Indian Festivals

In India, the celebrations of fairs and festivals form a wondrous and joyful series of events, marking the rites of passage between birth, death and renewal. There are said to be more festivals in India than there are days of the year; not unlikely in a country where small, local village rituals of worship and propitiation are celebrated with as much as fervor as are high holy days across the nation, occasions that can draw floods of people numbering half a million or more. Fairs and festivals are moments of remembrance and commemoration of the birthdays and great deeds of gods, goddesses, hero's, heroine's, gurus, prophet's and saints. They are times when people gather together, linked by ties of shared social and religious beliefs. Each of India's many religious groups - Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and others - has its own such days.

Important Upcoming Festivals of India for the Year 2007
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September
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Sep 04 - Janmashtami
Sep 15 - Ganesh Chaturthi
Sep 25 - Anant Chaturdashi

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October
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Oct 02 - Gandhi Jayanti
Oct 12 - Navratri
Oct 14 - Ramzan Id
Oct 21 - Dassera
Oct 29 - Karva Chauth

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November
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Nov 08 - Dhanteras
Nov 09 - Diwali
Nov 09 - Lakshmi Puja
Nov 11 - Bhai Dooj
Nov 24 - Guru Nanak Jayanti

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December
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Dec 25 - Christmas