Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival celebrated to honor Lord Shiva. It is observed on Chaturdashi Tithi during Krishna Paksha in the month of Phalguna. In the Hindu Calendar, Maha Shivratri falls on the day before the new moon of…
Raja festival or Raja Parba is also known as Mithuna Sankranti. It usually falls in Sukhla Pakhshya of mid-June i.e., the end of Odia month Jyeshta and the arrival of Ashadha month. It is a 3-days long festival of womanhood…
Durga Puja – Festivals and fairs are an intrinsic part of Indian culture, the medium of our beliefs and feelings. Each community has its own festivals and holidays but this doesn’t prevent other religious groups from enjoying the days of…
Dussehra or Vijayadashami is a major Hindu festival celebrated at the end of Navaratri every year. It is also known as Durga Puja or Dasara. The Festival’s name is derived from the Sanskrit word “Dasha” which means ten and “Hara”…
Krishna Janmashtami, the Hindu festival is the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna. It is also known as Gokulashtami. It is observed according to the Hindu Calendar, on the eighth day or Ashtami of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in Shraavana…
Incredible India, the land of festivals, has a festival to cheer in every kind of human blood and relationship. Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi as it’s also known is one such festival that compliments the subliminal bond of unconditional love between…
Pana Sankranti is the traditional New Year festival day of Odia people in Odisha. It is also known as Maha Bishuba Sankranti. The festival falls in the Solar Odia Calendar, on the first day of the traditional solar month of…
Basant Panchami also known as Saraswati Puja, in which we celebrate the Hindu goddess of knowledge Maa Saraswati. Basant Panchami is also called Shri Panchami. It is the festival that symbolizes the arrival of spring. We get to start arrangements…
Makar Sankranti also called Poush Sankranti is a harvest festival day, dedicated to The Sun God. It is celebrated in the month of Magh Krishna Paksha Dwitiya Tithi. It marks the end of the winter season and the beginning of…
Odisha celebrates 13 festivals in 12 months. Kumar Purnima is one of the 13 festivals that is celebrated all over Odisha with great grandeur and manifest. It is also known as Sharad Purnima. It is a harvest festival celebrated on…