Festivals in Himachal Pradesh

Festivals in Himachal Pradesh: A Complete Guide to the State’s Biggest Celebrations

The festivals in Himachal Pradesh calendar run on two very different clocks at once—the Hindu lunisolar calendar behind Dussehra, Shivratri, and Holi, and the Tibetan Buddhist calendar behind Losar in the state’s high-altitude valleys. That mix is what makes Himachal’s festival scene distinct from the rest of North India: a single state calendar that stretches […]

Festivals in India

Festivals in India: A Complete Guide to the Country’s Most Celebrated Festivals

The festivals in india calendar is less a single list than several overlapping ones — Hindu lunar-calendar festivals like Diwali and Holi, Islamic lunar-calendar observances like Eid-ul-Fitr, a Sikh harvest-and-faith festival in Baisakhi, region-specific celebrations like Onam and Pongal, and three entirely secular National Festivals that exist outside any religious calendar altogether. Very few countries […]