Chhath
Chhath is a festival of the Sun deity
celebrated mainly in Bihar. It is the most popular festival of Bihar. It is
celebrated on the sixth day of Kartik month according to Hindu (lunar) calendar.
The day usually falls in the month of October. The festival runs for four
consecutive days followed by ritual bath, fast and by giving ‘arghya’
(ablutions) to the Sun.
The details about how and when did
the festival begin in India are not clear. Some accounts state that the Maga
Purohits (Shakya Dwipi Brahmins) started observing this ritual on a request
made by the local rulers of those times. As usual people quote anecdotes from
the Mahabharatha. According those
sources Draupadi was the first person to observe this ritual. Whatever may be
the origin people do follow the tradition of Chhath even today with great
fervor.
It is a four day festival. On the
first day the observers take ritual bath, preferably on a river bank and carry
the water to their homes. The day would be spend by purifying the household
surroundings and eat a special meal consisting of rice, dal (lentils) and kaddu
(pumpkin). On the second day observe fast for the whole day and break it at the
sunset. On the third day the observer will keep a strict fast, (without food
and water) and in the evening gives ablutions (arghya) to the Sun. The whole
family would be involved in the process. ‘Arghya’ (ablution) is given to the
setting sun. On the fourth day, again, ablutions would be given, but to the
rising Sun this time. The main day (Chhath, or Shashti) is observed on the
third day of the course actually. People say, by observing this ritual
(standing inside the water facing the sun) one would get positive energy. Rays
of sun at a point of the day have an energizing effect upon human bodies they
say.
The Chhat festival has gained wide
popularity all across the country. Lakhs of people observe the ritual. There
are many Sun temples in Bihar itself. Deo and Surajkund (near Patna) are the
main cities which would be crowded during the festival time.
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Bonalu
Bonalu is a Hindu festival dedicated to Mahakali, Goddess of
Power. The festival is mostly celebrated in some parts of Andhra Pradesh like
Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Rayalaseema etc. The festival comes in the month of
Ashadh (July- August). The festival is also regarded as event of thanksgiving
to the Goddess for fulfilling wishes. On the occasion of the festival a meal,
called as Bonam, is offered to the Goddess. Bonam contains cooked rice with
milk, sugar kept in a brass or earthen pot which also contains neem branches,
vermilion, turmeric, Kadi (white Chalk). Women with these pots containing Bonam
are seen going to the temple of goddess to offer the meal. They are accompanied
by drummers and men dancing to the tune of drums.
The festival usually starts with Mahakali temple situated at
the fort of Golkonda. On the occasion of the festival women adorn themselves
with jewelry and silk saris. Some women spellbound by the devotional environ
are seen dancing to the rhythm of the drums which is played in honor of the
Goddess. Palaharam Bandi (the procession) in honor of the goddess is taken out
to local temple of the goddess. Potharaju, the brother of Goddess, is
represented in the procession by a local man wearing small draped dhoti, bells
on his ankles, and turmeric and vermilion on his body and forehead. He is seen
leading the procession and dancing to the beats of the drum.
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Bhiu
Bhiu is a festival celebrated by
the people of Assam, India. It is the most important cultural festival of the
state of Assam and is also regarded as the national festival of it. Though the
origin of the festival goes back to ancient time, the festival has a taken
modern look and become a commercialized event. However the festival still holds
its religious and social significance in Assam and draws people of all cast,
creed, religion together to celebrate the event.
There are three types of Bhiu
festival celebrated in Assam in a year. They are known as Rongaali Bhiu,
Kongaali Bhiu and Bhogaali Bhiu. Rongaali Bhiu is the most important of all
these three Bhiu festivals and it is celebrated in Bhohaag (mid April) month.
Kongaali Bhiu falls in the month of October while Bhogaali Bhiu comes in
January month of the year.
Rongaali Bhiu which is the most
important festival is also known as Bohaag Bhiu as it comes on the first day of
Bhohaag (mid April) month. Bohaag is the first month of the Assamese Calender
and therefore the celebration of the festival also marks the beginning of
Assamese New Year. Rongaali Bhiu also marks advent of spring season in Assam.
The celebration of the festival continues for several days and Bhiu Songs and
Dance are performed during the festival.
Kongaali Bhiu, also known as Kati
Bhiu, does not contain much pomp and show. It is celebrated in Kati (mid October)
month. Silent prayer with lighting of earthen lamps is done in the paddy fields
for the successful growing of the crop. Bhogaali Bhiu is the last Bhiu festival
of the people of Assam. It comes in the month of January and is celebrated
immediately after harvesting the paddy cultivation. An overnight community
function is organized in make shift houses made of thatch in the paddy
fields. These particular house are
called as Bhela Ghar. A community feast is also organized there. The people
celebrate the festival throughout the night in Bhela Ghar and the next morning the
same Bhela Ghar is set on fire by people marking the end of the festival.
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Bhai Dooj
Bhai Dooj is an event that celebrates bond between the
brothers and sisters. The festival falls on the fifth day of Diwali, festival of
lights. On the occasion of Bhai Dooj
sisters are seen applying the vermilion marks called as Tilak on foreheads of
their brothers, performing the Arati of them. On the other hand brothers are
seen offering their sisters lots of gifts and sweets. Idea behind celebrating
the festival is that brother should always protect their sisters while sisters
should always pray for their bother’s prosperous life. Celebration of such a
kind which glorifies heavenly bonding of Brother and sisters will be found
nowhere but in India. And this is not the only celebration that marks holy
relation of brothers and sisters. Raksha Bandhan is another festival related
with Brothers & sisters.
The festival of Bhai Dhooj is celebrated in
different parts of the country with different names. It is known as Bhai Phota
in West Bengal while in Maharashtra it called as Bhav Beej. The festival is also known as Bhai Beej in
some parts of the country. You call it
by whatever name, the celebration of the festival and idea behind it will be
the same everywhere.
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Bathukamma
Bathukamma is a festival celebrated in an honor of Goddess
Gauri. The festival is mainly celebrated in Telangana region of state of Andhra
Pradesh. The festival of Bathukamma is
also known as Bodemma and is mostly celebrated by the women. It comes in the
month of Ashvin (Sept-Oct) and is celebrated over nine days during the time of
Navratri. The festival starts with Mahalaya Amavasya and ends two days before
Dussera. During the festival women are seen worshipping the goddess. You will
also find them in new silk saris and adorned with jewelry.
In Telgue Bathukamma literally means ‘Come alive mother
goddess’. The goddess Gauri is worshipped in the form of Bathukamma which is
nothing but the beautiful flowers of different colors arranged or rather
stacked on a little-large steel plate or wooden plank with a pumpkin flower
perched on the top of the stack. Women are seen arranging the various flowers,
brought by their men folk, on a plate with utmost devotion to the goddess. This
Bathukamma is seen worshipped by women for the next nine days and at the end of
the festival the same symbolic goddess in the form of Bathukamma is immersed by
women in local water body as per the custom going on for last many centuries.
During the festival women and young girls in their best
attire are seen gathering in large number in local area with their Bathukamma;
placing them on the ground; forming a circle of themselves around it; singing
the spontaneous folk songs praising the goddess and moving their steps in synchronies
while the men folk are seen looking on the amazing event unfolding.
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