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India is a country of various cultures, who celebrate their festivals with great pomp & show.
Some of the major festivals of India are as follows:
Diwali
Id-ul-fitr
Guruparv
Holi
Rath Yatra
Christmas
Onam
Bihu
Pongal
Ladakh Festival
After 30 days of ramazan the
muslim celebrate Id.They go to
mosque and pray and when the
come to home they congratulate
each other.
Christmas is celebrated as the day
of birth of Jesus christ.In Christmas
people give greetings and gifts to each other.
When Ram came home after
14 years of exile in the forest,
the hindus celebrate this day as Diwali
by lighting lamps & crackers.
Sikhs celebrate Guruparv as the day
of birth of Guru Nanak by organising prayers
and community gatherings called "MELAS"
Holi is celebrated mainly by north indian
people who put colours on each other,
exchange sweets & wish for the well being of each
other,
while celebrating the onset of spring
Rath yatra is celebrated in South India,
in which a procession of the idols of the gods
is taken out in a charriot, which is pulled by
many number of people
