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Hindu Festivals Celebrated In The South But Not In The North
Hindu Festivals Celebrated In The South But Not In The North

Maniam PS [Guru]
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What Hindu festivals that are celebrated in the South but are not celebrated in the North or vice versa. If possible, please give reason as to why that particular festival is not celebrated at that location.

Posted On : 7/2/2009 1:12:44 AM

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prasobh vijayan
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onam is the best example of a south indian festival,especially celeberated in kerala based on the mythology that vamana maha vishnu s avatar send the king mahabali to the underworld. believde that there is a world beyond thye earth s surface. he was allowed to meet his people once in a year..this day is supposed to celeberated as onam. vishu in this particular day a kind of kani is made in each houses kani contains flowers and fruits like golden shower,mango,bananas,etc ..it is believed that one whop see kani on this particular day will be blessd with lot of prosperity and happiness through out the year.the elders in the houses are supposed to give money especially coins to others as kaineettam kindly note that all these festivals are in kerala.. pongal is another kind of festival in tamilnadu..i dont know the mythology behind it...on that day i think animals esp cows are deccorated with ornaments

Posted On : 7/6/2009 6:25:35 AM

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Rufi malik
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The festivals like Dandiya,garbha,Lori, etc are some of the festivals that celebrated in North.Pongal ,Onam,Vishu were some south Indian festival s that are celebrated not celebrated in North India.

Posted On : 7/6/2009 9:42:50 PM

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prasobh vijayan
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just think about holy.the festival of colors,only the north indians are celeberating that, same reason,it depends up on certain facts especially myths,then geographical factors,then culture,..festivals varies,culture varies... y ramzan is not being celeberated by hindus? Y christmas is not being celeberated by muslims.? just like that,it depends...

Posted On : 7/8/2009 5:22:53 AM

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Maniam PS [Guru]
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Another grand Hindu festival that is celebrated in the South is THAIPUSAM which I believe is not celebrated in the North. Thaipusam is a festival celebrated mostly on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai Jan/Feb . The word Thai-pusam is derived from the month name Thai and Pusam, which refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of Murugan also Subramaniam , the youngest son of god Shiva and his wife Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel spear so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. The most important feature of this festival is the carrying of Kavadi . The Kavadi is carried to fullfil a vow made to Lord Murugan.

Posted On : 7/19/2009 8:56:12 PM

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