| Fair / Festival |
Description |
Lohri |
A community festival of joy celebrated with
bonfires, signifies movement of sun from Southern to Northern hemisphere |
Basant Panchmi |
Heralds spring, celebrated with wearing yellow,
kite flying and music |
Shivratri |
Shiva's night, darkest of the year. Celebrates
the union of the negative & positive which is also the eternal moment |
Holi |
Spring festival of colour |
Baisakhi |
North Indian Hindu New year, heralds
celebration for start of harvesting celebrated by girls with songs |
Spring Navaratra & Ram Naumi |
Marks change of season & 9 nights of worship of
Shiva |
Summer Festival |
Tourist Attraction |
Monsoon Fair |
Tourist Attraction |
Janmashtami & Local Gugga Naumi |
Birth of Lord Krishna & Fair at local shrines
known as Guggas |
Wrestling Fair |
Wrestlers from far and wide participate |
Autumn Navratra |
Change of season and 9 nights of worship of
Shiva followed by Ram Leela |
Dussehra |
Celebrates the victory of good over evil |
Diwali |
Festivals of lights |
