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First nine days of the Chaitra month (Hindu calendar) Navratri is the Hindu festival of worship and dance. In Sanskrit the term literally means "nine nights". During this festival the forms of Shakti are worshipped, and effigies are burned. During these nine days, devotees fasts to devote their worship for shakti.
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Hindu festival marking the transition of the sun from Sagittarius to Capricorn and dedicated to the solar deity Surya. [17] January – February: Vasant Panchami: Floating Hindu festival dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring and celebrated on the fifth day of Magha, the eleventh month of Hindu calendar
Festival name Date - Hindu lunar calendar Date - Gregorian calendar Celebrating or Deity worshiped Duration Description Gudi Padwa: 1st day of Chaitra: March–April: New Year: One day: The year starts on the first day of Chaitra known as Gudi Padwa] which falls around March or April of the Western calendar.
Festival name Date - Hindu lunar calendar Date - Gregorian calendar Description Ugadi: 1st day of Chaitra March–April It is referred as the "Telugu New Year". Ugadi in Telugu means New Year: Sri Rama Navami: 9th day of Chaitra March–April Sri Rama Navami is the celebration of the birth of Rama.
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The two traditions of Amanta and Purnimanta systems have led to alternate ways of dating any festival or event that occurs in a Krishna paksha in the historic Hindu, Buddhist or Jain literature, and contemporary regional literature or festival calendars. For example, the Hindu festival of Maha Shivaratri falls on the fourteenth lunar day of ...
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