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The Mahamasthakabhisheka is an important Jain festival held once every twelve years in the town of Shravanabelagola in Karnataka India. The festival is held in veneration of an immense 18 […]

The Dōngzhì Festival or Winter Solstice Festival (Chinese: 冬至; pinyin: Dōngzhì; literally the extreme of Winter) is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Chinese and other East […]

Saint Lucia’s Day is the church feast day dedicated to Lucia of Syracuse (d.304) also known as Saint Lucy and is observed on 13 December. St. Lucia’s Day is celebrated […]

The Pulaski Day Parade is a parade held annually since 1937 on Fifth Avenue in New York City to commemorate Kazimierz Pulaski a Polish hero of the American Revolutionary War. […]

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrates the solemn belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is universally celebrated on December 8 nine months before the […]

Karthikai Deepam (Tamil: கார்த்திகை தீபம்) or Karthikai vilakkidu (Tamil: கார்த்திகைத் விளக்கீடு) [ also known as Karthika Deepam (కార్తీక దీపం) in Telugu ] is a Hindu specially Hindu Tamils and Hindu […]

Maaveerar Day or Heroes’ Day is a day of commemoration observed by Tamil people to remember the deaths of militants fighting for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. It is […]

World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on May 31. It is intended to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco […]

Ratha Yatra (Oriya: ରଥଯାତ୍ରା) or the Car Festival is a huge Hindu festival associated with Lord Jagannath held at Puri in the state of Orissa India.This annual festival is celebrated […]

Ólavsøka is the biggest summer festival in the Faroe Islands celebrated on July 29. It is the day when Løgting the Faroese Parliament opens its session. Ólavsøka is also a […]