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Lets Travel India offers you an opportunity
to glimpse the colorful and happening festivals
of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The most
commonly celebrated festivals in Kashmir
are Lohri, Baisakhi, Bahu mela, the Jhiri
mela, the Mansar food and craft mela, Chaitre
Chaudash mela and the Purmandal mela. The
Navratras are celebrated with festivities
all over Kashmir, but a special mela is
held at the Kheer Bhawani temple in the
Tulla Mulla village. Tours and travel to
the state of Kashmir gives you a chance
to participate in the other popular festivals
such as the Hemis festival and the Sindhu
Darshan festival.
Lohri is popularly known as Makar
sankranti all over India. In Kashmir, especially
in the rural areas, young boys visit elders
and newly wed couples and ask for gifts
and presents. Young boys move around in
colorful processions and perform the Chhajja
dance.
The Jhiri mela is held annually in
the memory of a poor farmer who according
to popular belief committed suicide to protest
against the unfair demands of his landlord.
The Chaitre Chaudash mela
is held during the months of March-April
at Uttar Behni, a village located at a distance
of 25 kilometers from Jammu.
The Purmandal mela is held at Purmandal
that is located at a distance of 39 kilometers
from Jammu. This fair has a special significance
as it is celebrated on the occasion of Maha
Shivratri. This festival marks the wedding
celebrations of Lord Shiva with the Goddess
Parvati.
The festival of Navratri is celebrated with
great fervor. People fast, take holy dips
and pray during this festival.
The Hemis festival is a religious
fair that is held at the Hemis Gompa located
in Ladakh. This festival began 12 years
back and is marked by masked dances and
other festivities.
The Sindhu Darshan festival is celebrated
in honor of the River Indus, locally known
as the Sindhu River.
Kashmir Hub offers tourists information
about tours and travel packages to several
places in the state of Kashmir where these
fairs and festivals take place at different
seasons of the year.
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