Synopsis The Hindu festivals, fasts, rituals, holy baths and the observance of sacred days are part and parcel of great cultural heritage of India. They are deeply religious and social and a great source of spiritual and moral enrichment. They also lend zest, variety, color and grandeur to an otherwise insipid, routine, and care-worn day-to-day human existence. The Hindu festivals are more than what they appear to be. They are essentially a way of living and thinking.