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Festivals

Fantastic Festivals put Gujarat into a World Stage

Festivals in Gujarat have popular celebrations and observations that include major religious, business and entertaining festivals apart from fairs and heritage tours.

Festivals in Gujarat signify socio-cultural-religious and even economic aspirations of the people of Gujarat. Vibrant Gujarat Kite Festival marks a new record of religious tradition blend with economic development. The Festival and fairs of Gujarat promote unity, spiritual well being, self discipline and austerity. They act as refreshers to monotonous routines and are form of recreations.

Among the most popular festivals celebrated in Gujarat are:

Navratri	Deepavali	Kite Festival

Shivratri	Holi	Janmashtmi

Ganesh Chaturthi

Gujarat celebrates more than 3500 fairs and festivals round the year. They highlight religion, culture and traditions with its rich cultural and traditional history of the yester years.

Gujarat is known as the ‘Land of the Festivals’ which keeps its traditions alive as they revolve around an occasion such as the turn of a season, the time for harvesting a golden field, or a religious event from India's extensive and rich mythological traditions.