India is a vast country with Hinduism as its root religion. This religion has spread through out the world with many regional influences and many cosmopolitan influences. In its own country it is spread out to more than 35 major sects and 20 massive communities, each having a separate identity of their own. Important Hindu Festivals List Religious celebrations and official holidays are totally different aspect to the secular Indian democratic ruling. The nation being so vast has sometimes many regional festivals which has no significance in the other part of the nation. The Onam festival is one of the most important celebrations of the South Indian community whereas it finds no trace in the northern part of the country. Bihu is celebrated as three different forms in Assam and Northeastern states but it is all blank in the southern part of the country. There are many other examples which proves this aspect. HINDU FESTIVAL CALENDAR There is a list of central holidays in the country which are common to every states and then again there are additional state holidays which are celebrated across a particular state or region. To find more information about it, you need to check your regional state holiday list. We also have an added article on Hindu calendar for more in-dept information. Being such a vast nation, the regional festivals took a different direction and hence we now have some different festive occasions added to the main list. Hindu New Years Day Gudi Padwa Basanti Puja Ugadi Hanuman Jayanti Anapurna Puja Charak Puja Bihu Basant Navratri Ram Navami Akshaya Tritiya Buddha Purnima Rath Yatra Raja Prabha Guru Purnima Onam Raksha Bandhan Janmasthami Ganesh Chaturthi Maha Kumbh Mela Viswakarma Puja Mahalaya Navarathri Durga Puja Vijaya Dashami Or Dusehra Lakshmi Puja Kali Puja Diwali Or Dipawali Chhath Puja Makar Sankranti Pongal Saraswati puja Vasant Panchami Thaipusam Kavadi Maha Shivratri Holi Shigmo
