The month of May is one of the busiest and bustling times in Yercaud. The annual summer festival held at this hill town in Tamil Nadu is a much awaited and looked forward to event. The festival of Lord Servarayan, the presiding deity of the Shevaroy Hills is celebrated during ...

Summertime in Ooty (officially known as Ootacamund), the ‘queen of hill stations’, located in Southern India, is one of the best times to visit and rejoice in the beauty of the sights and sounds of these hills. The panoramic view of gardens, green hills, waterfalls, lakes, wildlife and an altogether ...

Easter is the most important and the oldest festival of the Christian Church. It celebrates the resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ and is held between the 21st of March and 25th of April, on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the period of Equinox. Easter and the ...

A carnival usually refers to an annual festival/ travelling funfair involving processions, music, dancing and the use of masquerade. As compared to the carnival festivals held the world over, the Goan Carnival held in February every year, is celebrated on a much smaller scale, but is still the largest in ...

Mahashivratri is one of the most significant sacred festivals of India and is celebrated on the new moon day in the month of Magha according to the Hindu calendar. This year Mahashivaratri will be celebrated on the 13th of February 2018. This festival is celebrated each year in honour of Lord ...

Uttarayan is the name of the international kite festival that is held in Gujarat every year. This festival takes place during Sankranti on the 14th of January and carries on till the 15th of January. Kite flying has been a sport that has been liked by several generations in ...

Lohri, a North-Indian but largely Punjabi festival, falls unfailingly on the 13th of January, with extremely few exceptions, unlike other Hindu festivals which keep changing dates every passing year.  While traditionally it is believed that Lohri denotes the end of peak winter and very cold days, actually, the festival signifies ...

The festival of Makar Sankranti will be celebrated on the 14th of January, 2018. This is one festival which recurs on the same day every year, barring a few exceptions, as it is based on the solar calendar. Most of the other Hindu festivals follow the lunar calendar and thus fall ...

Come November and almost every Christian eagerly awaits December, which is when Christmas is celebrated in India and in most parts of the world. It’s that magical time of the year, when people anxiously look forward to planning and spending time with their immediate, as well as, extended families. Grudges, ...

Diwali is definitely the most popular, auspicious and eagerly awaited festival for Hindus all over the globe. It celebrates the return of Lord Rama and his wife Sita to Ayodhya after defeating the demon king Ravana in 15th century BC and a fourteen year exile. According to mythology, the villagers ...