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Kakardahi, Baghpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Festivals through the year.

Fun & Wonder Water Park & Resort at Kakardahi, Baghpur, Kanpur celebrates Holi, Dandiya and Garba, Diwali, Christmas and New Year on its estate.

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Floating diyas and rose petals on the pond at night, leading to the lit mandap on its stage
Artist's impression

The year

Five festivals, in the order they come.

From Holi at the end of winter to New Year's Eve. Each one falls by its own calendar, so the dates move a little every year.

  3. MarMarch

    Holi by the water park pool on a bright day: canopied day beds, parasols, and brass bowls heaped with coloured powder on the lawn
    Artist's impression

    February or March

    Holi

    The festival of colour, at the end of winter.

  10. OctOctober

    The lawns at night strung with lights for a festive dance, with the pond and the hotel beyond
    Artist's impression

    September or October, at Navratri

    Dandiya & Garba

    Nine nights of Navratri, danced in circles.

  11. NovNovember

    The pond on Diwali night: diyas along the railings and the causeway, lamps floating on the water, the mandap lit at its centre and the hotel beyond
    Artist's impression

    October or November

    Diwali

    The festival of lamps.

  12. DecDecember

    Christmas in the hotel lobby: a tall tree hung with red and gold, garlands along the gallery and a crystal chandelier over the marble floor
    Artist's impression

    25 December

    Christmas

    A tree, garlands and lights to close the year.

    New Year's Eve in the Banquet Hall: chandeliers and hanging gold lights over laid tables and a patterned marble dance floor
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    31 December, New Year's Eve

    New Year

    The last night of the year, seen out together.

After dark

Festivals of light want a dark sky and still water.

Diwali is the festival of lamps, and New Year's Eve is seen out at midnight: both belong to the evening.

The pond on Diwali night: diyas along the railings and the causeway, lamps floating on the water, the mandap lit at its centre and the hotel beyond
Artist's impression
Fireworks over the pond
A single diya flame burning in the dark
A diya

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Marigold petals falling through soft light
Marigold petals