Design Resource
Lost Indian Festivals
Information Visualisation of Festivals celebrated by Women in India
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Data Collection
Data was collected for each of the five selected festivals from books and information through family. Data was collected on their:
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Significance
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Date (Tithi)
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Rituals (Practical information needed for practice)
Fig 4 shows the initial data collected for one of the festivals - Sakat Chauth.
Fig 4. Data collection - Sakat Chauth
The entire data collection document can be viewed here.
Secondary Research
I also looked at existing documentations of Indian festivals. These were mapped onto the English calendar by Drik Panchang (2021) (see Fig 5).
