FESTIVALS

Maithili Festivals

Maithilis Peope celebrates numberious festivals and each festival have their own importance.. Drop Down to Know about Maithili Festivals The Festivals of Mithilanchal and Their Importance Dates Of Mithila Festivals In The Year 2013-2014 Ramnavami (Devanāgarī: राम नवमी) Holi (Sanskrit: होली) (Devanagari:फागु/फगुआ) Shivratri or Maha Shivratri or Padmarajarathri Basant Panchmi ( वसन्त पञ्चमी) or Shree Panchami or Saraswati Puja Makar Sankranti ( Maghe Sankranti or Teela Sankrait) Vivaha Panchmi or Ram Janki Vivah Karthik Purnima or Tripuri Poornima or Tripurari Poornima or Deva-Diwali or Deva Deepawali Anant Puja Sama Chakeba Indra puja Madhushravani festival of Mithilanchal Nagpanchami (Devanagari: नाग पंचमी) Jitmutbahan Brat (Jitia) Chauthchandra ( Chaurchan ) Haritalika Teej Bharatridwitiya or Bhaidooj or Bhaiya dooj or Bhaitika Krishnashtami ( Janmaashtami) Raksha bandhan or Rakhi Kojagara

The Festivals ofMithilanchal and Their Importance

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• Mithila celebrates its scores of religious festivals and fairs of great local fervor
• Each festival is unique in style and is characterised by colour, gaiety, enthusiasm, feasts and heterogeneity of prayers and rituals
• Need not to mention traditional Indian festivals like Ramnavami, Dassehra, Diwali and Holi are also feted with great extravaganza in Mithila

• Major religious celebrations include the ....Read More..........

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Festivals of Maithali People are given below

Kojagara Kojagara For the newly married grooms is an important festival in year-long celebrations when special gifts are sent by the in-laws These consists of Makhan, Dahi, Sweets,  Pakwan,  clothes, shoes, umbrella, small decorated imitation trees of   Janau, Dakshini Ilaichi, Laung etc In the evening the grooms are blessed with Chumaon by both male and female elders On this day goddess Lakshmi is worshipped by the women and sweets....Read More.... Listen "Mithila Ke Pabaen E Kojagra" Song below  You need to install the Flash plugin - http://www.webestools.com/

Raksha bandhan or Rakhi Raksha bandhan or Rakhi is celebrated on Shravan Poornima (Udaya Tithi falling in mooring hours) day This festival is held by the end of Shravana i.e. August on the full moon day celebrated throughout India and Nepal as a festival where sisters tie colorful and decorative Rakhis on the wrist of brothers and receive gifts or money in return....Read More.....

Krishnashtami ( Janmaashtami) Krishnashtami ( Janmaashtami) Birthday of Bhagwan Krishna, the eighth child of Vasudev and Devki Sage Narad told Kansh (the King of Mathura and the maternal uncle of Krishna) that the eighth child of Devki would kill him Kansh, therefore, imprisoned Vasudev and Devki and killed all his seven children....Read More........

Bharatridwitiya or Bhaidooj Bharatridwitiya or Bhaidooj or Bhaiya dooj or Bhaitika This festival is celebrated as brother’s day Bhaidooj, though celebrated throughout India in some form or other, has a special significance in Mithilanchal, where sisters worship their brothers in a manner peculiar to this region called "NEAUT" Every married or unmarried girl or women pray to the river Ganga and Yamuna for the long life and prosperity of her brother....Read More....

Haritalika Teej Haritalika Teej Observed on Bhadra Shukla Triteeya by Sadhwa women folk and unmarried girls The Tithi may be prevailing completely on the day, or prevail at Sunrise time and may be followed by Chaturthi and, in rarest of rare case, when these  two are not available may be preceded by Dwiteeya...Read More.....

Chauthchandra ( Chaurchan ) Chauthchandra ( Chaurchan ) mainly celebrated in Mithila region or by those who belong to Mithila region On the fourth day of the new moon in Bhadra i.e. September women folk offer sweets and fruits and other items as libation to the Moon It is said that it was on this day that Lord Krishna who was charged....Read More....

Jitmutbahan Brat (Jitia) important festival of Mithilanchal for Sadhwa women of all castes and is performed for the well being and longevity of their sons celebrated by the mothers of Mithila for the welfare and prosperity of their children Jeemutvahan a mythological hero got the false charge of adultery against his chaste mother absolved by god Jeemutvahan is respected as an ideal son and is worshipped by women It is performed on Aswin Krishna Ashtmi prevailing in Pradosh time....Read More....

Nagpanchami Nagpanchami (Devanagari: नाग पंचमी) The literary meaning of 'Nag Panchami' is “Snake (Cobras)” Indian mythological scriptures such as Agni Purana, Skanda Purana, Narada Purana and Mahabharata give details of history of snakes extolling worship of snakes....Read More....

Madhushravani festiva Madhushravani festival of Mithilanchal The worship of serpent or serpent god ends on the third day after the new moon in Shravan This day is known as Madhushravani In some castes specially among the Brahmins, the husband come to their marriage places on this day to perform the rites and end this festival jointly with their newly wed wives...Read More.......

Indra puja Worship of rain god Indra This festival is mainly organized in Mithila Indra Puja is the main festival of Jhanjharpur The Maharaja of Darbhanga started this festival On this occasion Lord Indra along with other gods and goddesses are worshipped Beautiful idols of Lord Indra and other gods and goddesses are made and worshipped.....Read More...

Celebrating Sama Chakeba Sama Chakeba This festival is also celebrated by the women mainly in Mithila It is during the winter season that the birds from the Himalayas migrate towards the plains With the advent of these colorful birds, celebration of sama–chakeva is done mithilanchal dedicates this festival to the celebration of the brother sister relationship It represents the tradition of this land as well as the art of making idols This festival starts with the welcoming of the pair of birds sama-chakeva......Read More....

Anant Puja Anant Puja is celebrated on the fourteenth day after the new moon in the month of Bhadra i.e. in September God in his endless form is worshipped and a sacred thread is tied round the arms That sacred thread or knot is called Anant This festival is based on a mythological story according to which once this earth was stolen away by some demon and Anant or endless God brought out the earth from the Ocean(of milk).....Read More...

Karthik Purnima or Tripuri Poornima or Tripurari Poornima or Deva-Diwali or Deva Deepawali celebrated on the full moon day of the Karthik On this day the Hindus take a dip in the sacred river Ganga or Puskar or in the confluence of Ganga and Gandak near Hariharnath Temple, Sonepur It was on this day that a king of elephants who was caught by a crocodile in the river could save his life by the grace of god (Vishnu).....Read More.........

Vivaha Panchmi Vivaha Panchmi or Ram Janki Vivah Hindu festival celebrating the marriage of Ram and Sita It was on this day that Ram married to Sita after breaking the bow of Shiva The day is also of great importance at Janakpur in Nepal, where thousands of pilgrims arrive many from India, as it is believed here that Sita was born at Janakpurdham and got married to Bhagavan Sri Ram here It is one of the major festivals in the Mithilanchal region So this festival celebrates the marriage anniversary of Ram a.....Read More......

Laddu Makar Sankranti ( Maghe Sankranti or Teela Sankrait) This festival is celebrated as a mark of respect for the sun which comes on the tropic of cancer on this day and inches towards the northern hemisphere From this day the day become longer bit by bit This festival is also related to harvesting Sweets from newly.....Read More......

Goddess Saraswati Basant Panchmi ( वसन्त पञ्चमी) or Shree Panchami or Saraswati Puja This festival celebrates the arrival of spring season with great enthusiasm It takes place on the fifth day after the new moon Spring, the king of seasons is warmly welcomed by the Maithils Saraswathi, the goddess of learning and fine arts is worshipped especially by student community Abir or Gulal is thrown on friends or relatives From this day people in groups in rural areas sing Phag, a kind of folk....Read More......

Meaning of Shiva Linga Shivratri or Maha Shivratri or Padmarajarathri Hindu festival celebrated every year in reverence of Lord Shiva Shivaratri literally means the great night of Shiva or the night of Shiva It is celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day of the Maagha month of the Hindu calendar This festival is celebrated on the 14th day after the full moon in the month of Phalgun i.e. in the month of February....Read More......

Holi Celebrations Holi (Sanskrit: होली) (Devanagari:फागु/फगुआ) This festival is celebrated on the full moon day of Falgun generally in the month ofMarch Holi is also celebrated as the New Year day of Vikram era At the full moon night, the holika is burnt with great fan and fare and the next day that is the new moon.....Read More.....

Ram Navami Ramnavami (Devanāgarī: राम नवमी) This festival is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Lord Ram, considered by most ofthe people as an incarnation of God Hindu devotees undertake fast and spend the day in singing devotional songs The idol of Ram is worshipped all over the country People celebrate it observing fasts and offering prayers in his honour....Read More....