Festivals

Puri Jagannath Ratha Yatra is the oldest Ratha Yatra taking place in the world. It is mentioned in many Hindu sacred texts like Brahma Purana, Padma Purana, Skanda Purana and inKapila Samhita. The celebration follows all the same rituals from its starting. The festival is celebrated every year on Dwitiya Tithi that is falling in Shukla paksha of Ashada month (second day in the bright fortnight of Ashadamonth). RathaYatra is also called as Gundicha Yatra or Navadina Yatra. Procession during Jagannath Rath Yatra Snana Pornima Before yatra commences, the idols of the three deities Jagannath, his elder brother Balabhadra and his younger sister Subhadra are bathed with 109 buckets of water, the process is called as Snana Purnima. Chhera Pahara On the day of the procession, the holy ritual Chhera Pahara takes place, it is performed by the royal successor of Orissa. The King himself sweeps the chariot with a broom that has a golden handle and brought idols from the temp…

Phalguna Purnima 2024 date In 2024 Phalguna Purnima is celebrated on 25th March, Monday. Tithi Begins at 12:24 PM on March 24th, Sunday Tithi Ends at 02: 59 PM on March 25th, Monday Full moon days in Hindu calendar are known as Purnima or Pournami. South Indian people called it as Pournami, where as North Indians called it as Purnima. Apart from festivals, Pournami is a very important and auspicious day in Hindu calendar. Pournami that falls in the month of Phalgun is called as Phalguna Purnima or Phalguna Pournami. As per Hindu calendar, Phalguna Purnima is the last Purnima in the year. One of the most popular festival Holi(festival of colors) is celebrated on Phalguna Purnima. Phalguna Purnima is also known as Vasantha Purnima, as it coincides with Vasantha Ruthuvu(Rutu) and the day also coincides with Lakshmi Jayanthi (birth anniversary of Goddess Lakshmi). In Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Telangana (South Indian States), the day is observed as Kama Dahana…

Full moon days in Hindu calendar are known as Purnima or Pournami. South Indian people called it as Pournami, whereas North Indians called it as Purnima. Apart from festivals, Pournami is a very important and auspicious day in Hindu calendar. Pournami that falls in the month of Mrigashira or Margashirsha or Margazhi is called as Margashirsha Purnima or Margashira Pournami. Dattatreya Jayanthi is observed on this day, special rituals will be held in temples dedicated to Lord Dattatreya (incarnation of Trimurtis). In some regions Margashirsha Purnami is called as Battissi Purnima, Korala Purnima, Margashirsha Poonam, Naraka Purnima or Udyatithi Purnima.

Full moon days in Hindu calendar are known as Purnima or Pournami. South Indian people called it as Pournami, whereas North Indians called it as Purnima. Apart from festivals, Pournami is a very important and auspicious day in Hindu calendar. Pournami that falls in the month of Bhadrapada or Badra is called as Bhadra Purnima or Bhadrapada Pournami. Bhadrapada Purnima is one of the popular festival in Gujrat, dedicated to Goddess Ambaji. At Ambaji temple in Arasur, Banaskantha district of Gujarat huge fair will be held. The temple is one of the fifty-one Shakthi peetas.

Full moon days in Hindu calendar are known as Purnima or Pournami. Pournami that falls in the month of Shravanam is called as Sravana Purnima or Sravana Pournami or Sawan Purnima. South Indian people called it as Pournami, whereas North Indians called it as Purnima. Apart from festivals, Pournami is a very important and auspicious day in Hindu calendar. The whole Sravana month is considered as very auspicious. Sravana Pournami is also called as Maha Sravanam. Raksha Bandhan(Rakhi Pournami) is celebrated on this day. The day is also celebrated as Hayagriva Jayanthi. On this day Narali Purnima or Nariyal Purnima is observed in Maharashtra. In Gujarat, the day is known as Akshar Purnima. Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand people calls it as Kajri Purnima or Kajari Purnima.

Full moon days in Hindu calendar are known as Purnima or Pournami. Pournami that falls in the month of Ashadam is called as Ashada Purnima or Ashada Pournami. South Indian people called it as Pournami, whereas North Indians called it as Purnima. Apart from festivals, Pournami is a very important and auspicious day in Hindu calendar. Ashada Purnima is known as Guru Pournami. As per Hindu Scriptures, the day is dedicated to Gurus (Teachers) to pay their respects & express the gratitude to their teachers. The day is also celebrated by Jains and Buddhists. It is believed that on this day Lord Shiva taught yogic sciences very first time to Saptharishis (seven sages) Agastya, Atri, Bhardwaja, Gautam, Jamadagni, Vashista, and Visvamitra, because of this Lord Shiva is also called as Adi Yogi.

Full moon days in Hindu calendar are known as Purnima or Pournami. Pournami that falls in the month of Jyeshta is called as Jyeshta Pournami. South Indian people called it as Pournami, whereas North Indians called it as Purnima. Apart from festivals, Pournami is a very important and auspicious day in Hindu calendar. Jyeshta Purnima is also known as Snan Purnima or Jagannatha Purnima. Snan yatra is celebrated in Puri Jagannath temple. Vat Savitri vrat is observed on this day by north Indian married women, to prolonging their married life.

Full moon days in Hindu calendar are known as Purnima or Pournami. South Indian people called it as Pournami, whereas North Indians called it as Purnima. Vaisakham is the second month in Hindu calendar. Apart from festivals, Pournami is a very important and auspicious day in Hindu calendar. Pournami that falls in the month of Vaisakha is called as Vaisakha Purnima or Vaisakha Pournami or Baisakhi Pournami. Budha Jayanthi is celebrated on Vaisakha Purnima day, as this day is birth anniversary of Gautama Budha. The day is also called as Budha Purnima.

Full moon days in Hindu calendar are known as Purnima or Pournami. South Indian people called it as Pournami, whereas North Indians called it as Purnima. Chaitra is the first month in Hindu calendar.   Apart from festivals, Pournami is a very important and auspicious day in Hindu calendar. Pournami that falls in the month of Chaitra is called as Chitra Purnima or Chaitra Pournami. Chaitra Purnima is Lord Hanuman’s birth anniversary, the day is celebrated as Hanuman Jayanthi. The tribal festival Chaitra Parva is celebrated on this day in Odisha and some parts of Bihar. The day is considered as Chitra Gupta's birthday. Tamil people celebrates Chaitra Pournami as Chitragupta Puja. He is the assistant of Lord Yama. It is believed that Chitragupta will erase all the negative karmas and sins.

Rohini Vrat is popular vrat practiced by the Jain community. The vrat is observed on Rohini Nakshatra day by Jain ladies for health and long life of their husbands. In some families, all the family members observe this vrat. According to Hindu and Jain calendars, 7 nakshatras are there, among them Rohini is fourth nakshatra. nakshatra falls once  in every twenty seven days. Rohini vrat is observed on the day after sunrise. Rohini Vrat Vidhi On the day, devotees observing the fast wakes early and takes the holy bath. A photo or an idol of Vasupujya (one of the Twenty four Tirtankaras) is set up in the puja room. A puja is performed to the idol after a holy bath and offerings are made like dhoop and prasad. After the puja, devotees start the fasting and that stretches up to the rise of next nakshatra called Marghashira or Marghashirsha. After the end of vrat, they visit the temple and do charity works like feeding poor people, giving cloths. The significance …

Akshaya Tritiya is a highly auspicious and holy day for Hindus. In some parts of India, it is called as Akti or Akha Teej. As per Hindu calendar, it falls on Vaishakha month, Shukla Paksha Tritiya (Third day during bright half of Vaisakha month). Akshaya Tritiya is the day of the birth of Lord Parashurama who is the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Akshaya is a Sanskrit word, which means never diminishing and the day is believed to bring good luck and success. Significance According to beliefs, on Akshaya Tritiya day Veda Vyasa Maharshi started to write Mahabharata. It is believed that on this day Satya Yuga got over and Tretha Yuga got started. A couple of legends is associated with Akshaya Tritiya, one of the legends is, on this day Lord Krishna the incarnation of Lord Vishnu gifted Akshaya Patra (The food bowl, that would never go empty) to Pandavas. Why people purchase gold on Akshay Tritiya? Akshaya Tritiya is believed as never diminishing and it is also …