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Our section on Hindu Festivals 2009 cover dates for famous Hindu Festivals & Holidays in India. Check out List of Hindu Festivals in 2009.
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Hindu Festivals 2009

Hindu Festivals 2009
A wide array of festivals is celebrated by the Hindus to mark various occasions and the birth or marriage of their deities. These festivals have been an inseparable part of the religion and have been adding color to this vast religious canvas.

Celebrated in a unique way, each festival has some or the other tradition associated with it. Every day serves as an occasion of some or the other festival. Some festivals like Basant Panchami and Lohri welcome the seasons of the year; some others welcome the harvest, the rains, or the full moon.

The birthdays of various incarnations of its deities are also celebrated as festivals by Hindus. The birthdays of divine beings, saints and revered teachers also serve as occasions for celebration. Most of the Hindu festivals invoke the devotees to fast on the day of the festival and culminate with the prayers offered to the lord..

A rich source of devout and ethical fortification, these festivals also serve as binding forces to the various races of Hinduism. Deepaawali, Duessehra, Holi, Janmashtami, Shivratri, Ram Navami, Raksha Bandhan and Makar Sankranti are some of the major Hindu festivals celebrated by Hindus with great pomp and show.

Hindu Festivals 2009

Makar Sakranti Wednesday 14-01-2009
Vasant Panchami Saturday 31-01-2009
Maha Shivaratri Monday 23-02-2009
Holi Wednesday 11-03-2009
Hindi New Year Friday 27-03-2009
Ramayana Week Friday 27-03-2009
Ramanavami Friday 03-04-2009
Hanuman Jayanti Thursday 09-04-2009
Raksha Bandhan Wednesday 05-08-2009
Krishna Janmashthami Friday 14-08-2009
Ganesh Chaturthi Sunday 23-08-2009
Pitr-paksha Saturday 05-09-2009
Navaratri Saturday 19-09-2009
Saraswati Puja
(Forms part of Navaratri)
Friday
Saturday
25-09-2009
26-09-2009
Vijay Dashami (Dasera) Monday 28-09-2009
Deepavali (Diwali) Saturday 17-10-2009
Vikram New Year 2066 Sunday 18-10-2009

Buddha Purnima - Friday - 08-05-2009
Guru Purnima - Tuesday - 07-07-2009
Easter - Sunday - 12-04-2009
Sun Eclipse - Wednesday - 22-07-2009
Moon Eclipse - Thursday - 31-12-2009

The above lists refer to Hindu festivals as celebrated in North India.
Hindu Festivals in South India can add additional days to the lists above.
The above lists refer to Hindu festivals as celebrated in North India.

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