Which is your favourite festival celebration?

I have lunch with my neighbor every year for Onam, very delicious, am looking forward to it this year as well. My own favorite festival is Diwali because it is such a joyful festival ,colorful and transports me back to y childhood days. 

Ammavari Pandanga a local village Goddess festival and Sankranti are my favorite festivals. Ammavari Pandaga for my favorite non vegetarian food and Sankrant, Telugu new years day for its bonfire around which i sit and chitchat with my friends and relatives.

My favorite festivals are of course, Diwali, followed by Ganesh Utsav and Gauri Poojan. Ganesh and Gauri installed in my home is a wonderful and beautiful experience. These 5-6 days of celebration are marked by a divine feeling in the atmosphere, aromas and fragrance of special traditional foods, flowers, attars, burning of camphor and incense etc. Laughter and joyful chatter of my son, niece, nephews, guests in home etc.

The best part is the time spent with either my sister or sister-in-law is when we install the Gauris, spend time decking them up with beautiful new sarees and various jewellery.

I love Diwali festival. I find Diwali as most enjoyable and brightful festival. Lot of things we do in 5 days of Diwali festival. The most important part of Diwali I like is decoration of house and preparation of diwali food items like chakali, chiwada, ladoos, etc. 

This festival makes environment very pleasant and happy. I enjoy when we family members gather during Diwali, sit and chat till late night. 

Hey Sandhya ... hope you had a great onam. And a special High-Five for being a malayali... This year onam was special as it was the my daughters first onam (she is 6 months old). And every year after marriage onam is one festival where my parents come to our home without fail. So i love onam for that too... :):)

My first choice is Durga Puja. Diwali and Bhai Dooj come second and Saraswati Puja has a special place in my heart. As student praying to Goddess Saraswati was an important ritual and now I pray her more than I did during my childhood due to my son's educational future. Bengalis have a special connection with Durga Puja so I am no exception to it. Diwali is basically a nation wide festival which is to drive away darkness and Bhai Dooj (in Bengali it's Bhai Phota) is very special as it strengthens the bond between brothers and sisters.  

My favorite one is Durga Puja, the Grand celebration for ten days. I enjoy every bit of it- the daily puja, visiting pandals, enjoying the delicacies and my favorite dandiya. Now a days I stay in South India. So have witnessed a total different flavor of the festival - Golu, the arrangements of dolls on steps. Enjoy visiting my friends houses who invite us for Golu and Haldi Kumkum.

Next on my list is Raksha Bandhan and Bhai Dooj. Brought up in a huge joint family and being the only girl, these festivals bring a nostalgic feeling. Tying rakhi to more than dozen hands and overwhelmed by the love and gifts. Now we all are in different corners of Globe but these two days bring that feeling back. Calls from my brother and big gang of cousins, their love and blessings keep pouring on phone though we have not met for years. And on a lighter note, I enjoy the transactions- cash flow from different corners of the world in to my bank account and a lots of gifts through courier.

I am from Uttar pradesh so Deepawali is my best festival and also like Holi as second priority and Janamstmi I also like so much. 

I like all festivals.