Hindu Festivities in Mughal Durbar

Abstract

The enthusiastic participation of the Mughals in Hindu religious festivals reflected the outbreak of the composite culture in Medieval India. Diwali, Dussehra, Holi, Rakshabandhan, Vasant Panchami-all these occasions in Mughal India were framed popular and elite festival as like Muslims festival Eid, Shab-i-Barat, Muharram. On the other side, all these Hindu festivals had their own historical imprints, especially in Mughal age. In this paper, my endeavour is to find the historical background of the festivals in Mughal India and examine how the Mughal Emperors and local communities celebrated it.