Festivals & fairs·Kumaon & Garhwal· Chaitra Sankranti (mid-March)
Phool Dei
फूलदेई

Children go door to door at dawn scattering spring flowers — fyonli, buransh, aaru — on every threshold, singing 'Phool dei, chhamma dei'. Families bless them with rice, jaggery and coins. A festival of welcoming spring and the new year.












