This book operates not only as a record of Hindu holidays and festivals but also as a dictionary of the same. It
answers some of the intriguing questions about the origins of a culture,which appears to have no beginning or end.
Where do these festivals find their origins?
How have the deities earned their repute?
This book attempts to provide all the answers. It is an almost complete anthology of festivals and fasts that are celebrated
throughout the subcontinent.
The author Rai Bahadur B.A.Gupte worked closely with the British Ethnography Survey of India and provided a lot of
the research material used by them during his tenure.