Hindu festivals Posted by Nitin Kumar on Nov 28, 2013 in Hindi Language
India is often described as the land of religious festival (उत्सव – Utsav), fasts (उपवास – Upvaas) and feasts (भोज – Bhoj). Each region of India has some fascinating and interesting festivals, and don’t forget that they are so live and colorful.
Here, I will present you a list of the name of important Hindu festivals which are celebrated across India.
| English | Hindi | Romanized Hindi | |
| 1 | Makarsankranti | मकर संक्रांति | Makara saṅkrānti |
| 2 | Pongal | पोंगल | Pōṅgal |
| 3 | Tamil New Year | तमिल नव वर्ष | Tamil nav varṣ |
| 4 | Vasant Panchami | वसंत पंचमी | Vasanta pan̄chamī |
| 5 | Maha Shivaratri | महा शिवरात्रि | Mahā śivarātri |
| 6 | Holi | होली | Hōlī |
| 7 | Hindi New Year | हिन्दी नव वर्ष | Hindī nav varṣ |
| 8 | Telugu New Year/ Ugadi | तेलुगू नव वर्ष / उगादि | Tēlugū nav varṣ / Ugādi |
| 9 | Ramanavami | रामनवमी | Rāmanavamī |
| 10 | Vaisakhi | वैसाखी | Vaisākhī |
| 11 | Baisakhi / Vishu | वैशाखी / विशु | Vaiśākhī / viśu |
| 12 | Bengali New Year | बंगाली नव वर्ष | Baṅgālī nav varṣ |
| 13 | Hanuman Jayanti | हनुमान जयंती | Hanumān jayantī |
| 14 | Akshaya Tritiya | अक्षय तृतीया | Akṣay tr̥tīyā |
| 15 | Savitri Pooja | सावित्री पूजा | Sāvitrī pūjā |
| 16 | Puri Rath Yatra | पुरी रथ यात्रा | Purī rath yātrā |
| 17 | Guru Purnima | गुरु पूर्णिमा | Guru pūrṇimā |
| 18 | Nag Panchami | नाग पंचमी | Nāg pan̄chamī |
| 19 | Raksha-Bandhan | रक्षा-बंधन | Rakṣā – bandhan |
| 20 | Krishna Janmashtami | कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी | Kr̥ṣṇa janmāṣṭamī |
| 21 | Ganesh Chaturthi | गणेश चतुर्थी | Gaṇēśa chaturthī |
| 22 | Onam | ओणम | Ōṇam |
| 23 | Navaratri begins | नवरात्रि प्रारंभ | Navarātri prarambh |
| 24 | Durga Puja begins | दुर्गा पूजा प्रारंभ | Durgā pūjā prarambh |
| 25 | Navaratri ends | नवरात्रि समाप्त | Navarātri samāpt |
| 26 | Dusshera | दशहरा | Daśaharā |
| 27 | Lakshmi Puja | लक्ष्मी पूजा | Lakṣmī pūjā |
| 28 | Karva Chauth | कार्व चौथ | Kārva chautha |
| 29 | Dhanteras | धनतेरस | Dhanatērasa |
| 30 | Diwali | दीवाली | Dīvālī |
| 31 | Kartik Poornima | कार्तिक पूर्णिमा | Kārtika pūrṇimā |
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About the Author: Nitin Kumar
Nitin Kumar is a native Hindi speaker from New Delhi, India. His education qualification include Masters in Robotics and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. Currently, he is working in the Research and Development in Robotics in Germany. He is avid language learner with varied level of proficiency in English, German, Spanish, and Japanese. He wish to learn French one day. His passion for languages motivated him to share his mother tongue, Hindi, and culture and traditions associated with its speakers. He has been working with Transparent Language since 2010 and has written over 430 blogs on various topics on Hindi language and India, its culture and traditions. He is also the Administrator for Hindi Facebook page which has a community of over 330,000 members.
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