Culture
Most of the popular Indian festivals are celebrated in the city, the most important being Diwali, Dussehra, Ram Navami, Janamashtami, Shivratri, Gugga Navami, Holi, Basant Panchami, Teej and Makar Sankranti. The festivals of Jains, Christians, Sikhs and Muslims are also celebrated.
Agrawal community traces its root to the village of Agroha in Hisar. The Agrawals claim descent from the legendary king Agrasena. Agroha Maha Kumbh is a festival annually held on the Sharad Purnima. Other locally famous deities are Gugga Pir and Sheela Mata.
Sweets are very popular in the district and rural as well as urban people are very fond of eating sweets. Hansi ka Peda carry a mass popularity in and outside the district.
Ghoomar is the primary folk dance performed by people during festivals and other occasions and Saang is the folk-theatre of the region. Classical Indian vocalist and Padma Vibhushan, Pandit Jasraj is from Hisar. Poets Vishnu Prabhakar (Sahitya Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan awardee), Uday Bhanu Hans (State poet of Haryana) and Bhai Parmanand also belong to Hisar.
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