Igas Festival Holiday Declared in Uttarakhand

Pushkar Singh Dhami, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, announced a public holiday on the igas Festival in uttarakhand. There will be a state holiday on igas the folk festival of Uttarakhand. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami made this announcement on Tuesday. This will be the second time that a holiday has been declared in Uttarakhand for the festival of igas.

Earlier last year also a state holiday was announced on igas Bagwal by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The Chief Minister said that Egas Bagwal holds a special place for the people of Uttarakhand. It is a symbol of our folk culture. We all should try to keep our cultural heritage and tradition alive. Our aim is to keep the new generation connected with our folk culture and traditional festivals.

Igas Festival Uttarakhand 2022 Date

Igas Festival Uttarakhand 2022 Date will be on Friday i.e. November 4. the holiday is declared Igas is celebrared after the 11 days of Deepawali.

About About Igas Festival in Uttarakhand

Diwali festival is celebrated all over the country in the joy of the arrival of Lord Rama to Ayodhya. But it is said that the news of Lord Rama’s return to the hilly areas of Uttarakhand was received after 11 days, so after 11 days happiness was celebrated in the mountains. But the logic behind this belief is not strong. Because the mountain dwellers of Uttarakhand also celebrate the new moon Diwali with Igas. And Igas is celebrated in some parts of Uttarakhand.
And in many parts of Uttarakhand, different dates are considered as Budhi Deepawali.

The second belief behind celebrating Igas festival is this. On the Ekadashi of Kartik Shukla Paksha, Veer Madho Singh Bhandari of Garhwal, after winning the battle of Dapaghat Tibet, returned home with his soldiers. In the joy of Veer Madho Singh Bhandari’s return victorious, people celebrated the day of Ekadashi by playing Bagwal. And this joyous occasion was later considered as the Igas festival in uttarakhand .So we can say that Egaas festival is the
victory festival of Uttarakhand.

How Igas festival is celebrated ?

It is also celebrated in the same way as Deepawali, by cleaning houses and lighting diyas on them as well as applying oil to the horns of bullocks. Cows are worshiped by wearing garlands around their necks.

There is a tradition of playing bhailo on the Igas festival. There is a bundle of woods like Bhailo, Pine or Bhimal etc. Which is tied with a rope and twisted around the body. And celebrate happiness. Performing satire, folk dance and folk arts are also performed on this day. Presentations of Pandava dance are also performed in many regions.