1) Makar Sankranti
It is one of the famous festivals of India which is celebrated by the whole country with great enthusiasm. The special thing about this day is that on this day, the sun sets in Uttarayan. What I like on this day is that sesame laddus are very tasty, which I wait for the whole year. On this day, we fly kites. This day fills the sky with kites. We also do a competition in which we cut the ropes of each other's kites, and whoever gets that cut kite first wins. The one who has the most kites in this game is the winner. Makar Sankranti is a very auspicious day in Hindu customs. All over India, people celebrate this festival with great enthusiasm and enthusiasm. People visit temples in the morning after bath and seek blessings from God for the whole family. Makar Sankranti festival is celebrated with different names in different parts of the country. In South India, it is popularly called 'Pongal'; in Punjab and Haryana, it is called 'Lohri'; in Assam, it is called 'Bihu' and 'Khichdi Utsav' in Bihar. The festival marks the end of the dark phases and the beginning of a new phase in everyone's life. People celebrate the festival to bring a sense of universal brotherhood and harmony among the people. The festival spreads the message of forgetting bitterness among our relatives and friends and making new beginnings to lead a happy and healthy life.
2) Basant Panchami
Basant Panchami is the main festival of Hindus and Basant Pachami is also known as Shri Panchami and Gyan Panchami. This festival is celebrated on the day of Shukla Panchami in the month of Magha. The whole year is divided into 6 seasons, which include the spring season, summer season, rainy season, autumn season, Hemant season, and Shishir season. Out of all these seasons, Vasant is considered the king of all seasons, that is why this day is called Basant Panchami, and from this day, the spring season begins. In this season, crops grow in the fields, and flowers start blooming, and happiness is seen everywhere, and gold grows on the earth; that is, the crops are flourishing. It is believed that Mata Saraswati was born on this day, so special worship of Saraswati Mata is organized on Basant Panchami. Maa Saraswati is considered to be the goddess of learning and wisdom. On the day of Basant Panchami, a boon of knowledge, wisdom, art, and knowledge is sought from Goddess Saraswati. On this day, people should wear yellow clothes and worship Goddesses.
Saraswati with yellow flowers and people fly kites and eat sweet yellow colored rice in food items. The yellow color is considered a symbol of spring. The festival of Basant Panchami is celebrated with great pomp. There is a legend behind worshiping Goddess Saraswati on this day. First of all, Shri Krishna and Brahma Ji worshiped Goddess Saraswati. When Goddess Saraswati saw Shri Krishna, she was fascinated by seeing his form and started wishing to get her in the form of her husband. When Lord Krishna came to know about this, he told Goddess Saraswati that he was devoted to Radha. Still, to please Saraswati, Lord Shri Krishna gives a boon to Goddess Saraswati that every person who desires knowledge should be blessed in the month of Magha. The fee will worship you on Panchami. After giving this boon, Lord Shri Krishna first worshiped the Goddess.
3) Ram Navami
The festival of Ram Navami is celebrated on the Navami of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month. According to religious scriptures, Lord Shri Ram was born on this day. The festival of Ram Navami is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Shri Ram Ji in the incarnation of Vishnu; Shri Ram Ji was born in Tretayuga. The description of which is available even today in Adikavya and Valmiki. After the yajna property, when the six seasons passed, in the 12th month on the ninth date of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra, in Punarvasu Nakshatra and Cancer ascendant, Kaushalya Devi gave birth to Jagdishwar Shri Ram, the beloved of all, endowed with divine characteristics. Five planets (Sun, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus) were in their exalted positions.
How the person meditated on Shri Ram, in the same way, the method and tradition of worshiping praise are going on; often some people do worship, fasting, havan, charity, etc. And on the day of Ram Navami, Hindus read the scandal of Shri Ramcharitmanas. and chanting hymns.
4) Hariyali Teej
Hariyali Teej is considered one of the special festivals of Sawan. This day is a day of good fortune for married women and girls. But after all, why is this day considered special for women? The festival of Hariyali Teej is celebrated every year on the third day of Shukla Paksha of Shravan month. This day is dedicated to Mahadev and Mata Parvati. It is believed that on this day, Mahadev, pleased with the penance of Mother Parvati, told her yes for marriage. Therefore, this day is considered the day of the union of Bholenath and Mata Parvati and is said to be very auspicious for married women and girls. This time Hariyali Teej will be celebrated on Wednesday, August 11. It is believed that by worshiping Goddess Parvati and Mahadev on the day of Hariyali Teej, the married life of a married woman becomes happy and unmarried girls get the desired groom. Know the story of Shiva Parvati related to the month of Shravan.
According to the legend, Mata Sati was reincarnated as Parvati in the house of Himalayaraj. Then she wished to have Shiva as her husband. But then Narada Muni went to meet King Himalaya and suggested the name of Lord Vishnu for marriage to Mother Parvati. Himalayaraj was very pleased with this and agreed to get Parvati married to Vishnu. When Mata Parvati came to know that her marriage had been fixed with Lord Vishnu, she was very disappointed. In grief, she went to a lonely forest. He made Shivling from sand there and did severe penance for many years to get Mahadev as a husband. He had given up food and water during penance. At that time, Mata Parvati used to spend her day chewing dry leaves. At that time, Mata Parvati faced many challenges, but she did not care about anything. When Giriraj suddenly got information about the disappearance of Parvati Ji, he got the earth and the underworld united in his search, but she was not found. At that time, Mata Parvati was absorbed in the worship of Shiva inside a cave in the forest. Eventually, Shiva was compelled in front of Mata Parvati's penance and appeared before her on the third day of Shukla Paksha of Shravan month and accepted her as his wife and granted her the boon of wish fulfillment. After this, when his father reached the forest looking for him, Parvati refused to accompany him and put a condition that I will go with him only when
You will marry me with Mahadev. Defeated, Parvatraj had to accept his daughter Parvati's stubbornness, and he took her back home. After some time, the marriage of Shiva and Parvati was completed with full rituals. That is why the Tritiya Tithi of Shukla Paksha of Shravan month is called the day of the union of Mahadev and Mother Parvati. On this day, Lord Shiva was pleased with the austerity of Mother Parvati and said that the marriage of both of us became possible as a result of the fact that you had done by worshiping me on this day. From today onwards, I will give the desired results to any woman who performs this fast with complete devotion. That woman will get an immovable honeymoon like you. Therefore, this day is considered a day of good luck for both married women and unmarried girls.
5) Holi
The festival of Holi, popularly known as the 'Festival of Colors, is celebrated on the full moon day in the month of Falgun. Colors and water are thrown at each other amidst loud music and drums. Like other festivals of India, Holi also signifies the victory of good over evil. According to ancient legend, the story of Hiranyakashipu is associated with the festival of Holi.
Hiranyakashipu was a king of ancient India who was like a demon. He wanted to avenge the death of his younger brother, who was killed by Lord Vishnu. So he prayed for years to make himself strong. Eventually, he got a boon. But because of this, Hiranyakashipu started considering himself as a god and asking people to worship him like a god. This evil king had a son named Prahlad, and he was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu. Prahlad never obeyed his father and continued to worship Lord Vishnu. Angered by the son not worshiping him, the king decided to kill his son. He asked his sister Holika to take Prahlad in her lap and sit in the fire because Holika could not burn in the fire. He planned to burn Prahlad, but his plan could not succeed as Prahlad kept chanting the name of Lord Vishnu all the time and survived, but Holika was burnt to ashes. This necklace of Holika symbolizes the destruction of evil. After this, Lord Vishnu killed Hiranyakashipu; hence the festival of Holi is associated with the story of Holika's death. Due to this, Holi is lit a day before Holi in some states of India as a symbol of the end of evil.
Day 1 – On the full moon day, a plate is decorated with colors, and the eldest member of the family sprinkles colors on the rest of the members.
Day 2 - It is also called Pocono. On this day, Holika's pictures are lit, and Holi is lit in the memory of Holika and Prahlad. Mothers make five rounds of burning Holi with their children to seek the blessings of the fire god.
Day 3 - This day is called 'Parva,' and it is the last day of the Holi festival. On this day, color and water are poured on each other. The idols of Lord Krishna and Radha are also worshiped by putting colors on them.
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