Events & Festivals

Gypsy Kings next to our hostel! — Gipsy Kings will be performing today, 9th Feb 2014 in Delhi. The event is organized by the Turquoise Cottage. There will be a great music with a unique yet exciting amalgamation that is sure to be really thrilling. The event will start at 8pm onwards and the entry fee will […]

Gypsy Kings in Delhi!

Pushkar Camel Fair — Held each November at the time of the Kartik Purnima full moon, Pushkar Camel Fair is one of India’s most highly-rated travel experiences, a spectacle on an epic scale, attracting 300,000 people and up to 20,000 camels, cattle and horses. This year, the camel festival is running from 6 to 17 of November 2013 in […]

Pushkar Camel Fair

Diwali, light festival — Diwali is also called Deepavali or the “festival of lights“. It is a five-day Hindu festival which usually falls eighteen days after Dussehra. In the Gregorian calendar, Diwali falls between mid-October and mid-November. Diwali is an official holiday in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia, Singapore and Fiji. For Hindus, Diwali is one of […]

Diwali, the light Festival in India

Rajasthani Internation Folk Festival — If you plan to come to visit Jodhpur, the second biggest city of Rajasthan next year in October, don’t miss the RIFF Festival – Rajasthan International Folk Festival! It is a great festival of traditional music situated in the Mehrangar Fort. Every years in October since 2007, this festival gathers more than […]

The best moment to visit Jodhpur: Rajasthan International Folk Festival

Krishna Janmashtami — Today is another Hindu Celebration : Krishna Janmashtami ! It is the annual commemoration of the birth of the Hindu deity Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. Hindus celebrate Janmashtami by fasting and staying up until midnight, the time when Krishna is believed to have been born. Images of Krishna’s infancy are placed in swings and cradles in […]

Krishna Janmashtami!

Raksha Bandhan – Celebrating the sacred bond of brother and sister Raksha Bandhan, popularly known as rakhi, is a festival observed to pay homage to the sacred and unconditional bond between brothers and sisters. Raksha Bandhan in Sanskrit literally means “the tie or knot of protection It’s an ancient Vedic festival which […]

Happy Raksha Bandhan!

Diwali Festival — India has many religions, and hundreds of customs and festivals. Here are the main one that you should not miss! The Puskhar camel fair Festival. Pushkar becomes particularly alive during the annual Camel Fair in which hundreds of camel dealers from Rajasthan go to Pushkar to deal their trade. Visitors […]

The best festivals in India