Changelog

Version history for Land Of Festivals. All changes documented. Current version: 2.0.0

v2.0.0 — "Expanded Pantheon" 2026

✅ Added 11 new festival pages (total: 33 festivals, 34 including festival index)
✅ New: Rath Yatra (Jagannath Puri chariot festival)
✅ New: Kumbh Mela (world's largest pilgrimage)
✅ New: Muharram & Ashura (Shia commemoration)
✅ New: Indian New Year — Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Vishu, Puthandu, Poila Boishakh, Cheti Chand, Navreh
✅ New: Rongali Bihu (Assamese spring festival)
✅ New: Easter in India (Kerala, Goa, Northeast)
✅ New: Theyyam (ritual possession dance, Kerala)
✅ New: Karva Chauth & Teej (women's fasting festivals)
✅ New: Losar (Tibetan Buddhist New Year)
✅ New: Wangala & Chapchar Kut (Northeast indigenous)
✅ New: Republic Day & Independence Day (national secular festivals)
✅ New: Blog section with research posts
✅ New: Contribute page — photo, story, and festival request submissions
✅ New: Changelog page (you are here)
✅ New: Dark mode toggle and system preference support
✅ New: CSS hover tooltips for festival glossary terms
✅ New: "Related Festivals" crosslinks on each festival page
✅ New: Reading time estimates on all festival pages
✅ New: JSON-LD structured data for SEO
✅ Updated sitemap.xml — 34 festival URLs + new pages
✅ Updated llms.txt — all 34 festivals indexed for AI crawlers
✅ Updated homepage grid with all 34 festival cards
✅ All canonical URLs verified to use indianfestivals.net
✅ Zero YOUR_DOMAIN placeholder remaining

🎉 Initial release: 22 festival pages
✅ Diwali · Holi · Durga Puja/Navaratri/Dussehra · Eid-ul-Fitr/Adha · Ganesh Chaturthi · Krishna Janmashtami · Maha Shivaratri · Raksha Bandhan · Makar Sankranti/Pongal/Lohri · Onam · Chhath Puja · Baisakhi/Vaisakhi · Gurpurab · Mahavir Jayanti · Buddha Purnima · Christmas in India · Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi · Nowruz · Hornbill Festival · Sarhul & Karma · Bonalu & Bathukamma
✅ Responsive CSS with anti-exoticizing design principles
✅ Vanilla JS search/filter on homepage and festival listing
✅ SEO-optimized slugs for all 22 festivals
✅ sitemap.xml with priority values
✅ robots.txt with sitemap reference
✅ llms.txt for AI crawler discovery
✅ About page with methodology, ethics, and source policy
✅ Public domain primary source quotations throughout
✅ Fun facts, artwork references, and disputed claims flagged
✅ Regional variation tables on key festival pages
✅ Diaspora coverage across 6 migration types
✅ Deploy guide for GitHub + Cloudflare Pages
✅ Zero build step — pure HTML/CSS/JS

📚 Research blueprint completed: 14-section plan covering 20+ festivals
📚 Primary source matrix: festival × PD source cross-reference
📚 Historical timeline: 19 verified entries from 250 BCE to 1908 CE
📚 Regional variation matrix: 28+ regions × 13 festivals
📚 Diaspora data: 30+ entries across 6 migration types
📚 Master bibliography: 124+ sources with PD/CR/OA status
📚 Review-needed file: 60+ flagged issues
📚 74 verified PD source URLs documented
📚 Primary source text extracted: Kalpasutra (Diwali/Jain), Ramayana (Diwali/Hindu), Vishnu Purana (Holi/Prahlad), Crooke (all festival ethnography), Vijayanagara accounts (Mahanavami), Ibn Battuta (Eid), Manu/Grihya Sutras (festival calendar), Laws of Manu (observances)