Festivals India has a tradition of festivals. From national festivals to social ones, people come closer, enjoy and forget their differences. Festivals break the monotony of our day-to-day life. In Bihar there is a long list of festivals and people celebrate them with full joy and happiness.
Chatth Puja Chatth Puja is one of the important festivals celebrated in Bihar. The uniqueness of this festival is that in this the setting sun is worshipped. People of Bihar celebrate this festival with immense faith.
The people of Bihar have immense faith in this festival. It is celebrated twice a year. Once in Chaitra (according to the Hindu calendar) which falls in March and in Kartik which falls in November.
This is a 4 day festival, for which people maintain cleanliness and purity from even a month ahead. The sing folk songs in the honour of ‘Surya Dev’ and ‘Chatti Maiyya’ which can be heard at every corner and the sweetness of the songs makes you also devoted. Women fast for the good of their family and the society. |  |
Sama-Chakeva The festival is celebrated especially in Mithila during the winter season. The festival Sama-Chakeva is celebrated when the colourful birds from the Himalayas migrate towards the plains. The people of Mithila dedicate this festival to celebrate the brother sister relationship. The festival is started by welcoming the pair of birds sama- chakeva. Girls make idols of various birds with clay and decorate those birds in their own traditional way. During the period of festival various rituals are performed and the festival joyfully ends with the going back of these birds with a wish that these birds return next year.
Ram Navami
Ram Navami is a Hindu festival which is celebrated with full joy and happiness in all parts of the country. This is the auspicious day when Lord Rama was born. People celebrate it observing fasts and offering prayers in his honour. For further information
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Makar-Sankranti
Makar Sankranti, the festival marks the beginning of the summer season. The festival is also known as Tila Sankranti. People believe that from this day on, the days become longer and the heat of the sun also increases. Every year it is observed on the 14th of January. People celebrate it by giving offerings to the poor. For further information
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Bihula
Bihula is a well known festival celebrated in eastern Bihar especially in the Bhagalpur district. People pray to goddess Mansa for the welfare of their family.
Madhushravani
Madhushravani is a festival celebrated in the month of Sawan (Hindu calendar) the month of August. The festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm all over Mithilanchal. The festival carries a message that is it teaches us how we should keep religion and tradition together in our day to day life.
Teej
 | Teej is a women’s festival which is celebrated with joy and happiness and Bihar. For further information click here
The other festivals which are also celebrated with same joy and happiness are Basant Panchami, Shivratri, Raksha Bandhan, Holi, Durga Puja, Deepawali, Id, Bakrid, Christmas etc. |
Fairs Sonepur Fair Sonepur is 35 km from vaishali and is situated on the meeting point of river Ganga and Gandak. Sonepur perhaps hosts the Asia’s Biggest animal fair, which starts from Kartik full moon day (Oct./Nov). The Fair lasts for almost a fortnight. Millions of visitors come to this typical fair.
Pitrapaksha Mela The Pitrapaksha Mela is held in Gaya in the month of September. People from all over the country gather for having a ‘Pindadaan’. Every person prays god that he has a son who offers him pinda daan (lymph of rice) at Gaya. The ‘Pindaadan’ offered here by the relatives of the dead is a must for the ‘moksha’ of the soul.
