Celebrations of "Monsoon" in various regions of India

UTTARANCHAL

Festivals-Uttaranchal provides plethora of festivals where you will get to see all vibrant colors of customs, traditions and rituals. Harela is the main Kumaoni festival that is celebrated on the first day of Shravan. Harela festival marks the beginning of monsoon thereby welcoming the new harvest and also it commemorates the mythological wedding of Lord Shiva with Parvati. Kumaoni women fill small baskets with soil and sow seeds of either five or seven types of grains and keep it inside the room. Leaves start coming out after 10 days of sowing the grains and these leaves are called Harela. The significance of Harela festival is that the farmers can have knowledge of the qualities of the seeds. This is also called the festival where brothers present gifts to their sisters and the gifts are called ‘Bhitauli’.

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Haryali Festival

This festival announces the onset of the monsoon rains.

The other attractions of this month are buffalo fights which mark the Sari fair at Arki.

Phulaich Fair
Phulaich fair is associated with the flower watching festival of Ukhyang in the Kinnaur Valley; it is celebrated every year during monsoon in the Hindu month of Bhadrapada. This festival is also known as Fulaich Festival which is celebrated to remember the ones who have passed away.