SoUTH INDIA FESTIVAL AND THEIR HISTORY & top 10 FESTIVALS CELEBRATE IN SOUTH INIDA

HISTORY OF SOUTH INDIA

  south India    the area encompassing the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area  the southern part of the peninsular Deccan Plateau, South India is bounded by the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Arabian Sea in the west and the Indian Ocean in the south. The geography of the region is diverse with two mountain ranges - the Western and Eastern Ghats, bordering the plateau heartland. Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Tungabhadra and Vaigai rivers are important non-perennial sources of water.

The majority of the people in South India speak one of the four major Dravidian languages: Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. Some states/UTs also recognise minority language as Urdu in Telangana  in Puducherry and Bengali in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Tulu is the next most spoken Dravidian language next to those four languages. The Tulu speakers are mostly concentrated in Dakshina Kannada (48%) and in some parts of Udupi District (31%) of Karnataka, along with a portion of the Kasaragod District of Kerala. Besides these languages, English is used by both central and state Governments for communication purposes and is used on all public sign boards.

During its history, a number of dynastic kingdoms ruled over parts of South India and the Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent across southern and southeastern Asia impacted the history and culture in those regions. Major dynasties that were established in South India include the Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas, Pallavas, Satavahanas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Madurai, Bahmani, Deccan Sultanates, Vijayanagara, Maratha Empire and Mysore. European powers entered India through Kerala.

South India witnessed sustained growth in per capita income and population, structural changes in the economy, an increased pace of technological innovation, and reached the height of its economic and military power and dominion in the latter half of the 18th century under the de facto ruler Haider Ali and his son Tipu Sultan South India was under the rule of Portuguese India and British Raj. The Hyderabad State ruled by the Nizams was the last princely state of India.

After experiencing fluctuations in the decades immediately after Indian independence, the economies of South Indian states have registered a higher-than-national average growth over the past three decades. While South Indian states have improved in some socio-economic metrics, poverty continues to affect the region much like the rest of the country, although it has considerably decreased over the years. HDI in the southern states is high and the economy has undergone growth at a faster rate than most northern states. Literacy rates in the southern states is higher than the national average with approximately 81% of the population capable of reading and writing. The fertility rate in South India is 1.9, the lowest of all regions in India.

1) ONAM  ;This festival is celebrated in kerala people they belive as bali chakravathi god will come on  onam  IN MAHA BALI  he is a king on kerala region one day lord Vishnu came as a bramin to maha bali and told him I want only three step of land only maha bali has granted permission to take his land 

here is the video link to see the history of onam

2) PONGAL : IT Is the biggest festival in Andhra Pradesh and tamil nadu  this festival is celebrate for 3 days 1 day is Bhogi festival

2) Pongal

3) makra kanuma,  this festival is celebrate on januvary 13,14,15 this three days farmers get their paddy and all has belief we are going to start a new life and farmers worship their cows and enjoy with their families 

3) THRISSUR POORAM   IS a annual hindu religion festival heldin kerela india it is held at the vasakkunnatham temple in Thrissur every year on the pooram day the day when moon rises with pooram star in malayam calender month of medam it is the largest and most famous of all pooram 

4) mysore dusheera   we wiil call as dusheera in Karnataka people call as mysore dusheera  dasara festival began with the Vijaya nagram kings as early of 15 th centuary the Vijaya nagram empire where it is called mahanavami and the festival are shown in the relief artwork of the of the outer wall of the hazra rama temple of hampithey will decreate their place with 1,00,000 blubs from 7pm to 10 pm they will represent their cultural while dancing at the place and they will encourage various religion program 

5) Hampi festival ,also known as the Vijaya  festival which festival of victory this is one of the largest celebration for hampi historical town in south india  it has been celebrate since the time of rule of Vijaynagara the festival place every year around November and includes special performance like music dance and puppet shoes  and suggest your friend and family to visit hampi near to bangalore 

6)CHITHIRAI THIRUVIZHA  this festival is celebrated in madhurai during the month of chitra as per the tamil calender which is usally  during the month of april is a glourious month long festival truly  one of its kind the firth 15days of festival is devoted to the worship of goddess pravathi the hindu deity and the remaning 15 days is devotedto the worship alagar the reincarnated from lord Vishnu

7) Vishnu traditional of kerala  celebration foer the people of kerala which is during the month of april the main attraction of this festival are marked by Vishnu padakkam which means to brust crackers and decorate th house hold with lights and candles the festival also has special ritual of gifiting money to each other known as vishnukaineetam 

8)UGADI  thids festival celebrate in Andhra Pradesh it is a beginning of new agethis festival marks the beginning of the hindu lunar year as per telugu calender it is celebration for the south india states of Andhra Pradesh but other parts of country a;so celebrate this festival is infamous of ugadi pachadi and celebrate our new year in Andhra and telengana  its our spirit of the festivals 

9)   KARAGA  one of the festival in Karnataka this is the prime festival of the thigala community in kerala it is a divine power of draupadi theauspicion character in  the pic of mahabharath who is known to actually saves lives of her husband the pandavas during the bloody battle Kurukshetra it is 9 days of their festival this take place in month of april and march 

10) maha maham a truly unquie festival that is celebrate  once in a every 12 years in the kumba konam town in tamil nadu it 9s consider auspicious to take a dip in the holy maha maham tank during the day of bfestival that is celebrated once ce in 12yers