India's diversity provides many oppurtunities to party. There are religious festivals devoted to the gods, political festivals, even holidays marking harvest time or the birth date of a philosopher.
Here are some holiday to mark
on your calendar for 2000:
Aug 4 Shri Naag Panchami
Aug 14 Nariyal Poornima
Aug 15 Independance Day
Raksha Bandhan
Aug 22 Shri Krishna Janmashtami
Aug 23 Gopalkala
Aug 24 Janmashtami
Sep 1 Shri Ganesh Chaturthi
Oct 5 Durgashtami
Oct 7 Dassehra, Vijaya Dashmi
Oct 12 Kojagiri Purnima
Oct 16 Karwa Chouth
Oct 26 Diwali, Deepavali
Oct 29 Bhai Dooj(Bhatru Dwitiya)
Nov 23 Guru Nanak Jayanti
Nov 24 Shivaratri
Nov 28 Ramadan month begins
Dec 1 Guru Teg Bahadur Shaheed
Dec 25 Christmas
Dec 28 Ramadan - Eid