India is the land of festivals and fairs and many various activities can be celebrated here. As it is said there are more festivals in India comparing with others. India has various fair and festivals with the lend color and gaiety of life. Some festivals are related to religious nature and some changes in the seasons and harvesting. The glorious fairs and Festivals of India bind the people of the nation across various states and religions in a unique way and provide a spectacle that can not be realized any where else in the world. Ritual designs are prepared before entering in the house at the time of festivals.

Holi
Holi, the festival of colors, is celebrated on the day after the full moon early in the march every year. There are many ancient stories lies behind this festival but popularly known as by the majority of peoples that the devotee of lord Vishnu, Bakt Prahlad, seated on the lap of demoness Holika, was saved from the effect of the fire by God and the demoness got burnt instead. Holi is celebrated also in the welcome of climax of spring.

Diwali
Diwali is celebrated due to the auspicious occasion of lord Rama and Sita returning to their capital Ayodhya from the exile. Diwali is the most popular festival of India that is celebrated with full of its glories in all over the country. It usually comes during 15 October to 15 November. Diwali, the festival of light, symbolize the victory of righteousness and the lifting of spiritual darkness. It is celebrated by lighting Diyas, Lamps, decorating houses by the ritual designs, burning crackers and inviting their relatives for partaking in the sumptuous feast.

ID
ID, the most popular festivals of Muslims, is celebrated in the month of Ramzan. It is the most significant festival of Muslims that is celebrated with lot of joy after completing the prayer in the end of the month of Ramzan. Muslims celebrate Id thrice in a year.

15th August
15th August is celebrated by all Indians because on this day in the year 1947, India received independence from the British rule. It is our national festival.

Onam
Onam, the harvest festival of Kerela, is an attraction for peoples not only from India but also outside India peoples. It is celebrated from 4 days to the 10 days and all the activities during this season are celebrated as worshipping, music, dances, sports, boat races and good food. It is celebrated in the Malyalam month Chingam. The merry making nature of this festival is spectacular snake boat racing on river Pampa. Houses are designed with colored rice paste know as the rangolis and peoples are dressed well like as women in new saries and heavy jewelry. Every one in the Kerela prepared well for this festival by decorating their houses and by making delicious foods and sweets that is served on banana leaves. One important thing that would be easily visible outside each house is the ‘pookalam' a flower mat.

Dushhara
Dushhara, celebrated by the Hindus, is a sign of victory of good over iniquity. Dushhara is celebrated because Ravan, the symbol of evil and the king of Lanka, is defeated by Lord Rama. It comes before some days from the festival Diwali. This day the caricatures of Ravan are build and burned in the evening that shows the end of evils.

Christmas
Christmas is celebrated in all over the country and in the world due to the birth of Jesus Christ on 25 December every year. Despite the same underlying spirit, the celebration of Christmas in India is different in various parts of this country. In some parts of India small clay oil-burning lamps are used as Christmas decorations. People decorates their houses by Christmas trees with figure of baby Jesus, Mother Mary and such other scenes of Jesus’s birth in the Bible. One can find the beautifully decorated Christmas tree with a midnight mass depict the beginning of Christmas.

26th January
26 January, the Republic day of India, is celebrated by all Indians. In the year 1950, the constitution of India is enforced. India displays its development and its power in front of the peoples of India at the Parad Ground in New Delhi. Various architectures and sculptures like joyous celebrations, music, dance and festivals popularly known as Jhankis, are putted on the way.

India is so called the land of festival because there are many festivals celebrated by the Indian in every year. India has all sorts of fair and festivals like animal fairs, religious fairs and there are fairs to scratch the changing seasons. Other than the customary fairs some established festivals include elephants, camel races, dance and music. Here are some popular festivals and month of their celebration: