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Karam (colloquially Karma) is a harvest festival celebrated in Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Odisha and Bangladesh. It is dedicated to the worship of Karam-Devta (Karam-Lord/God), the god of power, youth and youthfulness. It is celebrated for good harvest and health. [1] [2]
Date: Kartik Shukla Shashthi: 2023 date: 25 March to 28 March ... Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh; [4 ... Chhath puja is dedicated to the Sun God Surya, ...
v. t. e. Tusu Festival is a folk festival held on the last day of the Hindu month of Paush, i.e., Makar Sankranti. It is mainly river centric.It is a unifying form of common faith and belief of the agrarian society in joy of harvesting crops. [1] At the end of the festivities, the immersion of the image of Tusu is done vividly and with songs ...
Karva Chauth or Karwa Chauth or Karaka Chaturthi (Sanskrit: करकचतुर्थी, romanized: Karakacaturthī) [3] is a Rajput Hindu festival celebrated by Hindu women of Northern and Western India in October or November on the Hindu lunar month of Kartika. [4] Like many Hindu festivals, Karva Chauth is based on a lunisolar variant of ...
Usually falling on the date of 14 January annually (15 January on a leap year), [2] [3] [4] this occasion marks the transition of the sun from the zodiac of Sagittarius (dhanu) to Capricorn . [ 2 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Since the sun has made this transition which vaguely coincides with moving from south to north, the festival is dedicated to the solar ...
Jitiya (also called Jivitputrika) is a three-day-long Ancient Hindu festival which is celebrated from the seventh to ninth lunar day of Krishna-Paksha in Ashvin month. It is celebrated mainly in Nepal and the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand. [1][2][3][4] Mothers fast (without water) for well being of their children. [5] It ...
Karma dance or Karma Naach is a traditional dance of central and Eastern India annually performed during the karma festival. Karma is a famous autumnal festival, it starts from the 11th day of the bright fortnight of the month of Bhadrab. It is performed in State of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.
Lantern Festival (in China) Tết Nguyên Tiêu (in Vietnam)[3] Māgha Pūjā (also written as Makha Bucha Day) is a Buddhist festival celebrated on the full moon day of the third lunar month [7] in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Sri Lanka and on the full moon day of Tabaung in Myanmar. It is the second most important Buddhist festival after Vesak ...