Pongal & Makar Sankranti

Durga Puja/Dussehra
Deepawali
Christmas
Eid-al-Fitr (Ramadan)
1. Celebrated in the second week of January, Pongal (in Tamilnadu) and Makar
Sankranti (in Karnataka) signify the end of the harvesting season in the country
when farmers put down their tools and come together in joy and harmony. The
Pongal festivities are marked in different ways across north India such as
through kite flying in Gujarat and parts of Rajasthan.
2.  Durga Puja – celebrated over nine days and Dussehra are twin Indian festivals that
bring loads of joy to the people here Dussehra is celebrated on the tenth day
celebrating the victory of Lord Ram over Ravana, marked by the burning of Ravana
effigies all across the country. In Tamilnadu it’s called as Navarathiri.
3. The festival of festivals, Deepawali is one of the most widely celebrated cultural
festivals in India, marked across communities and regions. On Diwali day crackers
are burnt to mark the celebration of the festival.
4. Perhaps one of the biggest and widely celebrated as cultural as wells as religious
festivals in the world, Christmas is also celebrated with the same zeal and zest in
India too. The best place to experience the beauty of Christmas is in Old
Goa, Meghalaya and Cochin where one can visit beautiful churches and witness the
excitement on the streets
5. One of the biggest religious festivals in India, Id and the month long fasting prior
to that which is known as Ramzan is fervently celebrated by millions of Muslims all
across the country.