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Regional Festivals

Onam

This four-day harvest festival of the Hindus falls in the month of Chingam, marking the advent of spring. It also celebrates the yearly visit of King Mahabali to Kerala. One of the main events of this festival is the snake boat race.
Pongal

This three-day Hindu harvest festival falls in the month of Magha, corresponding with the solar equinox. Celebrated in the south, it is marked by the cooking of the rice from the first harvest after the long and arduous winter.
Pooram

Thrissur Pooram, the most colorful and spectacular temple festival of Kerala is celebrated in the Malayalam month of Medom (April-May). Spectacular pageant of fully caparisoned elephants, sonorous percussion, quintet like Panchavadyam and Pandimelom and grandiloquent fireworks mark this festival as magnificent and stunning.
Pushkar Mela

This is the biggest cattle fair in India, held in the month of Kartik on the full moon day in Pushkar in Rajasthan. It is marked by taking a holy dip in the lake and is also one of the only two places where Brahma is worshipped.
Skanda Shasthi

Celebrated on the sixth day in the bright half of Kartik, Skanda Shasthi commemorates the birth of Skanda, the son of Shiva and Parvati. People keep a daylong fast on this occasion.
Teej

The festival of Teej celebrates the onset of the monsoon in the month of Shravana, after the long and arduous summer. The day commemorates the event of Parvati leaving the home of her parents as a bride and Shiva coming to fetch her.
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