Puskar
Festival
Excitement,
gaiety and a keen sense of competition fill the air as the long journey to Pushkar
begins. The only temple dedicated to Lord Brahma (the creator) is located at
Pushkar. The Pushkar lake is surrounded by 52 flights of steps called ghats.
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Desert
Festival
The Desert Festival is a three days long extravaganza of colour, music and festivity,
held at the golden city of Jaisalmer. Gair and fire dancers swaying to traditional
tunes, a turban-tying competition and a Mr. Desert contest are part of the fun
and frolic.
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Boat
Race
This festival is held across the Mumbai harbour, on the Elephant Island, near
the world renowned Elephanta Caves. This feast of music and dance, celebrated
under the stars, transforms the entire island into a large auditorium.
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Elephant
Festival
The Elephant Festival is an inimitable event held annually in Jaipur. Groomed
flawlessly, rows of elephants do a catwalk before an enthralled audience liked
best fashion models to make this festival an amazing one. The elephants move
with poise in pageant, run races, play the regal game of polo, and finally participate
in the spring festival of Holi.
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Goa Carnival
Among the various colourful feasts and festivals feasts and festivals that Goa
celebrates -with great eclat, Carnaval and Shigmo are the most rumbustious,
awaited by the population with intense enthusiasm. Unlike 'Shigmo' which is
also celebrated in some oilier parts of India, although under different appellations.
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Holi
Is
the most boisterous of all Hindu festivals, observed all over the North. It
heralds the end of winter and the beginning of the Spring. The night before
the full moon, crowds of people gather together and light huge bonfires to burn
the residual dried leaves and twigs of the winter.
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Onam
Onam is Kerala's most popular festival, celebrated with great enthusiasm. It
is primarily a harvest festival celebrated to welcome the spirit of the pious
King Mahabali from eternal exile and to assure him that his people are happy
and wish him well.
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Pongal
In the South Sankranti becomes Pongal. It is a celebration of the harvest which
is observed for three days in Tamil Nadu as well as in Andhra Pradesh. The first
day is the Bhogi Pongal which is celebrated as a family festival.
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Durga
Puja
Is
performed during the nine days of Navratri. Community pujas in Bengal are organised
in every locality. Families visit each other to share feasts. On Bijoya day,
the idols are taken in elaborate processions for immersion in the river on the
sea.
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Deepawali
The festival of lights is one of the most beautiful of Indian festivals. It
comes 21 days after Dussehra and celebrates the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya
after his 14 year exile. Homes are decorted, sweets are distributed by everyone
and thousands of lamps lit in houses all over the country making it a night
of enchantment.
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