India is a land of countless fairs or festivals. Most of the festivals are related to the religion and some other are celebrating along with change of season and cropping. The vivacity of the people is reflected by the fairs and festivals.

Most common are The Puri-Rath Yatra, Alleppey-Boat Race, Pushkar-Camel Fair, Allahabad-Kumbha, Goa-Carnival and many more. All the fairs and festivals reflect the assortment of the native place and its people.

In the month of March Holi comes that is known as festival of colors. Festivals don’t bother about the religion barriers. In festival time all the people of country come closer and celebrate together.

After the Holi celebration couple of months ahead the festival “Raksha Bandhan” comes that is symbol of protection and affection between brother and sister. Then comes Janmashtami, better known as the birthday of Lord Krishna and then next comes Ganesh Chaturthy that is Lord Ganesha’s Birthday.

Now next festival is “Dussehra” that is symbol of Ram’s victory over Ravana . People believe it as victory of good over wickedness. As Dussehra celebration completed people especially in north India start cleaning their homes and shops for the coming festival that is none other “Diwali”. It is the most favorite festival among all the fiestas. Diwali is the festival of lights and lamps; generally, it falls in the month of November. This is the festival where people burst crackers and show their joy and Getty. On Diwali eve people pray to the goddess Lakshmi for prosperity.

Apart from that some other fairs or festivals are also celebrate according to season or harvesting. Most common harvest festivals are Bihu in Assam, Pongal in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and Onam in Kerala. In Onam festival the boat race on rivers in monsoon is the main attrection.

Kerala is a Known for some eccentric beliefs. In starting three months of year the Therayattam festival held in Malabar, and thousand of people come in this fair and enjoy the dance and other activities. Therayattam is popular for Mask dance; dancers put mask on their faces and dance till dusk.

Apart from Hindu festivals some Muslims festivals also fall in entire year. Muslim’s biggest festival “Eid” comes twice in a year. A good example of dedication devotion you can see in the month Ramzan in that muslim people keep fast whole day for whole month. They eat before dawn and after dusk, in-between they pray to god for joy and prosperity.

India is religious country; the main religions in India are Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism. However, majority is for Hinduism with 80%. Apart from that some other groups like Indo-Aryans, Dravidians and Others are also present in India.

Many religions many almanac, basically, in India people prefer Gregorian almanac for official purposes and Lunar almanac for Hindu and Muslim festivals.