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Thanksgiving day in india is known with different names and celebrated on various dates.

Thanksgiving parade fort worth. This year it will be on 26th november. In punjab lohri is the harvest festival which is celebrated to mark both celebration and sharing. As americans the world over sit down to a family dinner on thanksgiving day enjoying homely fare like chicken pot pie and the piece de resistance that makes thanksgiving special roast turkey expats and foodies in india plan to do the same albeit at restaurants.

It conveys the universal feeling of being thankful to lord almighty for his continuous grace. In the english tradition thanksgiving day became important during the english reformation in the reign of henry viii and carry large number of religious. The day is celebrated to thank gods provision and creation.

India is a multi lingual multi cultural and a secular country. In tamilnadu we celebrate pongal for four consecutive days in the names of thai pongal to celebrate harvestingthanksgiving to the sun maattu pongal thanksgiving to the cattle used for agriculture kaanum pongal for family get togetherand thiruvalluvar dayin gratitude of renowned tamil poet thiruvalluvar who wrote 1330 couplets called thirukkural which is also called as world common holy book. In southern india the end of the harvest is observed as pongal.

Thanksgiving is celebrated in united states of america on the fourth thursday of november month every year. First day of hanukkah hanukkah also known as chanukah or the festival of lights is celebrated for 8 days between the 25th day of the month of kislev to the second day of tevet in the hebrew calendar. In fact even for the south indian festival of pongal which is generally interpreted as thanksgiving there are no specific prayers says narayananyet as she points out the hindu traditions.

Bhai duj is a hindu festival that celebrates the relationship between a brother and a sister on the second day after the new moon in the hindu month of kartika. By the end of the 19th century thanksgiving day was normally celebrated on november 6. On this day farmers bring the newly harvested rice and prepare sweet dishes.

Facts about thanksgiving day photogallery. Though not much popular in india but with adoption of western culture in india the festival is celebrated all over the country. In the late 1800s the militia staged sham battles for public entertainment on thanksgiving day.

Also popular for its spirituality god loving and god fearing people.