Good Friday Good Friday is the day when Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross. The death, of Christ on the cross was an entirely unpardonable crime against the human being, but he rose again three days conquering death and sin. Good Friday is celebrated in various ways like fasting, self-sacrifice and other forms of renunciation. This is very much similar to the way Jesus fasted for forty days in the...

Goa Carnival Goa celebrates a carnival every year for three days before Lent. To Goa the festival came with the Portuguese in 1510 and since then it is being celebrated every year. In the early stages, the carnival followed the Portuguese pattern of utter obscenity and brutality. The festival has a resemblance to Holi in which people squirt perfumed and coloured water on passers-by and dab one another with vermilion. In...

Gita Jayanti The Gita Jayanti day, or the D when the Gita was revealed to the world, is celebrated traditionally on the 11th day of the bright half (Sukla Paksha) in the month of Margasira. The pious Gita is a composition of the dialogues exchanged between Krishna and Arjuna, just before the Mahabharata war. Later it was integrated in Mahabharata by Ved Vyas. It is composed of more than one hundred...

Gangaur Gangaur is the most rejuvenating festival celebrated in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The festival is celebrated about a fortnight after Holi in honour of Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva. The Gangaur festival, which lasts for 18 days, is celebrated. for the marital bliss of Shiva and Parvati. The festival is mainly women-oriented. Women perform the swirling ghoomar dance and carry images of the Goddess in colourful processions through the streets. In...

Ganga Sagar Mela The island of Ganga sagar is located in the state of West Bengal. It is near the mouth of the Ganges, where it meets the Bay of Bengal. Every year people from every part of India throng here on Makar Sankranti day. Ganga sagar is actually a cluster of 51 islands covering 581 sq km of land and belongs to the Sundarbans at a distance of 128 km...

Ganesh Chaturthi Ganesh Chaturthi is generally considered as a lucky-day festival. It falls on the fourth day of the Suklapaksha in the month of Bhadrapad. Lord Ganesha was born on this day. The Lord was declared first amongst the gods. In Maharashtra, this festival is known as Vinayak Chaturthi and observed with great enthusiasm. In Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, the clay images of Lord Ganesha are decorated with intricate designs. After...

Gandhi Jayanti The birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation, is celebrated with reverence all over the country. Mahatma Gandhi played a significant role in achieving independence for India from the British Empire with his simplicity and principle of non-violence. On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the President and the Prime Minister, along with other eminent political leaders, pay homage at Raj Ghat – the samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi....

Float Festival Float Festival is celebrated at Madurai in Tamil Nadu on the night of the full moon between mid-January and mid-February every year. The ornamented icons of the two deities, God Sundaresa and Goddess Meenakshi, with pearl crowns on their heads and riding on a golden bull, are taken out in a splendid procession from the Meenakshi temple. The occasion is that God Alazar gives his sister Meenakshi in marriage...