Festivals in March
Holi:
As celebrated most part
of the country Holi is also celebrated in Himachal Pradesh. The festival
of colour and fun thousand of devotee throng to holy shrine at Paonta Sahib
in Sirmour District situated on bank of river Yamuna. Holi is also celebrated
in Palampur and Sujaanpur.
Shivratri
Fair:
Shivratri fair helf in mandi
Town in between February and March every year. The fair of Shivratri goes
about weak long, well decorated hundreds of local Gods and Goddess enter
the Mandi town. First stop over of the deities in Mahadev Temple and then
at Bhootnath Temple to pay their homage to Lord Shiva. The weak long festival
celebrate with dance, music and dramas. Shiv Ratri Fair is also celebrated at Baijnath’s Shiva Temple in Kangra district.
Nalwari
Fair:
This fair basically a cattle
fair .buying and selling cattles done here. Local artist entretain the
people on occasion of nalwari fair. Wrestling matches also held here the
fair is held in the month of march.
Bala
Sundri Fair:
The fair of Bala Sundri
held in Trilokpur near Nahan in Sirmour district at the temple of Goddes
Bala Sundri which was build in 1573 by King Deep Prakash. Chait, the first month
of lunar calendar is celebrated by the dancing of women in Kullu and by
folk singing in Chamba. At the shrine of Deotsidh on the district border
of Hamirpur and Bilaspur a month long fair spans March and April.
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