| Festival | Religion | Key Feature | Lifestyle Impact | |--------|--------|-------------|------------------| | Diwali | Hindu | Lamps, sweets, fireworks | Deep cleaning, new clothes, family gifts | | Holi | Hindu | Colored powders | Community bonding, breaking hierarchies | | Eid | Muslim | Charity (Zakat), prayers, sewaiyan | Feasting, new clothes, forgiveness | | Pongal/Makar Sankranti | Harvest | Pongal dish, kite flying | Thanksgiving to nature | | Gurpurab | Sikh | Langar, processions | Seva (selfless service) | | Christmas | Christian | Cakes, carols, decorations | Widespread in metros |