The parade ends with a flypast when zooming jets decorate the sky with the colors of the national flag. Shivratri - All over India Celebrated by Hindus all over India, Shivratri is a solemn festival devoted to the worship of the most powerful deities of the Hindu pantheon, Shiva. It is a purely religious festival at which devotees spend the whole night singing his praise. Special celebrations are held at important Shiva temples as at Chidambaram, Kalahasti, Khajuraho and Varanasi. Prayers are offered at mosques during the day.
Celebrants wear new clothes, and there is feasting and rejoicing.
The men reply the next day. In the Punjab, a sect of the Sikh community observes Hola Mohalla a day after the Holi and stages mock battles with ancient weapons. This is New Year s Day for the Parsi followers of the Fasli calendar. The festival is held about a fortnight after Holi in honor of Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva. In their invocation to Gauri, they ask for husbands such as the one you have been blessed with .