestock

• When: January 15

• Where: Celebrated by Tamils ​​all over India, especially in Tamil Nadu

• Pongal 2020: Starts on January 15 (Wednesday)

3.BASANT  PANCHAMI:-

Basant Panchami, celebrated in the months of January or February, is dedicated to the goddess Saraswati and is one of the famous festivals of India.  This is an important day for scholars and students when they worship the goddess of the scholars.  It is widely celebrated in Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Punjab and Haryana.  In Rajasthan, people wear necklaces to the goddess and anchors are arranged in the state of Punjab.

• Important: This is the beginning of spring

• Highlights: On this day, people wear yellow clothes and make pale dishes like sweet saffron rice and curry.

• When: It is celebrated on the fifth day of the month of Hindu demand.

• Where: Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Punjab and Haryana

• Basant Panchami 2020: 29 January

4.MAHA SHIVRATRI:-

Dedicated to Lord Shiva, this Indian festival holds great devotion to devotees of Lord Shiva.  It is of great importance to Hindu converts, which is celebrated on the 14th day of the fifteenth day of the fifteenth month in the month of Falgun.  It is believed that whoever worships Lord Shiva on that day gets salvation and salvation from his sins.  It is one of the most important festivals in India for unmarried and married women seeking married happiness.

• Importance: Devotion to Lord Shiva

• Central Attraction: Fasting and worship of Lord Shiva

• When: February 21 (Friday)

• Where: Northern India and Nepal

5.HOLI:-

Also known as the festival of colors, Holi is one of the most popular festivals in India, which is celebrated all over the country with big heart.  On the eve of Holi, people make a great Holika and sing and dance around it.  On the famous Holi festival of the Indian states, people gather in open areas and paint each other dry and wet with water guns and colorful water balloons.  It topped the figure of 10 famous festivals in India as it is celebrated all over the world with pleasure.

• Significance: This indicates the victory of evil (Holika) and good (Prince Prahlad) on the arrival of spring.

• Important attractions: Holika bonfire, playing with colors, and freezing frost

• When: Purnima (full moon) of the month of Hindu lunar calendar, which corresponds to the month of Gregorian calendar.

• Where: Almost all the country; most Indian events can be seen in the states of Northern India

• Holi 2020: March 10 (Tuesday)

6.BAISAKHI:-

Bisakhi, one of India's most celebrated festivals, is celebrated by the Sikh community of Punjab and people all over the world.  It welcomes the harvest of crops for rabi crops.  Sikh people celebrate the festival with great enthusiasm and excitement with local folk dances such as donkey and bhangra performances.  The festival has great religious significance in India because it marks the day when the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, laid the foundation stone of the Pentecostal Order in 1699.

• Important: welcome the harvest season

• Central Attractions: Bhangra and Gada, Punjabi feast, house decoration and folk dance like gurdwaras

• Fish: April 13 (Monday)

• Where: In India the festival is celebrated in whole Sikh communities.  Punjab is the best place to celebrate the crutches in India.

7.BIHU:-

Bihu is a popular harvest festival in Assam celebrated in the northeast India.  During the month-long celebrations, young men and women wear their traditional clothes and dance wildly in village fields and courtyards.  In India, during the celebration of the Beehive, a collective feast is held with a big bang.

• Important: This is the traditional New Year celebration of Assamese.

• Central attractions: Beehive dances and local cuisine.  Coconut laddoos, sesame backs, dough backs, and fish fish
• When: April 14th
• Where: Immigrants are celebrated around the world, especially in Assam
• Bihu 2020: Starts on April 14 (Tue)

8.EID UL FITUR:-

Eid is an important festival of India for the Muslim community.  People dressed in closing dresses, attending a special morning prayer in the morning, meeting friends and relatives and exchanging sweets.  IDs (money or gifts) are given to children by the elders.

• IMPORTANT: It commemorates the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
• Important attractions: Beautifully decorated in markets and mosques, morning prayers and sweet dishes at mosques.
• When: The first day of the lunar calendar month, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar of July
• Where: Muslims are celebrated all over the country
• Eid-ul-Fitr 2020: 23 May (Saturday)

9.HEMIS:-

Hems, a two-day religious festival from Ladakh, is an important festival in India.  It attracts many local and foreign tourists every year.  These ceremonies dance to the traditional melody of trumpets played by priests, chamboans, drums, beggars.  It's one of the most unique types of festivals, where dancer priests wear large brocade outfits and masks.

• Importance: It is a celebration of the birth of Padmasambhava, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhist founder.
• Big attractions: Cinque Hems math and chum dance
• When: The 10th day of the Tibetan lunar month (called Sesu Chu in the vernacular), which corresponds to June or July of the Gregorian calendar.
• Where: Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
• Hemis 2020: Starts on June 30 (Tuesday)

10.RAKSHABANDHAN:-

Rocky is celebrated among Hindus, one of the most popular festivals in the list of festivals in India.  During Rakhi, sister shows brother to brother relationship, sister performs Aarti (prayer), scissors, and holds a rakhi on the brother's wrist, which she desires.  As a result, the siblings take the oath of protection.  Another festival that has a strong resemblance to Rakhi is Bhai Dooj which comes right after Diwali.

• Important: It refers to a strong relationship between a brother and a sister.
• Highlights: Rituals and colorful colorful rockets and sweets in the markets
• When: The full moon day of the Hindu lunar calendar month, which corresponds to the Gregorian calendar from August
• Where: Especially in Northern, Central and Western India
• RakshaBandhan 2020: August 3 (Monday)

11.JANMASHTMI:-

Birth Paradise is once again one of the most important religious festivals in India.  Birthday celebrations are very popular in Mathamma and Vrindavan.  People fast all day long and in the evening break it down with a special meal, which makes it important on the list of festivals in India.  Midnight is a celebration of the birth of Lord Krishna, visiting temples, praying, dancing and singing hymns (praise).  On that day, most children dress up like a god Krishna.  "Peeping" in the temples depicts and depicts Krishna's life story.  It is one of the famous festivals of India.

• Important: This is the annual celebration of Lord Krishna's birthday.
• Important attractions: Birthday worship and celebrations in the temples and peeps of Lord Krishna
• When: According to Hindu calendar, Bhadrapada is the eighth day of the month (Ashtami).
• Where: Celebrated everywhere by Hindu community, but celebrations are very popular in Mathura and Vrindavan
• Janmashtmi 2020: August 12 (Wednesday)

12.ONAM:-

Onam is one of the major national festivals in India, in which people adorn traditional clothing, house decorating Poklam (floral designs) and producing Onasadia (a large selection of about 13 dishes).  Programs such as Valmkali (snake boat racing), Kai Kotakatali (Tali dance), Kathakali dance and Palkali procession (painted in the colors and like lions and hunters) have been organized.

• Important: It is a reminder of the return of the great King Mahabali.
• Highlights: Fantastic snake boat racing, intimate cocktail dancing and elephant procession
• When: In the calendar month of the calendar calendar, which corresponds to August or September of the Gregorian calendar
• Where: Celebrated by people of all communities in Kerala state.
• Onam 2020: Starts on week 22 (Saturday)

13.GANESH CHATURTHI:-

With a 10-day affair of colorful festivals, Ganesh Chatroti is one of the major Hindu religious festivals in India.  Large-scale handmade Ganesha sculptures are installed indoors or in public venues.  Worship is morning and evening.  The last day is a day of immersion - immersion of an idol in the body of water.  Music, dance and theater cultural activities and free medical and blood donation camps have been organized.

• Importance: This is the birthday of Ganeshra, the god of elephants.
• Highlights: Beautifully shaped idols of Ganesh and immersion ceremony
• When: The first fifteenth (Shukla Chaturthi) of the Hindu lunar calendar month corresponds to August or September of the Gregorian calendar.
• Where: Celebrated beautifully and beautifully in the states of Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
• Ganesh Chaturthi 2020: 22 August (Saturday)

14.NAVRATRI:-

One of India's most important festivals is Narotri.  The festival is celebrated all over India in different ways all over India.  In Gujarat, it is a nine-day celebration that revitalizes Garba Nights and the extremely passionate Dandiya Ross dance.  People are wearing beautiful, colorful traditional clothing and the atmosphere is very young and vibrant.  Fasting is a well-known tradition of Hinduism and it has scientific relevance.  Whenever the weather changes, one should fast to relax their digestive tract and increase their immune system for next season.

• Importance: It represents the celebration of the goddess Umba (Shakti) in nine different forms.
• Highlights: 9 Days Dance Festival in Gujarat, 8th Chania Choli (Traditional Skirts and Blouse), and Gujarati Pancakes - Subdued Khachi, Mandavi Pak, Sangoda Kher, and Alwofer
• When: According to Hindu lunar calendar, the first nine days of the month of Asun, which correspond to the Gregorian calendar according to September or October.
• Where: Almost all over the country; most dynamic in Gujarat, Maharashtra and metro
• Navratri 2020: 17 October to 25 October (Sunday)

15.DURGA PUJA:-

One of India's most important Hindu festivals, Durga Puja is celebrated all over the country by the Bengalis, and is included in the list of India's religious festivals.  The 10-day fast, feast and worship of Goddess Durga consists of cultural songs, dances and plays.  Very large and beautiful durga idols are placed in specially designed artistic venue (raids).  People wear traditional costumes and wander around the venue, praying and inviting.

• IMPORTANT: Before going to war with Lord Ram Devan Ravana, Lord Ram reminds him of the call of Goddess Durga.
• Highlights: Luxurious Pandal, Amazingly Beautiful Ten Armed Durga Idol and Pooja
• when: According to Hindu lunar calendar, Ashwani Shukla dates to the 10th of Paksha, which corresponds to the Gregorian calendar, September or October.
• Where: Kolkata and Metropolis are the best places in India during the Durga Puja celebrations
• Durga Puja 2020: 26 October (Mon)

16.DUSSEHRA:-

Dussehra, also known as Vijayadashmi, is one of the most celebrated festivals in India of Hinduism.  It is celebrated across the country in various forms.  The ramalila (Legislation for Ramayana scenes) lasts for 10 days everywhere.  It ended with "Ravan Dahan" - huge statues of Ravan, Megadath and Kumbhakarna were burned which is a real spectacle to behold.  In Mysore, a colorful procession is held, which is celebrated for 10 days in Kew to welcome its mountain deities in Volo.  The Mysore palace is decorated like a bride and creates an atmosphere through the beat of a drum.  It is a pity that you do not visit the royal city.  It is one of the most religious festivals in India.

• IMPORTANT: This is a reminder of the death of Devil Raja Ravan at the hands of Bhagavan Ram.
• Highlights: The vibrant bustle of the bazaar, the great event of the burning of Ram Leela, and the sculptures of Ravan, Megadath and Kumbhakarn.
• When: The 10th day of the month of Asun according to Hindu lunar calendar, which corresponds to September or October of the Gregorian calendar.
• Where: Pan India
• Dussehra 2020: October 25 (Sunday)

17.DIWALI:-

One of India's most prominent Hindu festivals, Diwali is celebrated with a lot of turmoil and shows.  During this festival of lights, the houses are decorated with earthen lamps, candles, and signboards.  People wear new clothes, participate in family worship, wear firecrackers, and share sweets with friends, family and neighbors.  It is the most famous festival of India.

• Important: At this festival, Lord Ram along with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana returned after 14 years of exile.
• Highlights: Decoration houses with fancy lights, candles and earthen lamps, bustling shops and bazaars and fireworks and firecrackers.
• When: Kartik's darkest Amusia night of the Hindu lunar calendar month, which corresponds to mid-October, according to the Gregorian calendar.
• Where: Across the country
• Diwali 2020: November 14 (Saturday)

18.GURPURAB:-

Anchor (community meal) is organized in one of India's most important Sikh festivals, special gatherings on the lives and teachings of the community.  Korah Prasad is divided into suburbs, and hymns have been staged in the city.  People burn houses with lamps and candles, and fire crackers and celebrate the group.

• Importance: It is a celebration of the anniversary of ten Sikh groups.
• Important attractions: Eight hymns of kirtan (hymns), gurbani, anchors and gurun prasad in the gurdwaras.
• When: Full moon day in Kartik month of Hindu lunar calendar, which corresponds For the Gregorian calendar of November
• Where: The whole world, especially in Punjab, was celebrated by the Sikh community
• Gurupurab 2020: November 30 (Monday)

19.CHRISTMAS:-

One of the most celebrated festivals in India and the world, Christmas is equally important for seniors and children alike.  Everyone is looking forward to this day, regardless of their religion, especially for the amazing gift from baby Santa.  All churches are bright and decorated to celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus.

• Important: the birth of the Lord Jesus
• Highlights: Christmas Tree Decoration, Prayers, Birthday of Lord Jesus and Santa Claus
• When: December 25th
• Where: This festival is celebrated all over India.  Goa, Pondicherry and Kerala are the best places to celebrate Christmas in India.
• Christmas 2020: December 25 (Friday)

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