5 Ecotourism Festivals In India That Worship Nature

5 ecotourism festivals in India to admire nature

February 26, 2023, 12:36, 1 minute read

Festivals are an important part of India's culture, heritage, traditions and biodiversity. Many of these festivals are related to nature and celebrate environmental and harvest times. These festivals raise awareness about climate change and environmental degradation and inspire people to celebrate and worship nature. Here are five popular Indian festivals born from environmental roots to celebrate nature.

Van Mahotsav, India's famous environmental festival, was started in 1950 by K. This week-long festival runs from July 1 to 7. The event organizes various farm trips for residents. Every citizen of India must plant a sapling on this day.

The Konkan Fruit Festival, held in April in Panaji, Goa, is organized by the state's vegetarian society. This festival celebrates rare and little-known Konkan fruits and showcases local and exotic fruits, their seeds and seedlings for sale by local farmers. It also hosts many fruit based contests. This festival was started in 2003 to preserve the diversity of endangered foods in Goa.

Kaveri Sankaramana is celebrated in Talakaveri, Kodagu district, Karnataka during the month of Kodava Toleyar in October and celebrates the river Kaveri which is the main source of water for electricity, drinking water and agriculture. The holiday is usually celebrated in country farms and temples. During worship, devotees dress the vegetables in clothing and ornaments to pay their respects to the river.

Every year, the port city of Maharashtra celebrates the Dahanu Festival which is organized by the Dahanu Municipal Corporation to promote sustainable tourism and local culture. The event also celebrates the planting of the land, which includes sprawling palm trees, chikou plantations and rose bushes. Usually held in March, this festival includes boat rides, country tours and a Chico safari for visitors.

The Telangana Biodiversity Mobile Festival, initiated in 2001 by the Deccan Development Association (an agriculture-based NGO), is a month-long mobile festival recognized as one of the longest-running cultural campaigns in the field of biodiversity. The festival features floats filled with local seeds that pass through 28 villages in Hyderabad over the course of a month. It occurs between January and February.