Page 8 - Oct-Dec 2015

INDIA CELEBRATEs THE COLOURs Of NATURE

Seasons, cycle of sun and moon determine many of
our festivals. We have put some of them here. However
India has more festivals than the number of days of Jammu & Kashmir
the year! baisaKhi, shishur
saNKraNTi,
holi, maNsar
FesTiVal,
TuliP FesTiVal

himachal Pradesh
Punjab CheT FesTiVal,
baisaKhi, harYali
baisaKhi, lohri,
Illustration by: Neha Arora, XII D, hola moholla
Greenwood Sr Sec School, Rampur haryana
baisaKhi, harYali
TeeJ, lohri

Illustration by: Prachi, rajasthan
IX, Sri Sathya Sai holi, TeeJ,
Jagriti Vidya Mandir, mewar FesTiVal,
Baisakhi Darwa, Haryana gaNgaur

Illustration by: Shivang Gulati, VI B, Delhi Gangaur
Public School, Jabalpur
gujarat
holi, madhya Pradesh
uTTaraYaN, maKar saNKraNTi,
basaNT madai, bahgoriYa
PaNChami

maharashtra
gudi Padwa, maKar
saNKraNTi, Nareli
PurNima

Illustration by: Alisha, VII, Vishva Bharti Public School, Illustration by: Shreya Birmiwal, IX,
Sec-17, Huda Colony, Jagadhri ABN English Medium School, JJN, andhra Pradesh
Rajasthan goa maKar saNKraNTi,
ugadi
gudi Padwa, baThuKamma
shigmo, boNalu
Nareli Karnataka
PurNima huThari,
saNKraNThi,
NARELI PURNIMA Yugadi

shravana Purnima is celebrated
as Nareli Purnima in Tamil Nadu
maharashtra and goa. it marks Kerala PoNgal, KaVadi,
KaNThuri,
the advent of the new fishing oNam, Vishu aadiPeruKKKu
season and fishermen pray to
the sea-god before sailing out in
their gaily-decorated boats.

Illustration by:Himanshi, VII-B,
DAV Sr Sec Public School, Naraingarh, Illustration by: Rishikesh Kachhap,
Ambala IX-A, Sachidanand Gyan Bharti Model
School, New Delhi

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