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- India is popularly known as the land of festivals and 14 January is especially festive as different parts of the country celebrate the harvest festival by different names.
Significance of these festivals
- The festival is celebrated to mark the beginning of the harvesting season in the country: and is probably the only one that is celebrated in every region of India, on the same day, but in different manners and names.
- Sun’s northward journey: It is associated with the sun’s northward journey.
- A Harvest festival is a celebration of the food grown on the land: Given the difference in climate and crops around the world, harvest festivals can be found at various times at different places.
- Harvest festivals in Asia: include the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the most widely spread harvest festivals in the world.
Major Festivals
Festival |
Region |
Significance |
Lohri |
Punjab and northern parts of India |
|
Makar Sankranti |
Harvest festival of North India |
|
Pongal |
Tamil Nadu |
|
Bhogali Bihu |
Assam |
|
Baisakhi |
Punjab and Haryana |
|
Ladakh Harvest Festival |
Ladakh, Zanskar, Kargil |
|
Basant Panchami |
Eastern parts of India West Bengal & Bihar |
|
Wangala |
Meghalaya and Assam |
|
Ka Pomblang Nongkrem |
Meghalaya |
|
Nuakhai |
Orissa |
|
Gudi Padwa |
Maharashtra |
|
Nabanna |
West Bengal |
|
Onam |
Some regions of Kerala |
|
Ugadi |
Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka |
|
Vishu |
Kerala and Karnataka |
|
Agera |
Mumbai |
|
Dree Festival |
Arunachal Pradesh |
|
Source: PIB
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