10 Most Celebrated Festivals Of India

India is described as a land of festivals and has many religions and languages across the states. Major Cultural and Religious Festivals in India includes Pahela Baishakh,Rathayatra of Mahesh,Ratha Yatra Festival,Vat Purnima, Palkhi Festival,Mahalakshmi Vrata,Shigmo,Rath Yatra,Raja Parba,Basoa, Bathukamma, Bonalu, Hornbill Festival and Kartik Poornima.

# Teej

Teej festival celebrated to welcome the monsoon season and celebrated only by girls and women. The monsoon festivals of Hartalika Teej dedicated to Goddess Parvati.

# Karva Chauth

Karva Chauth is one day fasting festival celebrated in India only by Hindu married women. The festival falls on the fourth day after the full moon and considered to be a romantic festival of India.

# Vat Purnima

Vat Savitri or Vat Purnima celebration observed only by married women in the month of Jyeshtha. During the Vat Purnima married woman tying threads around a banyan tree, the tree is called Vat.

# Onam

Onam is a harvest festival and also the official state festival of Kerala. The festival is a major annual event for Malayali and festivities includes Pookkalam ,Vallam Kali,Onathappan and Pulikali.

# Gangaur

Gangaur festival mostly celebrated in the state of Rajasthan and Gujarat. The festival is an important festivals of people of Rajasthan, celebrated only by girls and women.

# Raksha Bandhan

Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi observed on the full moon day, celebrates the love and duty between brothers and sisters. Rakhi festival is an ancient festival of the Indian subcontinent,celebrated in different regions in different ways.

# Krishna Janmaashtami

Krishna Janmaashtami is an important festival particularly to the Vaishnavism, the festival of birth of Lord Krishna. Janmashtami is widely celebrated by the Hindu in different ways of Dahi Handi, Nandotsav,Rasa lila and Gokulashtami.

# Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesh Chaturthi is a 11 day festival, celebrated in the central,South and western states of India. Maharashtra is the best place to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi at home and in public places and pandals by local community groups.

# Navratri

Navarathri is a 9 divine nights festival of Goddess Durga, observed in the Hindu calendar month of Ashvin.Navaratri festival is a ten day event and one of the most awaited festivals in India, especially in the state of West Bengal and North India.

# Vijayadashami

Vijayadashami also known as Dussehra is celebrated differently in every parts of the Indian subcontinent. Dussehra is a major Hindu festival, marks the end of Durga Puja and starts the preparation for Diwali.