Step-by-step guides to Hindu festivals and rituals — preparation, mantras and offerings, all in one place.
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Lakshmi & Ganesha
Festival of Lights — welcoming prosperity and new beginnings
Lord Ganesha
Birthday of the remover of obstacles
Goddess Durga / Navadurga
Nine nights of the Divine Mother — dance, fasting and devotion
Lord Shiva
The great night of Shiva — fasting, vigil and abhishekam
Lord Vishnu (Holika legend)
Festival of colours — the triumph of devotion over evil
Lord Krishna
Krishna's birthday — midnight celebrations and dahi handi
Lord Rama
Birthday of Lord Rama — recitation, fasting and devotion
Goddess Saraswati
Vasant Panchami — blessing knowledge, arts and learning
Mahabali & Vamana
Kerala's harvest festival welcoming King Mahabali home
Goddess Gauri & Moon
A wife's fast for her husband's long life