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List of major fasts and festivals of India, Indian Festival List 2023 (Indian Festival, 2023- 2024 Dates 

Festivals are celebrated in every country, but festivals in India have their own unique style. Family love, mutual brotherhood, and social order, etc. are the main points of festivals. In Hindu culture, every day has its own specialty, on the basis of beliefs related to which cultural festivals are celebrated. The arrangement of Hindi Panchang has been done not from a social perspective but on the basis of a natural perspective. With the change of seasons, festivals come and the rules of that festivals are according to the environment.

Major fasting festivals and festivals of India (Indian Festival 2023 Dates List)

Many cultures are included in India, and in such a situation, different festivals are celebrated on the basis of many ideologies and beliefs. Some such cultural festivals have been described:

Important Cultural Festivals of India (Indian Cultural Festival Dates)

Other religious festivals in India

The eleventh or Ekadashi vrat dates:

Ekadashi/Gyaras Vrat is observed on every eleventh date of the Hindu calendar. There are two dates of Gyaras every month of the year, one Shukla Paksha and one Krishna Paksha. The lord of Ekadashi is called Lord Vishnu. Devotees observe Ekadashi fast for their wishes. Ekadashi is of utmost importance in Hindu culture. People observe this fast for the purpose of removing their sorrows. 26 Ekadashi fasts are observed in a year. There is a mythological story behind all Ekadashi fasts, in which the purpose and meaning of Ekadashi are contained, which you can read from the link given below.

Purnima Vrat Date:

According to the Hindu calendar, there are two Pakshas (Shukla Krishna) in a month, which are between the new moon and to full moon and the full moon to the new moon. In this way, 12 full moons come every year. The story and worship of Lord Satyanarayana are important on the full moon day or a day before. On the day of the full moon, the moon is in its full form, on this day there is the importance of fasting, which is followed by big rules in the Hindu religion.

In the following table, the importance of the full moon coming throughout the year has been explained:

Monthly Amavasya Vrat –

Seasonal and Harvesting festivals of the farmer –

Other important monthly festivals and holy months:

All the dates have special importance in the Hindu Panchang. Devotees worship and fast on many special dates every month. Apart from this, many months are also considered important. The importance of these important monthly festivals and the month has been explained in the following table:

Islamic  Festival Dates:

Many religions are included in India. This is the only nation where people of all religions can celebrate their festivals with freedom according to their respective religions. Here there is complete freedom of thought. Similarly, Islamic festivals are also celebrated with enthusiasm in India, whose importance and purpose are love and peace. Some such festivals are described in the following table:

India is the identity of the country, a beautiful form of its many religions. Love, unity, and mutual brotherhood are the main objectives of festivals. Festivals are also very important from the point of view of social order.

On this page of ours, only those festivals have been described, if you know something different then you can give your opinion in the comment box.