The festival signifies the holiness of bond between a couple. Tulsi is the emblem of a bride which is bound with red cloth for it ensures protection from evil forces.

It is a beautiful sight to see that Tulsi decorated with sugarcanes, mango leaves and flowers. A specialty of this festival is various dishes are prepared and are offered to Lord Vishnu. This practice in Kartik month symbolizes marrying of the plant with the rock.

Lord Rama is considered to be the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu, and it is widely believed that he was born to rescue ‘Dharma’ from the ominous grasp of ‘Adharma’.

Special prayers and yajnas are organized at various sacred places and temples to show gratitude and also mark the time of his birth, in the afternoon. The festival of Rama Navami lasts for nine days, also known as ‘Navaratras’ or ‘Rama Navaratras’.

Rakhi or Raksha Bandhan is a sacred thread embellished with sister’s love and affection for her brother. On this day, sisters tie rakhi on their brother’s wrist. They perform ‘aarti’ and pray for their brothers’ long life.

On the other hand brothers vow to protect their sisters in time of need. After accepting rakhi from sisters brothers give return gift to the sisters. Exchanging the gift symbolizes the material approval of the sister’s love and an eternal vow of their togetherness. This festival strengthens the relationship between brothers and sisters.

In this festival people engage in cleaning up their houses, completes repairing, trashes are burnt, and useless things are thrown away.

The celebration extends to worshipping of the sacred animal – cow and they are clothed with their horns painted. The whole community engage themselves with fun and frolic. In this occasion one never falls short of cherishing bull fight.

The accounts entries in ‘halkhata’, the new account-books begin after offering pujas.

On this day Bengalis engage themselves in celebration; it is the time for them to gorge on various sweet dishes and special Bengali delicacies. All Bengali people wear new clothes on this day and various cultural programs are held almost in all localities. Most of the young women and men are seen in the popular dress-combination of white sari with red border and in dhuti and kurta, respectively.

It is believed luck bestows on one when Naag drinks the offerings. Paintings of Serpent God are made with cowdung, milk and black powder.

Snake charmers have their share of charm when they go to individual houses asking for money and clothes. This joyous mood among the people creates feeling of oneness and spreads brotherhood and love in the community.

This festival of Janmashtami is observed by Hindus all over the world by offering pujas to Lord Krishna, keeping fasts, wearing new clothes, participating in ‘bhajans’, and in preparing various sweet dishes.

Lord Krishna is popular for his association with various romantic tales and is believed to be the manifestation of joy at different levels of life.

Holi is celebrated among people from different sections of society as they tend to forget all grudges against each other and are cemented in a strong bond of love.

It is a unique festival where people shower colored water and play with dust color or ‘aabir’ among themselves. The colors are assumed to have therapeutic usage in prevention of certain diseases which tend to occur in the spring season.

Large processions are taken out to the streets with people carrying plank of wood in cross form, representing the cross on which Christ was crucified. It is displayed in churches for the veneration of believers.

In queue the people lines up to kiss, worship it. As crowd kisses the Cross, no bells are rung and in the hearts of the worshipper dwells a profound silence. It is followed by prayers, sermons and meditation. Good Friday signifies victory of good over evil powers.