Bihu (বিহু) is the most important festival of Assam. In fact, Bihu is representative of Assamese culture throughout the world. Of all the three Bihu festivals, Bohag Bihu or Rongali Bihu is the most important one as it is the new year festival of Assam and marks the beginning of crop season. Rongali Bihu is celebrated in the month...
Vishu (വിശു) is one of the most important South India Festivals celebrated in Kerala and the adjoining areas of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka ( Mangalore/Udupi). It is considered to be the Malyalam new year day as it falls on the first day of the Malayalam month of Medam which coincides with the English months of April-May. This is considered...
Nobo Borsho marks the new year day as per the the Bengali calender and is celebrated in West Bengal with great fervor and joy. Nobo Borsho (নব বর্শ) is the Bangla term meaning New Year (Nobo= new and Borsho=year). It is also popularly called Poila Baishakh (পইলা বৈশাখ) or the first day of Vaisakh month which is the first...
Gudi Padwa 2013 Date Gudipadva, the Marathi new year day will be celebrated on 11 April 2013 Gudi Padwa is one of the major festivals of west india celebrated in Maharashtra. Gudipadva is the new year day celebrated by Marathi community on the first day of the Chaitra month of Hindu Calender. This day corresponds to a day either...
