Indian Festivals

In India every month has its own significance. In July monsoon going to start and in India every season is celebrated with full joy and happiness. In India there are so many festivals related to each season or weather. Some festivals and fairs those are celebrated in July are, Guru Poornima, Nag Panchami, Teej Festival, Urs Fair, Rath Yatra and international mango festival.

Guru Poornima:- A special worship is performed on this day to all teachers and is called Guru Purnima. Worship of the great Vyasa, the author of the great epic, Mahabharata, is a part of the celebration. On this day students visit their elders, teachers and guides in order to show respect to them with gifts of coconuts, clothes and sweets. These gifts are called gurudakshina. Discourses are held in community gatherings to hear the readings of the holy book, Bhagwad Gita.

Nag Panchami:- Nag Panchami, the snake festival, is observed at the village called Battis Shitale in the Sangli district of Maharashtra towards the end of or July and August. The devotees collect hundreds of cobras, place them in earthen pots and worship them to the accompaniment of folk dances and song. Later they are carried in processions of bullock carts and chariots. On the following day they are released into the fields from where they were captured.

Urs festival :- Urs is celebrated in the memory of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. It is held at Ajmer in Rajasthan, a place where burial of the Saint took place. Pilgrims , irrespective of caste and religion gather to pay homage before the divine tomb. It is the largest Muslim fair in India, which attracts tourist from all over the globe. Make-shifts stalls exhibit chic silver ornaments, embroidered carpets and attractive items, which all together add to best pick.