Chitti Gatti
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Chitti Gatti is a village in Inayatabad, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
. It is notable for two Hindu
festivals which occur on 6th Phagan
and on 1st Baisakh
; the celebrations involve alms-giving as well as worship of the Hindu god Ling
at the village mandir.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It is notable for two Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
festivals which occur on 6th Phagan
Phalguna
Phalguna is a month of the Hindu calendar. In India's national civil calendar, Phaalgun is the twelfth month of the year, beginning on 20 February and ending on 21 March .In lunar religious calendars, Phaalgun may begin on either the new moon or the full moon...
and on 1st Baisakh
Vaisakha
Vaishakha or Baisakha is a month of the Hindu calendar. It is the first month of the Nepalese calendar and the Bengali calendar . In the Indian national calendar Vaisakha is the second month of the year, beginning on April 21 and ending on May 20.In the Hindu solar calendar, Vaisakha begins in...
; the celebrations involve alms-giving as well as worship of the Hindu god Ling
Lingam
The Lingam is a representation of the Hindu deity Shiva used for worship in temples....
at the village mandir.