OUR FESTIVALS

Rath Yatra, Puri — June / July

In the coastal town of Puri, Odisha, the mood begins to change days before anything moves. People gather slowly, conversations soften, and the...

Hemis Festival — June / July

Guru Padmasambhava, revered in Tibetan Buddhism for spreading the faith across the Himalayas, is the heart of everything that happens at Hemis....

Teej — July / September

Teej takes its name from a tiny red insect that emerges from the earth with the first rains of the monsoon, and there is something fitting about...

Janmashtami — August / September

Janmashtami celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu, whose life and teachings have shaped Hindu philosophy for millennia....

Independence Day — 15th August

At the stroke of midnight on 15th August 1947, after nearly two centuries of British colonial rule, India stepped into freedom. Prime Minister...

Raksha Bandhan — August

Few festivals wear their meaning as plainly as Raksha Bandhan, the Sanskrit name for "bond of protection." Rooted in ancient Hindu texts and...

Onam — August / September

According to legend, Kerala once flourished under a king so just and beloved that no one went hungry and the land itself seemed to bloom in...

Ganesh Chaturthi — August / September

Born of clay and a mother's love, Ganesha came into being when Goddess Parvati sculpted him from sandalwood paste and breathed life into him. This...

Durga Puja — September / October

Rooted in ancient myth, Durga Puja commemorates the ten-armed Goddess Durga's victory over the buffalo demon Mahishasura, a story of feminine power...

Dussehra — October

On the tenth day of the Hindu month of Ashvin, good wins. Dussehra, also known as Vijayadashami, marks the day Lord Rama defeated the ten-headed...

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