cultural festivals india

From Jharkhand’s Sarhul to Mizoram’s Chapchar Kut, these 8 lesser-known spring festivals in India celebrate harvest, nature worship, matchmaking traditions, and community rituals beyond Holi.

Theyyam is a time-tested ritual that you can witness for yourself if you head to Kerala between October to May, when the villages come alive with this 1500-year-old ritualistic dance native to the state.