selabreting indian festivals

Festival	Type	Celebrated Area
Diwali	Festival of Lights	Everywhere except Southern most States
Holi	Festival of Color	Everywhere except Southern most States
Maha Shivratri	The night of Shiva	Eastern India
Vasant Panchmi	Honor Saraswathi, Goddess of Learning	Eastern India
Makar Sankranti	Beginning of Sun's journey into Northen hemisphere	Everywhere
Pongal	Harvest Festival	Tamil Nadu
Raksha Bandhan	Sister-Brother relationship	Everywhere except Southern most States
Janamashtami	Birthday of Lord Krishna	Everywhere
Ganesh Chaturthi	Festival of Lord Ganesha	Maharastra, Karnataka
Ram Navmi	Birth of Lord Ram	North India
Nav Ratri	Festival of Goddess Durga	Everywhere
Vijay Dashmi (Dasara)	Lord Ram's victory over Ravana	Everywhere except Tamilnadu, Kerala
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