Festivals

Hinduism has many festivals throughout the year. The Hindu calendar usually prescribe their dates. The festivals typically celebrate events from Hindu mythology, often coinciding with seasonal changes being a predominantly agrarian society. There are festivals which are primarily celebrated by specific sects or in certain regions of the Indian subcontinent.

Some widely observed Hindu festivals are,

• Dussera, or Durga Puja, celebrates events from Hindu mythology concerning the triumph of good over evil;
• Diwali, the festival of lights;
• Ganesh Chaturthi, the festival celebrating Ganesha;
• Maha Shivaratri, the festival dedicated to Shiva;
• Ram Navami, celebrates the birth of Rama, the seventh incarnation of Vishnu;
• Krishna Janmastami, celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Vishnu;
  Holi, a spring festival of color and light;