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September – October. Dussehra (Vijayadashami) Floating. Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil. It is celebrated on the tenth day of Ashvin, the seventh month in the Hindu Calendar [8] October – November. Diwali. Floating. Hindu festival of lights.
In India, Ganesh Chaturthi is primarily celebrated at home and in public by local community groups in the central and western states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Goa and the southern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha and in North eastern state of Assam.
Diwali ( English: / dɪˈwɑːliː /; Deepavali, [4] IAST: Dīpāvalī) is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions. [a] It symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance".
List of countries by number of public holidays. The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal has the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week. Country.
Holi is a sacred ancient tradition of Hindus, a holiday in many states of India and Nepal with regional holidays in other countries. It is a cultural celebration that gives Hindus and non-Hindus alike an opportunity to have fun banter with other people by throwing coloured water and powder at each other.
e. Independence Day is celebrated annually on 15 August as a public holiday in India commemorating the nation's independence from the United Kingdom on 15 August 1947, the day when the provisions of the Indian Independence Act, which transferred legislative sovereignty to the Indian Constituent Assembly, came into effect.
2024 Indian general election. General elections were held in India from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases, to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha. [a] Votes were counted and the result was declared on 4 June to form the 18th Lok Sabha. [2] [3] On 7 June 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi confirmed the support of 293 MPs to Droupadi ...
A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. The Hindu calendar, also called Panchanga ( Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्ग ), is one of various lunisolar calendars that are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with further regional variations for social and Hindu religious purposes. They adopt a similar underlying ...