Holika Dahan: Meaning, Rituals & Significance Before Holi
If you arrive in a North Indian town a day before Holi, you will notice something slowly taking shape in an open ground or at a street corner. A stack of wood. Dry branches. Cow dung cakes (upla) are placed carefully between them. It doesn’t look festive…
Holi Festival of India: Meaning, History, Rituals & Regional Traditions
There is a moment, usually just after winter loosens its grip, when India decides it has been quiet for long enough. The air changes first. Mornings soften. Afternoons grow playful. Somewhere, a dhol sounds slightly louder than usual. And before you…
Indian Festivals Explained Through Seasons & Traditions
In India, time does not move in straight lines. It moves in circles. The year does not begin with a number on a calendar. It begins when the wind changes direction, when the sun shifts its path, when the first crop is cut, when the first monsoon cloud…