Kolkata Festivals

Like any other cosmopolitan metropolis, Kolkata too celebrates several festivals and occasions like Diwali, Christmas, Bakr-Id (Id ul zoha), Rath Yatra, Guru Nanak's Birthday, Buddha Purnima, Doljatra (Holi), Mahavir Jayanti, Nabobarsha (Bengali New Year), Rabindra Jayanti, Kali Puja, New Year's Day and Republic Day.




Each festival or celebration has its own characteristic - the fireworks of Diwali or Kali Puja, the colors of Holi, the chiming church bells of Christmas, the picnics of New Year's Day, the melodious Rabindra sangeet on Rabindra Jayanti and the parades of the Republic Day.


While many festivals celebrate joy, the Muharram is a period when Muslims observe a period of mourning , in memory of the tragedy of 680 AD. when Hazrat Imam Hussain, the grandson of Muhammad the Prophet was martyred in the battle of Karbala. The tenth day, called Ashura, is observed as the day for a public expression of their grief and Taziahs are taken out. Id-ul-Fitr is observed to mark the end the holy month of Ramazan. Of all the festivals if there is one festival that is synonymous with Kolkata, then it is the Durga Puja festival.

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