Fairs & Festivals in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra
Pradesh is a calendar of one long procession of festivals. Festivities here
are characterised by colour, gaiety, enthusiasm, feasts and a variety of prayers
and rituals. Travellers and tourists are struck by the scale and multiplicity
of the festivities that populate the cultural scene of this land. The state
is famous for celebrating festival of every region and religion with equal pomp
and gaiety. Be it the age old traditional hindu festivals or the muslim festivity
of brotherhood or Christmas. The diversity of the state is manifested in its
people, languages, religions and cultures.
Deccan Festival / Hyderabad Festival
This festival brings the choicest talent from the field of Music, Dance and
Theatre. Ghazals, Mushairas, Qawwalis, Classical dances and Music. Reverberate
in the air of Hyderabad.
Lumbini Festival
Lumbini festival is organized from the 2nd Friday to Sunday of December every
year at Hyderabad and Nagarjunasagar to highlight.
Visaka Utsav
'Visakha Utsav' is organised by A.P. Tourism every year from the third Friday
to Sunday of January. The Visakha Utsav is organised to bring together a kaleidoscope
of brilliant hues.
Rayalaseema Food and Dance Festival
Other Festivals
Makara Sakranti
SANKRANTI is an important festival for Telugus and people in rural Andhra look
forward to this harvest festival, which has different attractions for different
people. With crops harvested people have both money and leisure to make merry
with.
Mahasivarathri
Mahasivarathri means the great night of Siva. It is believed that Lord Siva
was born in the form of a lingam on the night of Krishna Chaturdasi (14th day
of the dark fortnight).
Ugadi
Ugadi is the Telugu New Year day. It is specially associated with Pacchadi (chutney)
in telugu. The chutney is prepared with tender flowers of neem, jaggery or sugar
& new tamarind. The whole family has to eat the chutney.
Vinayaka Chaturthi /Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesha Chaturthi is one of the most popular Hindu festivals. This is the birthday
of Lord Ganesha. It is the day most sacred to Lord Ganesha and falls on the
4th day of the bright fortnight of 'Bhadrapada' (August - September).
Pongal
Pongal, a harvest festival, is celebrated from the 13th to the 15th of January.
Pongal literally means "boiling over" and celebrates the bounteous
crops in the fields. Pongal was originally a festival for the farming community,
but today it has become one of South India's most popular festivals.
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