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A month-long Hindu festival observed in the month of Shravan (July–August) at the Baba Baidyanath Dham temple in Deoghar, Jharkhand, India. Shravani Mela is one of the largest religious gatherings in India, attracting millions of devotees, primarily the Kanwariyas, who undertake a pilgrimage to offer holy water from the Ganges to Lord Shiva .
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It is the Hindu celebration of good over evil. Peerla Panduga: Observed by Muslims. It is a celebrated by across the Sufi shrines called as Ashurkhana. Atla Tadde: 3rd night after the full moon in Ashvini September–October Celebrated by married Hindu women of Andhra Pradesh for the health and long life of their husbands. Deepavali: Ashvini ...
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Durga Puja (ISO: Durgā Pūjā), also known as Durgotsava or Shaaradotsava, is an annual festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga, and is also celebrated because of Durga's victory over Mahishasura. [8] [9] It is the biggest festival of Bengali Hindus and the Indian state of West ...
The Hindu festivals typically are either on or the day after the full moon night or the darkest night (amavasya, अमावास्या), except for some associated with Krishna, Durga or Rama. The lunar months of the hot summer and the busy major cropping-related part of the monsoon season typically do not schedule major festivals.
Full moon day of Ashada: July: Husband: Example: Is women's festival where women tie threads around a banyan (wad) tree and pray for the same husband in every birth (after Satyavaan-Saavitri's story). Naga Panchami: 5th Day of Shravan: July–August: Nāga: Example: Celebrated on the 5th day of the bright fortnight in the month of Shravan.
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