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Festival
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Description
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Pooram,
Thrissur, Kerala
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The place is beautifully decorated to match the environment and the traditional aura of the place reaches its point of Bliss. The colorful Pooram festival is held at its fine Vadakkumanthan Temple. Processions of beautifully caparisoned elephants provide a magnificent spectacle. The festival is rounded off at night by dazzling firework displays.
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Urs,
Ajmer, Rajasthan
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One of the most important Pilgrim places for the Muslim in India. The place breaks all the feudal as well as religious dogmatic as it spearheads as a place revered by Muslims and Hindu alike, and stands straight as the symbol of India's unity. The Urs are held every year at the dargah of the Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, commemorating his symbolic union with God. Pilgrims from all over the world irrespective of caste creed and religious believes gather together to pay homage. Qawalis and poems are presented in the saint's honor. At the huge fair that springs up at this time, religious objects, books, rosaries, embroidered carpets and silver ornaments are on sale.
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Id-ul-Fitr,
All over India [Depends on Moon] |
The festival is celebrated in accordance to the Muslim calendar, which is lunar based, hence the time shifts every year. The festival marks the end of 'Ramadan'-a month when Muslims fast throughout the day and eat/drink only at night. Prayers, family get together's and feasts are the major highlights of the celebrations.
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International Flower Festival, Gangtok, Sikkim
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This can be called as a paradise for horticulturist. A rare show of exotic varieties of flowers, orchids and other plants native to Sikkim. Held every summer during the peak flowering season, this is a spectacular event, attracting. |
Buddha Purnima,
North India |
This festival commemorates the birth of Lord Buddha-'the enlightened one'. The festivity includes a colorful procession and is marked with religious discourses and Rituals. |
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