The key religious festivals in Hinduism are * Sankranthi - (the harvest festival, when the sun enters the second half of the lunar year) * Maha Shivarathri - (the great festival of Lord Shiva, a time of prayer and miracles) * Ugadi - (A new year festival) * Rama Navami - (the birthday of Lord Rama, a divine incarnation) * Vishu - (the Malayalam New Year in the south of India) * Ashadhi Ekadashi - (a festival of Lord Vittal Rakumai of Pandarpur in the North of India) * Guru Pournima - (the feast of the Guru, the day sage Vyasa completed dictating the Vedas) * Krishna Janamasthami - (birthday of Lord Krishna, a divine incarnation) * Onam - (a festival of Kerala where King Bali gave three steps to the divine incarnation