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Lohri or Pongal or Makars Sankranti or Uttarayan is the same festival celebrated all over India with different names. It marks the beginning of the harvest season. It is celebrated as a gratitude to the Sun God, cattle and nature for making a bounteous harvest possible.
For Hindus, Maha Shivratri is one of the big festival which is celebrated across the world.
Vasant Panchami, also known as Saraswati Puja is an auspicious Hindu festival celebrated across various regions of India, Nepal and other countries. Falling on the fifth day (Panchami) of the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the Hindu calendar month of Magha, typically in late January or early February, Vasant Panchami marks the arrival of the spring season. This occasion holds significant cultural, religious, and social importance, bringing together communities to honour the arrival of spring and seek blessings for knowledge and creativity. Vasant Panchami also marks the start of preparation for Holika and Holi festival, which take place forty days later.
Diwali, or Deepavali, is one of the most widely celebrated Hindu festivals. Known as the Festival of Lights, it symbolises light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance and hope over despair.
The Sanskrit name Deepavali refers to a row or series of lamps.
Families illuminate their homes with diyas, perform puja, prepare festive foods, visit relatives and friends and share sweets.
Navaratri — “Nine Nights” — is a major Hindu festival dedicated to the Divine Feminine, or Shakti. Across nine nights and ten days, different Hindu communities worship forms of Devi through prayer, fasting, music, dance and community celebrations.
Ganesh Chaturthi celebrates Bhagwan Ganesha, revered as the remover of obstacles and associated with wisdom, discernment and auspicious beginnings.
Krishna Janmashtami celebrates the appearance of Bhagwan Shri Krishna, whose life and teachings have profoundly shaped Hindu philosophy, devotion, literature, music and culture.
Ram Navami celebrates the appearance of Bhagwan Shri Rama, one of the most revered manifestations of Bhagwan Vishnu and the central figure of the Ramayana.