Worlds Festivities

• Basant Panchami

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  The festival of Basant Panchami is celebrated on fifth day of Shukla Paksha of Magh month. This year, the festival will be celebrated on 14 February 2013. On this day Lord Vishnu, God Krishna-Radha and Goddess of education Mother Saraswati is worshiped wi

• Pongal – The Festival Celebrating Prosperity

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  India is a land whose primary occupation is agriculture. Changes in season thus play a very important role for Indian farmers. Their lifestyles and celebrations are thus exclusively linked to the seasonal landmarks in an year

• Makar Sankranti

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  Makar Sankranti is one of the most auspicious day for the Hindus, and is celebrated in almost all parts of the country in myriad cultural forms, with great devotion, fervor & gaiety

• Ngouon 2012 - Bamoun Cultural Festival

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  The Ngouon cultural festival starts on Monday 3rd December and ends on Sunday 9th December 2012.

• Bhayya - Duj, October or November

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  The fifth and final day of Diwali is known as Bhayya-Duj. It is also known in Hindi as Bhav-Bij and in Marathi and Nepalese as Bhai Tika.

• Dhanteras, October or November

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  The first day is called Dhanteras or Dhantrayodashi which falls on the thirteenth day of the month of Kartik. The word \"Dhan\" means wealth. As such this day of the five-day Diwali festival

• Diwali, October or November

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  Leading us into Truth and Light, Diwali is celebrated on a nation-wide scale on Naraka Chathurthasi day on the dawn of Ammavaasa during the Hindu month of Aippasi

• Onam Kerala, August to September

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  The legend of Onam is about the sweet memories of a period of peace and prosperity when Mahabali an emperor of the Asuras who was ruling over this land.

• Great Elephant March, Kerala, January 17 - 20

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  If you’ve a penchant for parading pachyderms, Kerala’s where you should be headed. Every December- or January, depending upon the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation

• Baisakhi Festival India, 13th April 2012

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  For people in northern parts of India, especially the Sikhs, Baisakhi is a mega event - it is a religious festival, harvest festival and New Year\'s Day all rolled into one. In April, this day marks the beginning of the Hindu solar New Year. In fact, this