Festival - Month of March
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Festival - Month of March
Baisakhi
Baisakhi is also the harvest festival of the Punjab and is celebrated with dances and gaiety. All over the north the solar new year's day is observed on this day, which is also the new year's day of Tamil -Nadu. For Hindus, it also denotes the days of the descent of the Ganges to the earth, and people take dips in rivers. It is of special religious importance to Sikhs as the day of the formation of the Singh, who converted the Sikhs into a martial race.
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Gangaur
Gangaur March Chiefly celebrated in Rajasthan it marks the quest for marital happiness among women who pray to Parvati. On this day they carry idols of Shiva & Parvati through the streets while marching in gay processions.
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Holi
Holi is the spring festival and is celebrated with enthusiasm, men, women and children revel in throwing colored powder and water on their friends. In February it is one of the most exuberant Hindu festivals in the north of India.It marks the end of winter and basically involves throwing coloured water and red powder over as many people as you can in one day. The most interesting Holi celbration is the Lathmar Holi ( at Barsana near Mathura), the legendary home town of Radha, consort of Nandgaon ( home of Krishna) to throw color on them.
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