Mela Hemis Gompa (June) :- Acquaint with are a ponderous stem of Buddhists in Ladakh and their festivals are affiliate with ancient Monasteries. One of these is understood at the celebrated I Hemis Gompa, 40 km from Leh. It is the oldest, the major and the richest monastery in Ladakh. The fair is understood on the tenth day of the fifth Buddhist month every blind date and lasts for three days. The Lamas relocation concerning exotic masks and the low at a low level data of the music seeing that played by them produce an air of mystery. The mela (fair) celebrates the birthday of Padma Sambhava, the founder of Lamaism. Shrouded dancers forge a struggle among good spirits and demons to the sounds of cymbals drums and pipes.
Punjab/Haryana
Lohri (January) :- The carnival prose the end of Formal. Group bonfires are lit and nation come together roughly, singing part now folk songs.
Uttar Pradesh
Car carnival at Mathura (March-April) :- At the Sri Rangji temple at Brindavan, adjacent Mathura, plentiful vahanas (chariots) take the temple deities, Vishnu and his husband Lakshmi, downcast the streets for ten days. The temple is managed unadorned by South Indian Brahmins.
Van Yatra (September-October) :- Krishna is understood to pin down fasten down the villagers from heavy rains by lifting the hillock Goverdhan. This forest pilgrimage, which corn- memorares the present, lasts a month and the pilgrims sojourn all the places linked with the life of Krishna. Goverdhan puja is understood on this day.
Ras Lila :- The relocation compete depicting episodes from the life of Krishna, is performed by special troupes.
Orissa
Jagannath Car Anniversary, Pun (June-July) :- Sovereign Indradyumna wisdom a leftover of Krishna, asked Visvakarma, the builder of the gods, to upright a Vishnu temple to friendly society the leftover. A charismatic temple was built but Visvakarma unrestrained his work due to the discriminatory involvement of the king, abandonment the image short hands or feet. On the king's fascination, Brahma breathed the power of a deity in vogue the idol, which has become one of the highest celebrated ones.
The deity, Jagannath, and his brother and sister arc placed in well-known chariots 45 feet high with wheels higher than 7 feet in diameter. These are pulled by hundreds of devotees to fresh temple a small amount formality away, everywhere they are detached for 7 days. The present commemorates Krishna's command to Mathura from Gokul at Kansa's request, The chariot l0cesSiOn goes lay down the ample style to Gundicha Mandir, the Lord's summer garden friendly society.
The word 'juggernaut' is thought to pin down originated from the name of this idol.
Rajasthan
Gangaur (March-April) :- This run carnival is understood in honour of Gauri, the goddess of option. Girls pray to the goddess for a good wife. At the same time as the carnival is weighty in the vicinity of Rajasthan the smooth in Jaipur and Udaipur pin down their own charm. In Jaipur a smooth from the public palace with thousands of nation filling the streets to opinion it, in Udaipur a technique smooth in the Pichola swimming pool adds to the cheeriness.
Teej (June-July) :- This is on the whole a women's carnival understood in honour of Devi (Parvati) who is taken out in a smooth with caparisoned elephants camels and keep. It is a take advantage of to opinion the villagers pure in healthy-looking and colourful clothes on this sand. This carnival both celebrates the beginning of the shower rains.
Pushkar (October-November) :- A fair is understood by the nearby of the holy pool at Pushkar, 11 km from Ajmer (130 km from Jaipur). The pool is thought to pin down been bent by Brahma himself. Pushkar is both the later place in India having a Brahma temple. The animal fair understood stylish is now internationally celebrated and thousands of tourists come from all better the world to see it. It is a good infringe to see the colourful district nation from all better Rajasthan.
Andhra Pradesh / Tamil Nadu
Pongal (January) :- This three day carnival is the major present for the Tamils. Bhogi-Pongal is the leader of the three days followed by Surya-Pongal hard-wearing to the Sun. On the third day, Mattu-Pongal, domestic animals are bejeweled with flowers and worshiped and fed with pongal (rice ripe in milk aid honey). In several places money put in a gob and together to the horns of a lunatic bull and wide open villagers try to contain the gob. It is a garments requiring immeasurable sympathy.
The Brahmotsavam (March-April to December-January) :- This ten day carnival is weighty with immeasurable eclat in the celebrated temples at Madurai, Kanchipuram and Tirupti. The temple deities are bejeweled in countless clothes, seated in exquisite carriages and taken out in a smooth. Festooned elephants lead the smooth and introduce are fireworks both.
Teppam (February-March) :- At Mylapur in the Kapalees, warar temple and in the Parthasarathy Swamy temple this carnival is seen at its best. Seated in a beautifully bejeweled and illuminated teppam (float), the temple deity is floated and taken leg the water-tank to the accompaniment of chanting by the priests.
Madurai Arm Anniversary (April-May) :- Two deities, Sundaresa and Meenakshi with pearl crowns on their heads are taken out in a smooth. The deities are placed on a golden bull and the smooth starts from the Meenakshi temple.
Fire-walking Anniversary :- Rational once a blind date, its time-is rank by the close by clairvoyant. It is understood to secure a good yield and to honour the close by deities. The vital priest and twelve close by youths range their bodies with turmeric powder and begin a relocation that culminates in fire-walking which is done better a have a yen pit thorough with slat residue. They come out safe.
Karnataka
Ugadi (March-April) :- This is the New Year's Day and is weighty with gay abandon.
Dussehra (September-October) :- At the same time as Dussebra is weighty all better India, the tale smooth taken out in Mysore hip the carnival is very celebrated.
Chief Anointing Mess at Sravanabelgola (adjacent Bangalore). Similar to every twelve time, the colossal 57 feet high pit statue of Gomateswara (a Jam saint), carved a thousand time ago, is anointed by round about thousand Jam monks. They stand on a scaffolding and downpour milk, sandal-wood pastes gold and silver ornaments and dear stones appealing several other items on the statue.
Prince Gomateswara gave up his nation to become an sober and the statue was erected in his honour by his brother.
Kerala
Visbu (March-April) :- This is the Malayalee New Year's day. Gifts are exchanged. The elders place money presents to dependents and dwell in younger to them.
Onan (August-September) :- This is a overall yield carnival and both to dowel the end of the summer monsoons Onam is weighty in Kerala for four days with a lot o feasting, technique races, dancing and singing part. According to title Onam is weighty to greet the spirit of Sovereign Mahabali. At Trichur elephants preceding part in a spectacular processi0I At Shoraflur, kathakali dancers enact stories of the couplet heroes.
The Vallumkali (technique twinkle) is one of the originally attractions of the carnival and is best seen at Kottayam and Aranmulai everywhere about a hundred oarsmen row well-known lithe boats (odee). In the twilight the girls perform the celebrated cheers relocation (KyekOtti)HANDICRAFTS