Category: Festivals
Happy Holi
Holi is a popular and significant Hindu festival celebrated as the Festival of Colours, Love, and Spring. It celebrates the eternal and divine love of the deities Radha and Krishna. Additionally, the day signifies the triumph of good over evil, as it commemorates the victory of Vishnu as Narasimha over Hiranyakashipu.
Green Holi
The festival of Holi demarcates the beginning of spring and coincides with some smaller agricultural festivals across the country. Therefore green – the first colour of spring and new beginnings – is prominent in its celebration. And it’s not just according to Hinduism.
Holika Dahan
Holika Dahan, rendered Holika Dahanam in Sanskrit or Chotti Holi, is a Hindu festival in which a bonfire is lit to celebrate the burning of the demoness, Holika This ritual is symbolic of victory of good over evil. It precedes Holi, the festival of colours, which celebrates the spring season.
Falgun Purnima
As per ancient scriptures, the Moon was born in the month of Falgun, making the worship of the Moon on this Purnima especially beneficial. The Moon’s rays bring more positive changes in nature.
Maha Shivratri
Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honor of the deity Shiva, between February and March. According to the Hindu calendar, the festival is observed on the fourteenth day of the first half of the lunar month of Phalguna.
Shiv Parvati Vivah
The festival commemorates the wedding of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion that Shiva performs his divine dance, called the Tandava. It is a notable festival in Hinduism, marking a remembrance of “overcoming darkness and ignorance” in life and the world.
