Home›Subcategories›Hindu FestivalsSubcategoriesHindu Festivals25 of 224 entries in Holidays & Festivals. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Hindu Festivals." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/holiday/hindu-festivals.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Hindu Festivals. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/holiday/hindu-festivalsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-hindu-festivals, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Hindu Festivals}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/holiday/hindu-festivals}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXExtended or major calendar celebrations, frequently multi-day and often the largest and most public events on a tradition's religious calendar, distinguished from the shorter feast days nearby chiefly by scale and duration. Many festivals mix devotional, communal and civic elements in a way single feast days do not.FactsLearn MoreSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRecurring days of public celebration in a tradition's calendar, usually communal and usually marked by gathering, food, procession or lights. It is the widest of the holiday groupings and the least precise: what it collects is defined against the narrower labels - not a fast, not a feast of appointed liturgical rank, not a day of highest rank - rather than by a property of its own. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHolidays & Festivals 1BrowseCompareSelect all 25Ambubachi MelaHindu Festivals3 linksBhai DoojHindu Festivals4 linksChhath PujaHindu Festivals3 linksDhanterasHindu Festivals5 linksDiwaliHindu Festivals10 linksDurga PujaHindu Festivals4 linksDussehraHindu Festivals4 linksGai JatraHindu Festivals3 linksGanesh ChaturthiHindu Festivals5 linksGovardhan PujaHindu Festivals4 linksGudi PadwaHindu Festivals3 linksHanuman JayantiHindu Festivals4 linksHoliHindu Festivals4 linksKrishna JanmashtamiHindu Festivals5 linksKumbh MelaHindu Festivals4 linksMakar SankrantiHindu Festivals4 linksNavaratriHindu Festivals5 linksOnamHindu Festivals4 linksPongalHindu Festivals3 linksRam NavamiHindu Festivals4 linksRatha YatraHindu Festivals4 linksThaipusamHindu Festivals5 linksUgadiHindu Festivals3 linksVasant PanchamiHindu Festivals4 linksVishuHindu Festivals3 linksLearn MoreThe Festivals This group gathers festivals, the joyous celebrations of the religious calendar, marking sacred events, seasons and divine figures with feasting, gathering, ritual and rejoicing. Festivals are among the most visible and communal expressions of religious life, and this is the largest holiday grouping in the atlas. The browser will find festivals from across the world's traditions. The entries describe each festival's occasion, customs and meaning, noting the tradition and the calendar on which it falls.Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year