Names of Religious Festivals

Ramzan-festival of fasting

Eid ul fitr-marks the end of ramazan

Holi-festival of colour

Diwali-festival of light

Pongal-tamil harvest festival

Gurupurab-aniversary of a guru’s birth or death

Maha shivratri-the great night of shiva

Hemis –birth of padmasambhava

Lodhi-punjabi folk festival

Navratri-durga puja durgotsava

Bihu

Christmas-birth of jesus christ

Dussehra-vijayadasami

Janmashtmi-birth of lord krishna

Ganesh chaturthi-vinayake chathurti

Onam-harvest festival of kerala

Raksha bandhan-rakhi or “bond of protection”