All the sacred festivals celebrated by the Bharatiyas are full of significance spiritually and socially.
Every festival is regarded as a holy event surcharged with divinity.
It must be regarded as a day dedicated to the Divinity. All festivals observed have a marvellous inner meaning. Men in general view them only in terms of external observances and celebrate them with feasts and frolic. These festivals were really intended to be used for the exclusive worship of the Divine, enjoy the bliss of that devotion and overcome pain and sorrow. These holy days were instituted for the purpose of getting rid of ignorance and cultivating right knowledge, the higher wisdom and cosmic consciousness.