Festivals

1. Festivals
Of India
for
PRISHA

2. Types of Festivals
▶ Festivalsare of 3 types .
▶ T
hey are National
Festival,
▶ Religious Festival
▶ Harvest Festival.

3. National Festivals
▶ Festivalswhich are
celebrated by the entire
nation are called
national festival.
▶ T
hey are –
▶ Republic Day
▶ Independence Day
▶ Gandhi Jayanti

4. Independence Day
▶ India became
independent on 15th
August, 1947 .
▶ So the independence
day iscelebrated on 15th
August.
▶ T
he Prime Ministerof our
country hoists the flag at
Red Fort in Delhi and
givesa speech.

5. Republic Day
▶ India became a
democratic republic on
26 January
, 1950. we
celebrate it asRepublic
Day.
▶ T
he main function isheld
at Rajpath .
▶ A special pared istaken
out by the armed forces.

6. Gandhi Jayanti
▶ Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi isbetter known
asMahatma Gandhi.
▶ He isalso known asthe
Father Of The Nation.
▶ He always believed in
Ahinsa and fought
against the British
without violence.
▶ He said “Be the change,
you want to see in the
world”.

7. Religious Festivals
▶ India isa land of many
religions.
▶ So, we have many
religiousfestivalsthat are
celebrated with joy
acrossthe country
.
▶ Few of them are
Christmas, Diwali, Holi
Dusshera, Durga Puja,
Rakshabandhan, and
many more.

8. Diwali
▶ Diwali isknown asthe
festival of lights.
▶ It iscelebrated because
on thisday Lord Rama
returned home to
Ayodhya after 14 years
in exile.
▶ People Decorate their
homes so that God
Lakshmi come to their
house.
▶ People also burst
crackersbecause Diwali
isthe festival of light.

9. Holi
▶ Holi isthe festival of
colors.
▶ It iscelebrated mostly in
North India.
▶ T
he do puja and there is
a story behind this
festival and because of
that story people still
burn Holika.
▶ People all overIndia
celebrate thisfestival by
playing colors, sand and
give sweets to relatives,
and many more.

10. Rakshabandhan
▶ On thisday, sisters tie
rakhi(a thread) 0n their
brother sright wrist and
pray for theirsafety.
▶ T
hisiscelebrated by the
sister tying a rakhi then
the brother givesa gift
to hissister forpraying for
hi safety.

11. Dussehra
▶ T
he festival iscelebrated
asthe day on which
Lord Rama killed Ravana
.
▶ It isalso known as
Vijayadashami.

12. Durga Puja
▶ In West Bengal, Durga
Puja is celebrated with
great pomp and show.
▶ Goddess Dugra is
worshipped for the three
days.

13. Guruparabs
▶ T
he Sikhs celebrate the
birthdays of all their ten
gurus.
▶ T
he ten guru’s were-
Guru Nanak, Guru
Angad, Guru Amar Das,
Guru Ram Das, Guru
Arjan, Guru Har Gobind,
Guru Har Rai, Guru Har
Krishan, Guru T
egh
Bahadur, Guru Gobind
Singh, Guru Granth
Sahib.
▶ T
hese daysare known
asGuruparabs.

14. Buddha Purnima
▶ T
he birthday of
Buddhism, Lord
Gautama Buddha, is
celebrated asBuddha
Purnima.
▶ People offerspecial
prayers and exchange
greetings on thisday.

15. Christmas
▶ Christmas iscelebrated
by Christian because
Jesus Christ was born on
thisday in Bethlehem.
▶ Christmas iscelebrated
on 25th December .
▶ A special kind of
decorated tree, known
asChristmas T
ree isput
up in homes.

16. Id-ul-Fitr
▶ Muslims celebrate Id-ul-
Fitrand Id-ul-Zuha .
▶ During the month of
Ramzan, Muslims fast
from sunrise to sunset.

17. Harvest Festival
▶ Harvest isan important
activity in ourcountry
.
▶ It isthe time when a
crop issown by the is
ready for reaping are
called Harvest Festival.

18. Bihu
▶ Bihu isthe harvest
festival of Assam.
▶ Special Bihu dances are
performed acrossthe
state.

19. Pongal
▶ Pongal isthe harvest
festival of T
amil Nadu.
▶ It isa three day festival.

20. Onam
▶ Onam marksthe
celebration of season in
Kerala.
▶ Special dishes are
prepared and served on
banana leaves.

21. Baisakhi
▶ It iscelebrated on 13th
April every year
.
▶ T
he festival ismainly
celebrated in North
India, particularly in
Punjab and Himachal
Pradesh.