List of HOLIDAYS-2013-WITH CALENDAR

List of other Holidays during the year 2013
New Year's Day	January 01	Pausha 11	Tuesday
Makar Sankranti	January 13	Pausha 23	Sunday
Pongal	January 14	Pausha 24	Monday
Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday	January 18	Pausha 28	Friday
Sri Panchami	February 14	Magha 25	Thursday
Basanta Panchami	February 15	Magha 26	Friday
Shivaji Jayanti	February 19	Magha 30	Tuesday
Guru Ravidas's Birthday	February 25	Phalguna 06	Monday
Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti	March 07	Phalguna 16	Thursday
Maha Shivratri	March 10	Phalguna 19	Sunday
Holika Dahan	March 26	Chaitra 05	Tuesday
Easter	Sunday March 31	Chaitra 10	Sunday
Chaitra Sukladi/ GudiPadava/ Ugadi/ Cheti Chand	April 11	Chaitra 21	Thursday
Vaisakhi	April 13	Chaitra 23	Saturday
Vishu	April 13	Chaitra 23	Saturday
Mesadi	April 14	Chaitra 24	Sunday
Vaisakhadi(Bengal)/Bahag Bihu (Assam)	April 15	Chaitra 25	Monday
Guru Rabindranath's birthday	May 09	Vaisakha 19	Thursday
Hazarat Ali's Birthday	May 24	Jyaishtha 03	Friday
Rath Yatra	July 10	Ashadha 19	Wednesday
Jamat-Ul-Vida	August 02	Sravana 11	Friday
Parsi New Year's day	August 18	Sravana 27	Sunday
Raksha Bandhan	August 20	Sravana 29	Tuesday
Vinayaka Chaturthi/Ganesh Chaturthi	September 09	Bhadra 18	Monday
Onam	September 16	Bhadra 25	Monday
Dussehra (Maha Saptami) (Additional)	October 11	Asvina 19	Friday
Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Additional)	October 12	Asvina 20	Saturday
Dussehra (Maha Navmi)	October 13	Asvina 21	Sunday
Maharishi Valmiki's birthday	October 18	Asvina 26	Friday
Karaka Chaturthi (Karva Chouth)	October 22	Asvina 30	Tuesday
Deepavali (South India)	November 02	Kartika 11	Saturday
Naraka Chaturdasi	November 02	Kartika 11	Saturday
Govardhan Puja	November 03	Kartika 12	Sunday
Bhai Duj	November 05	Kartika 14	Tuesday
Pratihar Sashthi or Surya Sashthi (Chhat Puja)	November 08	Kartika 17	Friday
Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day	November 24	Agrahayana 03	Sunday
Christmas Eve	December 24	Pausha 03	Tuesday

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Holi Festival Brings Color in Lives- Importance

Holi Festival brings us close to our Religion, Tradition, Culture  and our mythology as it is essentially the celebration of various legends associated with the festival.

According to story of Prahlad and Hiranyakshyap - 
Foremost is the legend of Prahlad and Hiranyakshyap. The legend says there once lived a devil and powerful king, Hiranyakshyap and he is the great devotee of Lord Shiva, who considered himself a god and wanted everybody to worship him. To his great ire, his son, Prahlad began to worship, Lord Vishnu.

Lord Vishnu, as Narasimha Avatar Killing Hiranya 

Kashyap

 To get rid of his son, Hiranyakshyap asked his sister, Holika to enter a blazing fire with Prahlad in her lap, as she had a boon to enter fire unscathed. Legend has it that Prahlad was saved for his extreme devotion for the lord while Holika paid a price for her sinister desire. The tradition of burning Holika or the 'Holika dahan' comes mainly from this legend.

Holi also celebrates the legend of Radha and Krishna which describes the extreme delight, Krishna took in applying colour on Radha and other gopis. This prank of Krishna later, became a trend and a part of the Holi festivities.

Mythology also states that Holi is the celebration of death of Ogress Pootana who tried to kill infant, Krishna by feeding poisonous milk to it.

Another legend of Holi which is extremely popular in Southern India is that of Lord Shiva and Kaamadeva. According to the legend, people in south celebrate the sacrifice of Lord of Passion Kaamadeva who risked his life to revoke Lord Shiva from meditation and save the world.

Also, popular is the legend of Ogress Dhundhi who used to trouble children in the kingdom of Raghu and was ultimately chased away by the pranks of the children on the day of Holi. Showing their belief in the legend, children till date play pranks and hurl abuses at the time of Holika Dahan.

Social Importance - How it will progress our lives socially ?
 Importance of Holi,  Holi helps to bring the society together and strengthen the secular fabric of our country. For, the festival is celebrated by non-Hindus also as everybody like to be a part of such a colourful and joyous festival. This Festival has been celebrating by both Hindus and Muslim communities since so many long in some places.

Also, the tradition of the Holi is that even the enemies turn friends on Holi and forget any feeling of hardship that may be present. Besides, on this day people do not differentiate between the rich and poor and everybody celebrate the festival together with a spirit of bonhomie and brotherhood.
In the evening people visit friends and relatives and exchange gifts, sweets and greetings. This helps in revatalising relationships and strengthening emotional bonds between people.

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What you can do at Goa Beaches for this summer holidays

Since Goa has a large Catholic minority, it has many Catholic holidays besides the Indian national holidays. One of them, the Carnival though often mistaken for a ‘Catholic holiday’ is largely a Government sponsored affair of Floats and festivities.

There is a lot to do – for those who like their fun a little laid back

* Relax at the beaches. Goa has an almost unbroken 70 km coastline of beaches
* Be sure to take precautions if you go swimming.

* Visit the venerable cathedrals of a bygone era at Old Goa, which are still in remarkable good condition where the sacred remains (once considered the incorrupted body) of St. Francis Xavier is.

* Enjoy the cuisine at a range of restaurants that cater to just about every palate. Goa is an amazing place to try out food from across India and the rest of the globe.
* Check out the several discos and pubs that have sprung up around Goa.
* Goa is more than just a set of scenic beaches. It has long been a meeting place of cultures, and played a role in global history in the past centuries. Check out local resources, meet interesting people, visit unusual institutions — you could find more than you expect here.

* Check out on Goa’s Natural Wonders.

* Information is hard to come by in these areas of Goa. Ask villagers for one or two villages down the line, as some tend to get confused by questions about longer distances. People are generally very helpful if approached politely and with a smile. More polite, naturally, than in the more touristy parts of Goa. Banks and the bus-stops are the few places that mention location names. They are good guides to get a sense of bearing, in a place where there are few sign-boards.

* Be kind to the local people. Most villages are tightly-knit communities, where everyone knows everyone else. The presence of a strange in places outside of bigger beach areas (like Palolem) becomes immediately obvious to villagers. Treat the areas with respect; and make your intrusion less interfering. Villagers are quick to help out, and reciprocate a smile. But ‘outside’ origins are quickly obvious — even a Konkani speaker from another part of Goa would get immediately ‘betrayed’ by his accent!

* Take care of confusing (and newly-changed) names. Locals are unsure about the names of some beaches. Where exactly is Tari? Or, has that name become redundant after the canoe connecting the two points fell into disuse (‘tari’ is Konkani for canoe-point) now that there’s a bridge there?

* To add to the confusion, some beach names have been arbitrarily set up by foreign visitors. ‘Butterfly’ is supposedly an island between Palolem and Agonda, which few locals would know by that name. Some guides refer to Khola (written as ‘Cola’ by the Portuguese) as Pepsi Cola and Coca Cola!

* Be kind to the environment. Goa has long been an eco-friendly, waste-free society, though the waterguzzling tourism mega-projects and the large scale plastic influx has changed all that. On the roadsides, you can see coconut shells drying. The coconut tree, which predominates South Goa (the favorite drink is coconut feni, not cashew feni as in North Goa) is very much used in the kitchen to home-building and many other purposes.

Enjoy your Holidays in GOA

Covering 131km of the coastline, Goa has more than two dozen beaches to choose from. In fact, you can have the pick of the best. Each Goa beach is unique in itself.

You will find beaches in both North and South Goa.
Fringed by coastal trees and lapped by waters of the Arabian Sea, Goan beaches make for that perfect picture-postcard setting that enchants you.

Options are plenty - you can soak up the sun for that perfect tan, leisurely sip the famous feni drink, go for a brisk swim or take part in adventure sports.

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