The document outlines various Hindu festivals, including Diwali, Holi, and Ganesha Chaturthi, each with unique traditions and significance. Major themes include the celebration of triumph over evil, harvest, and the honoring of deities. Festivals are marked with rituals, feasting, and community gatherings, showcasing cultural diversity within Hindu practices.

1. HINDUIS
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FESTIVA
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2. DIWALI
Most well known.
Festival of lights.
Symbolized victory over evil.
Lamps are lit for hope for mankind,
new beginning and positive qualities
one should have.
Also a chance to celebrate Ganesha.
Celebrated for five days in the
month of Oct/Nov.

4. (KITE FESTIVAL).
Mid-winter Hindu festival
Hindu New Year
Festival is celebrated by taking dips
in the Ganges River
Dip is said to purify the self
Celebrated for 3 days and is more of
a cultural festival

6. HOLI
 Celebrated on the day after the full moon
in early March
 Festival to celebrate good harvest
 Spring festival
 Also called the “Festival of Colors”
 Day one = bonfire is lit at night
 Day two = people go around and throw
colored powder and water at each other
 End with a feasts at a friends house in the
evening

8. RAM NAVAMI
 ninth day of the Hindu Lunar year
(March)
 birthday of Rama
 Starts off with prey to the Sun
 perform Kalyanotsavam (marriage
celebration) for images of Rama and Sita
 end of the day the Rama is taken to a
procession on the street
 Hindus are supposed to fast
 Temples are decorated and readings of the
Ramayana take place.

9. Lakshman, Rama, Sita

10. RAKSHA BANDHAN
Raksha = protection
Bandhan = lasting bond
celebrates the relationship
between brothers and sisters
Thread-tying ceremony (rakhi)
sister recognizes the bond
between them
brother vows to look after her
Feed each other sweets

12. JANMASHTAMI.
 Celebration of the birth of Lord Krishna
◦ Reincarnation of Lord Vishnu
◦ Giver of the Bhagvat Gita
 2007 in Sept 3rd
and 4th
 Celebrated differently in North and South
 In south…….
 begin the festival by fasting on the previous day
 followed by a night-long vigil commemorating the
birth
 At midnight, the deity of the infant Krishna is bathed,
placed in a cradle and worshipped
 the early morning, ladies draw patterns of little
children's feet outside the house with rice-flour paste,
walking towards the house
◦ symbolizes the entry of the infant Krishna into his foster-home

13. Human pyramid to reach the pot, Dahi-Handi, and break it

14. GANESHA CHATURTHI.
 Annual festival in honor of Ganesh
◦ Elephant headed deity
◦ Remover of obstacles
 celebrated for ten days
 Day 1 = idol placed on platform and
decorated
 For ten days Ganesh is worshipped
 Ends when the idol of Ganesh is
immersed into the most convenient body
of water
 Most popular in Mumbi

16. NAVRATRI
Nine days of dance
10 days during Sept-Oct
Honor supreme mother goddess –
Durga
Symbolizes good over evil
Celebrated differently throughout
India
Usually with song, dance and
merriment

17. Pots which will contain a lamp for
the festival in Western India
Colorful dancing

18. RI.
 Celebrated in month of january to february.
 The night of shiva.
 Strict fasting is observed because this iis
considered to be an extraordinary auspicious day.
 Shiva is the “maha yogi” who controls his
sensuality and meditates with total
concentration for self purification.
 A significant festival commonly observed from
kashmir to kanyakumari.

20. DUSSEHRA.
 This festival known by various names in
different parts of country.
 The victory of goddess durga (kali) over
mahisasura, a grim and mighty demon who had
assumed to be a form of a buffalo and tormented
the world.
 In bengal, the mythical is that durga visit her
parental home in the plain severy year for 3
days
 In north india, this celebration marks the
victory of lord rama of ayodhya over ravana of
lanka.

22. THANK YOU.