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What are the major Indian festivals?

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India is a big country with innumerable different cultures. India is a secular country which has no official religion and support all the religions. The hindus form the majority in India. They celebrate holi, diwali, dusshera, chhath, makar sakranti etc. The muslims celebrate eid, bakrid, muharram etc. Similarly christmas, easter etc. are celebrated by christians. The sikhs celebrate baisakhi etc. People of south India celebrate pongal. The marathis celebrate ganesh chaturthi. There are hundreds of more festivals other than the major ones listed above. India also has three national festivals celebrated by all the Indians- the Republic day(26th January), the Independence day(15th August) and Gandhi jayanti(2nd October).

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