Tag Archives: Hindu Festivals

Basant Panchami Images For Students And Children: ‘Vasant Panchami‘ (also called Basant Panchami) refers to the following festivals: the religious Hindu festival of Saraswati Puja also called Shree Panchami; Sufi Basant observed in Sufi shrines; the seasonal spring festival of Vasant Panchami observed in many regions; the Basant Festival of Kites of the Punjab region; observance in Gurdwaras as a Sikh …

Pongal Festival Images For Students: Pongal is one of the most popular harvest festival of South India, mainly Tamil Nadu. Pongal falls in the mid-January every year and marks the auspicious beginning of Uttarayana – sun’s journey northwards. Pongal festival lasts for four days. Celebrations include drawing of Kolam, swinging & cooking of delicious Pongal. Pongal Festival Images, Stock Photos …

Durga Puja Images For Students: Durga Puja, also referred to as Durgotsav or Sharadotsav is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. It refers to all the six days observed as Mahalaya, Shashthi, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Nabami and Vijayadashami. Here we have collection of Durga Puja festival images, consisting of Goddess …

Kheer Bhawani Mela Images: Kheer Bhawani is a temple dedicated to the Goddess Kheer Bhawani (originally just Bhawani) constructed over a sacred spring. The worship of Kheer Bhawani is universal among the Hindus of Kashmir. The temple is situated at a distance of 14 miles east of Srinagar near the village of Tul Mul. The term kheer refers to rice …

Jallianwala Bagh Images: Amritsar Stock Photos For Students – The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919 when a crowd of nonviolent protesters, along with Baisakhi pilgrims, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab, were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer. The …

Hola Mohalla Images: Hola Mohalla is celebrated by Sikh community, a day after Holi, generally in the month of March. This festival was pioneered by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji in Anandpur Sahib to strengthen the Sikh community by training them in the art of warfare. So on this occasion thousands of people flock to Anandpur Sahib, …

Guru Ravidas Jayanti Images: Guru Ravidas Jayanti is celebrated to observe the birthday of Guru Ravidass, the founder of Bhakti Movement. It is celebrated on Magh Purnima day, which is the full moon day of the Magh (February) month as per Hindu calendar, is observed as the most important day of Ravidassia religion. Ravidas, also spelt as Raidas, was an …

Pushkar Mela Images For Students & Children: Pushkar Fair or Pushkar Mela is considered to be one of the most important fairs and festivals of Pushkar (Ajmer), Rajasthan. Pushkar Mela along with its special Camel Fair portrays the rural lifestyle of the state of Rajasthan in India. The time in between the period of Kartik Ekadashi, famously known as Kartik Shukla …

Holika Dahan Celebration Images: Even today, people enact the scene of ‘Holika’s burning to ashes’ every year to mark the victory of good over evil. In several states of India, specially in the north, effigies of Holika are burnt in the huge bonfires that are lit. There is even a practice of hurling cow dungs into the fire and shouting …

Maha Shivaratri Festival Images For Students: Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in reverence of the god Shiva. It is the day Shiva was married to the goddess Parvati. The Maha Shivaratri festival, also popularly known as ‘Shivaratri’ (spelt as Sivaratri, Shivaratri, Sivarathri, and Shivarathri) or ‘Great Night of Shiva’, marks the convergence of Shiva and Shakti. Maha …