Akshey Tritiya

Baisakh ShuklaTritya (third day in the bright fortnight of the Hindu lunar month Baisakh is called Akshey Tritiya it is believed that Treta Yuga (an era in which Lord Shri Ram incarnated) commenced on this […]

Baisakhi

Baisakhi is an important festival of Punjab which is celebrated on Vaishakh Sakranti at harvesting time of the Rabi crops with vigor and joy. Baisakhi is derived from the word Vaishakh, which is the second […]

Hanuman Jayanti

Hanuman Jayanti The Hindus celebrate Hanuman Jayanti (birth anniversary of Bhagwan Hanuman) all over the world on Chaitra Shukla Poornima (full Moon day of the Hindu lunar month Chaitra). Bhagwan (God) Hanuman is worshipped everywhere […]

Ram Navami

In Treta yug era Lord Vishnu incarnated as Ram through King Dasharath’s wife Kaushalya in Punarvasu Nakshatra (seventh planet) and Kark Lagna (Cancer ascendant) on Chaitra Shukla Navami (ninth day in the bright fortnight of […]

Skandh Shashthi

This festival is celebrated in reverence of Kartikeya on Chaitra Shukla Shashthi (sixth day in the bright fortnight of the Hindu lunar month Chaitra), Bhagwan Vishnu and Bhagwan Shiv is believed most superior Gods and […]

Navratri

Navaratris (“Nav” means Nine “Ratri” means Night, hence Navaratri means Nine Nights) comes in one year. Only two of them viz, Chaitra Shukla Pratipada to Navami (First to ninth day in the bright fortnight of […]

Gudi Padava

Gudi Padava falls on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada (first day of bright fortnight of Hindu lunar month Chaitra). This festival is also known as Nav Sanvatsar Pratipada (First date of the Year) It is believed that:1-According […]

Sheetla Ashtami

Sheetla, the Goddess presiding over small donkey is worshipped on Chaitra Krishna Ashtami (eighth day in the dark fortnight of the Hindu lunar month Chaitra). It is believed that worshiping the Goddess Sheetala on this […]

Gangaur Gauri fast

Gangaur Gauri fast is observed from Chaitra Krishna Pratipada to Chaitra Shukla Dvitiya (the first Jay of the black fortnight to second day of bright fortnight of the Hindu lunar month Chaitra). Married women as […]