•
Ganga Dussehra is celebrated to commemorate the descent of the
Ganges river from heaven to earth. It is celebrated on
Dashami (tenth day)
tithi of the
Shukla paksha (waxing moon). As per
Hindu mythology, bathing in the river on this day is said to rid the bather of ten lifetimes of sins. •
Jamai Sasthi is celebrated by
Bengalis on
Shashthi, the sixth tithi of Shukla paksha. It is dedicated to the son-in-laws, who are invited by the wife's parents to their house for the celebrations. •
Nirjala Ekadashi is celebrated on Ekadashi (11th day) of Shukla Paksha. It is the most sacred and auspicious Ekadashi in the year, and people fast during the day to please Hindu god
Vishnu. • Shani Dev Jayanti is celebrated on
Amavasya (
new moon) of the month. It is dedicated to
Shani (
Saturn), one of the
navagrahas. •
Sitalsasthi celebrates the marriage of Hindu god
Shiva with
Parvati. It is commemorated on the Shashthi thithi. •
Snana Yatra is a bathing festival celebrated on the
Purnima (
full moon) of the month. It commemorates the birthday of Hindu god
Jagannath, and is a major festival in
Jagannath temple in
Puri. The deities Jagannath,
Balabhadra, and
Subhadra are taken for procession and ceremonially bathed. •
Vat Purnima is celebrated on the full moon day of the month. It honors
Satyavan's wife
Savitri, who rescued her husband from death by using her intelligence and devotion. Women pray for their husbands by tying threads around a banyan tree on this day. ==See also==