Events & Festivals


old Gandhi
Today Gandhi Jayanati is celebrated all across the country for 146th Gandhi’s anniversary. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in the current State of Gujarat. The honorific Mahatma, “high-souled” in Sanskri, applied to him in 1914 in South Africa. He is one the first leaders and theoricians of nonviolent civil […]

Today is Gandhi’s birthday!


For the last years, Indian capital has become a new cultural centre. Contemporary Art has conquered this city by convincing its inhabitants and travellers from the world. Multiplication of art galleries, expositions and artistic installations proves contemporary art success. Street art, which belongs to this movement, is specially echoed in […]

Dehi, a new artistic capital?


Joyeux Ganesh Chaturthi
This year Ganesh Chaturthi occurs on the 17th December 2015. This Hindu festival celebrates Ganesh’s birth, the God with elephant head, son of Shiva and Pârvatî. This celebration is also known under the name of Vinayaka Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chavithi according to the tongues. The date of Ganesh Chaturthi celebration […]

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi



After its electrifying 1st edition in 2014, [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””]The Jodhpur Flamenco and Gypsy festival is coming back to Jodhpur for another three days of musical magic[/inlinetweet]. Between the 3rd and 5th of April 2015, worldwide known musicians will play together in the prestigious Mehrangarh Fort, 400 mt above […]

Jodhpur Flamenco and Gypsy Festival 2015 edition


[inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””]Kumbh Mela (litterally “feast of the jug”) is a Hindu pilgrimage organized 4 times every 12 years in 4 holy cities : Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik[/inlinetweet]. This pilgrimage can be regarded as one of the most important pilgrimages in the whole world, since some several billions of […]

Greatest Hindu pilgrimage Kumbh Mela


Republic Day 3
In India, ‘Republic Day’ is celebrated on 26th January. It commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950. Thus, Republic Day celebration is the moment to remember the coming […]

Republic Day in India



Lohri Festival
One of the big Punjabi festivals occurs today in India : Lohri festival. It is one of the popular Hindu and Sikh festivals which is celebrated with traditional passion and enthusiasm in most parts of India. Lot of people believe that the festival was originally celebrated on winter solstice day, being […]

Lohri : Bonfire festival


Festival
Gurunanak Jayanti is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of the 1st Guru and the founder of the Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev. The birthday of Guru Nanak Dev falls on Kartik Poornima (full moon day) in the month of November and this year it is on 6th of November. […]

Gurunanak Jayanti festival


Rangoli
Rangoli is a painting made on the ground in a particular technique. This is a very common and popular art in India. The rangolis are often made ​​on the ground in yards or before the doorsteps. We find even more particularly in the (many) festivals, where they take the scale to […]

Rangoli