India is a land of festivals. It is a country where people of different caste and communities coexist, and all their respective festivals are celebrated together with great flourish. Be it Diwali for Hindus, or Eid for Muslims or Buddha Jayanti or Guru Nanak Jayanti; together they form the festivals of India which are celebrated with equal enthusiasm and excitement. The list of festivals is so long that there is hardly any month that does not see any festival happening. The following festivals of India list is the one that contains the top 20 Indian festival name. Check them out right here.

Most Important Festivals of India List:

1. Diwali:

Diwali is one of the most important festivals in India. It is a day celebrated with a lot of grandness. Diwali is also called the festival of lights and people across the country light lamps and candles and decorate their houses with rangoli and Toran. People wear new clothes and perform Puja and also greet friends and neighbours with sweets. Diwali also marks the New Year for Hindus.

Significance: As per the Hindu mythology, it is believed that on this day Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana after completing the 14-year long exile in the forest.

Key Attractions:

• People clean their homes and decorate them with lights, candles, diyas, rangoli, toran, etc.
• There is a lot of bustle in the market
• People burst firecrackers
• They exchange sweets and greet friends and family.

When: Diwali falls on a no moon night of the Kartik month of the Hindu calendar which generally varies from mid-October to mid-November.

Where: All across the country and even abroad where Indians reside.

Festival Day:

• 2021 –4th November

[See Also: Famous and Joyous Festivals in Tamil Nadu]

2. Holi:

Also known as the festival of colours, Holi is a very colourful festival of India. People across the country celebrate this festival with a lot of fervour and joy. They also light huge bonfires (known as Holika) and do puja and sing and dance around it. The next day people gather and apply dry and wet colours to each other. Children play with water guns and water balloons. Holi is one of the major festivals of India.