1. Puttari is the harvest festival of the Kodava community of Coorg.

2. It is celebrated for the new crop of rice.

3. During the Puttari festival, Kodava people wear new clothes and perform puja in temples and homes.

The Chapchar Kut is a festival of Mizoram, India. It is celebrated during March after completion of their most arduous task of jhum operation i.e., jungle-clearing (clearing of the remnants of burning).

1. Sufism emerged as a powerful movement during the medieval period in India.

2. Sufis were so called because of the purity of their hearts.

3. Unity in God, complete self-surrender, charity, worship, human love etc. are the main teachings of Sufism.

5. Ziyarat means pilgrimage to the tomb of a Sufi saint on his death anniversary.