India is dominantly a nation consisting of Hindus who celebrate plenty of festivals every year. The festivals are a delight to the eyes and make up for an unforgettable life event for foreigners who come to visit and experience India. Whether it be the colorful and playful festival of holi or the majestic and lightning festival of diwali, Hindu festivals are always grand and eventful. A lot of tour bookings happen around the time of hindu festivals in order to witness the gaiety of such festivals with family and friends. Major options are tour packages like Rajasthan Cultural Tour where people enjoy cultural festivals wholeheartedly with their loved ones. Here is a list of amazing festivals which one can enjoy with family and friends in their vacation to India this january 2023.
1. Republic day
India celebrates its Republic day on 26th of January each year. In the dewy and chilly morning of Delhi winter, lavish parades and grand performances of Army, Navy and Air force are showcased. The parade is the most eye-catching part of the entire Republic Day and people from every nook and corner of the country come and visit to celebrate the significance of a constitutional democracy they live in. A lot of tourists and travelers who come to visit Rajasthan and Agra as part of their Golden Triangle Tour, definitely in their Delhi visit, witness the beautiful parade. These tourists also enjoy shopping at Chandni chowk, Connaught place, Sarojini Nagar and Karol Bagh. They also visit the beautiful Red Fort, the enchanting Qutub minar, the most mesmerizing Lodhi garden and also never forget to visit the lavish Lotus temple of New Delhi. A Golden Triangle Tour Package which connects the cities of Jaipur, New Delhi and Agra via rail road and Airways makes it the best tour package to enjoy a nice vacation with family. The Delhi tour also includes temples like Akshardham temple and Lakshmi Narayan temple. The Cosmopolitan vibe of Delhi, the luxurious Rashtrapati Bhavan and a soothing walk near India Gate are one of the best things of interest to tourists who visit Delhi. The food and the restaurants and the wine delights here are one of a one of a kind. Celebrating Republic Day is one of the best things you can do this January of 2023.
2. Celebrate Lohri with family.
Lohri is majorly celebrated in Northern India, especially in beautiful places in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar and Eastern Rajasthan. The festivities include giving gifts, wearing new clothes, and welcoming the summer days by lighting up huge bonfires and taking sacred rounds around it. The popcorn, gajak, and revdi are savored with the loved ones and musical instruments like dhols and nagada are played on which men, women and children dance and enjoy themselves. The best bonfires are always to be enjoyed in the wilderness and with friends. A wildlife sanctuary area bestowed with camping and trekking adventures adds to the gaiety and serenity of the festival. Ranthambore Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park and Jawai Leopard Safari and Wildlife Sanctuary provides ample spaces to indulge in camping, wildlife photography and hiking and trekking alongside bonfires amidst the forested landscape. Ranthambore Tour Package is a widely taken route in the winters of India and is a great picnic spot to enjoy with family and friends. Other places like Ranthambore Fort is a great place to ensure a nice visit.
For some Lohri is just something more than a simple bonfire, they like to visit Golden Temple of Amritsar in Punjab and celebrate Lohri with traditional foods like gajak and various temples hold the pious event of sacred rounds around the holy fire which people across borders come to visit. Similarly, if someone wants a good Punjab Tour Package then they must include a nice Golden Temple Amritsar Tour with family.
3. Enjoy festivities of Pongal
Pongal is a South Indian festival in which people enjoy decorating houses and making colorful kolams in the streets and encounter themselves with ecstatic bull and bird fighting like Jallikattu. Everything about Pongal is unique and special. South India Tour Package includes places like Chennai, Bangalore, Mangalore, Mysore, Trivandrum, Kollam Beach, Kerala Backwaters Tour, Ooty, Hampi and Maddur Bird Sanctuary of Karnataka and Tirupati Balaji Temple. Pongal is celebrated in the second week of January therefore many tourists and travelers who visit India for the purpose of celebrating India's indigenius festivals come around this time via flights, railways and even roads.
4. Jaipur literature festival
Those who take interest in literature and culture must include in their itinerary to attend the Jaipur Literature Festival which is India's largest literary festival and melting pot of literature enthusiasts, literary theorists and popular authors. The Golden Triangle Tour Package which connects Jaipur with Delhi and Agra via efficient means of transport like road, rail and air is the perfect tour package to plan a wholesome trip to Jaipur and also encounter the Jaipur Literature Festival which happens every third week of January. Another interesting tour package is the 10 Days Rajasthan Cultural Tour which definitely includes a full fledged tour to entire Rajasthan and incorporates proper tours to events like Jaipur Literature Festival. Jaipur is also popular for Amer Palace, City Palace, Albert Hall Museum, Nahargarh Fort, Masala Chowk, Bapu Bazar, Johri Bazar, Jaigarh Fort and various temples like Akshardham temple.
5. Celebrate with family, the Modhera dance festival
Modhera Dance Festival occurs every year from 17th to 19th January. This festival is conducted as a major event in Modhera town of Gujarat. The entire temple in Modhera is illuminated and adorned with lights which provides a stunning backdrop for the performances that take place throughout the evening. The cultural dances, the folk music, the performance poetry sessions, the puppetry shows and the folk dances. One must apply for a good Gujarat Tour Package to ensure an amazing visit to Gujarat include Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Rani Ki Vav is a stepwell situated in the town of Patan The Statue of Unity Kankaria LakeThe Lakshmi Vilas Palace in Vadodara The Dwarkadhish temple, Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, Sabarmati Ashram.
6. Engage in Bikaner camel festival
Bikaner camel festival is one most popular trips of the entire Rajasthan Tour Package and include interesting and praiseworthy places of holidays like the magnificent Prachina Museum,Shiv Bari Temple,Devi Kund Sagar and ICAR-National Research Center on camel situated in the city of Bikaner, is a premier research center located at the heart of Bikaner city of Rajasthan. Other places of interest in the beautiful Bikaner are the resounding Rampuria Haveli, the ecstatic Shri Laxminath Temple, and the beautiful Lalgarh Palace which is an archaic palace and heritage hotel. Bhandasar Jain Temple or Banda Shah Jain temple, is a Jain temple located in Bikaner and Junagarh Fort is a fort in the city of Bikaner which is the most prominent place among tourist and travelers who explore the Rajasthan Holidays with their family and friends.
Hence, these festivals are the best ones to enjoy an enthralling ride of fun, adventure and luxury in India, this January 2023. The festivals like Holi occur in the month of March and another major festival of Diwali occurs around October end but this time. But, January brings with itself festivals of spring and of welcoming harvest. Makar Sankranti, Pongal and Lohri are just variations of the same festival of welcoming the new harvest. Other festivals like the Jaipur Literature festival, Modhera Dance Festival and Republic Day.
