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34 Festivals round the year

Many festivals are celebrated in different parts of India.

Read the clues and name the festivals using the clue box.

1. Hindu festival celebrated in honour of Lord Ganesh
specially in Maharashtra.

2. This is the harvest festival of Punjab. It is

celebrated in the month of April.

3. This is the chariot festival celebrated in Puri,

Odisha. It is celebrated in honour of Lord
Jagannath.

4. This festival of the Christians celebrates the

belief that Jesus came back to life on this day.

5. It is a ten day festival of Karnataka, marked
by a grand procession of decorated elephants.

6. This festival celebrates the birth of Lord
Buddha. Main celebrations take place at Bodh
Gaya, Bihar.

Rath Yatra Ganesh Chaturthi Buddh Purnima

Mysore Dasara Easter Sunday Baisakhi

Info-bites

Baisakhi is celebrated as the Sikh New Year. In Bengal it is celebrated as
‘Poila Baisakh’ and in Assam as ‘Rongali Bihu’.

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