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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 ...
September – October. Dussehra (Vijayadashami) Floating. Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil. It is celebrated on the tenth day of Ashvin, the seventh month in the Hindu Calendar [ 8] October – November. Diwali. Floating. Hindu festival of lights.
Pashupatinath Temple. Maha Shivaratri is a national holiday in Nepal and celebrated widely in temples all over the country, especially in the Pashupatinath temple. Thousands of devotees visit the famous Shiva Shakti Peetham nearby as well. Holy rituals are performed all over the nation.
Across the globe, Hindus celebrate a diverse number of festivals and celebrations, typically marking events from ancient India and often coinciding with seasonal changes. [1] These celebrations take place either on a fixed annual date on the solar calendar, or on a specific day of the lunisolar calendar.
Rama Navami. Sahil ( Sanskrit: राम नवमी, romanized : Rāmanavamī) is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Rama, one of the most popularly revered deities in Hinduism, also known as the seventh avatar of Vishnu. [ 5][ 6][ 7] He is often held as an emblem within Hinduism for being an ideal king and human through his ...
The Mauritius festival dates back to 1896, [79] and the Mauritian government has made it a public holiday. [80] In Malaysia and Singapore, the festival is more commonly known as Vinayagar Chaturthi because of the large Tamil-speaking Hindu minority. [81] In Ghana, ethnic African Hindus celebrate Ganesh Chaturti. [82]
Holi is a sacred ancient tradition of Hindus, a holiday in many states of India and Nepal with regional holidays in other countries. It is a cultural celebration that gives Hindus and non-Hindus alike an opportunity to have fun banter with other people by throwing coloured water and powder at each other.
2015 (Friday) February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 314 days remain until the end of the year (315 in leap years ).