Category: Festivals

Vasant (or sometimes Basant) Panchami marks the beginning of spring. The festival usually falls during February and March. It is one of two spring festivals the second being Holi. Vasant meaning spring and Panchami means the fifth day. In northern India Vasant Panchami is celebrated with kite festivals. The colour yellow is associated with this festival and...

   Gita Jayanti Gita Jayanti is the day Bhagavat Gita was spoken just over 5,000 years ago. This is an annual festival celebrated on the bright half of the Margashirsha month (November-December). The Bhagavat Gita is an ancient text that describes how to transform one’s work into yoga and provides disciplines that allows one to...