Fairs & Festivals of India 2011

[gyora]

kinda funny , thankx

[annie]

Every year, in the second week of October, the beautiful village of Koratty, in Thrissur district, comes alive to celebrate a feast dedicated to Virgin Mary, locally known as Koratty Muthy.







The feast, the most important event at the St. Mary's Church here, is attended by thousands of devotees. Apart from the devotional rites, there is an awe-inspiring pageantry as part of the feast. Koratty is one of the biggest Marian/Christian/Catholic pilgrimage travel destination of Kerala in India.Korattymuthy Shrine is a Pilgrimage centre in Kerala. It is also known as the Lourdes of Kerala. Koratty Fest will end on 30th October.



Gettting there: Chalakkudy lies on the Kochi-Thrissur route.
Nearest Railway Station:Chalakkudy, about 7 km away.
Nearest Airport:Cochin International Airport, about 24 km from Chalakkudy.

[NabinPradhan]

The fairs and festivals either celebrate the change of seasons or are of a religious nature. For instance, Mewar Festival and Holi are celebrated to mark the coming of the spring season. Teej of Rajasthan marks the onset of the monsoon. On the other hand, Onam in Kerala and Bihu in Assam are celebrated to mark the harvesting season. Other festivals, like the konark Dance Festival, promote the culture of India. Religious festivals are innumerable over here. Durga Puja, Ganesh Chaturthi, Janmastami, Christmas, Eid-ul-Fitr, Rath Yatra, Vasant Panchami, Ram Nabami and others are some of the popular religious festivals of India. Apart from these, the other festivals that are celebrated include Desert Festival, Elephant Festival, Raksha Bandhan, Nouroz, Diwali and Dusssehra amongst others.
A large number of fairs are also held in India from time to time. People from far and wide come to take part in these fairs. In fact, many tourists plan their vacations according to the time of occurrence of these fairs. Pushkar Fair, Urs Ajmer Fair and Surajkund Crafts Fair are some of the famous fairs of India. The Kumbh Mela and the colorful and grand Goa Carnival are extremely popular among the locals as well as the tourists.

[Perfection]

The most popular festivals of the Madurai Meenakshi temple are Chitra festival (12 days, Chithirai), Avani-moola festival, Masi Mandala festival (48 days), Float festival (12 days, Thai), and Navarathri cultural festival (Purattasi).



Karthigai deepam is celebrated with one lakh lamps in the temple.

During the 12 months of the Tamil calendar year, every month there is a festival in the temple.

[Perfection]

Agasthyakoodam trekking

One of the difficult treks in Kerala, due to it's height of 1890 m and the 28 km (one way) trek from Bonekkad roadhead in the Sahyadri hill ranges (2 days).

Location : Bonekkad, 61 km from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. The route is via Nedumangad, Vithura. There is a statue of Sage Agastya, a disciple of Shiva, on top of the Agastya hills.



Season : Jan 15 to Feb 15, 2011.

Entry fee : Rs 200 per person. For those who are interested to trek with guide from Dec to April has to pay Rs 3000 (for a group of 5 persons) + Rs 75 per person towards packed food.

Contact Address for Entry pass : Wildlife Warden, Agstya vanam biological park, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Vattiyurkav.P.O., Thiruvananthapuram - 695 013. Ph : 0471 2236860, 2272182, 2368607.

[maximiliano]

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[liranbn89]

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[sumit_kumar]

thanks for giving such interesting news. iseriously want to go there.. i am big fan of such type festivals...

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