Download Celebrating Festivals – NCERT Class 3 EVS Chapter 3 PDF from the new NCERT Class 3 EVS book Our Wondrous World (2026-27). Read the chapter online or download the free PDF. Rishi travels by bus to his Mama’s village. The roads have hairpin turns. The hills are covered with colourful flowers.
Celebrating Festivals PDF – Chapter 3 of Our Wondrous World
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| Chapter | Download | |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter 3 PDF | Celebrating Festivals | View PDF |
| Full book | NCERT Class 3 EVS – Our Wondrous World | View Book |
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What Is in Celebrating Festivals? (Class 3 EVS Chapter 3)
- Rishi travels by bus to his Mama’s village. The roads have hairpin turns. The hills are covered with colourful flowers.
- We must stay safe on the road. The sign in the bus says: Always keep your head, hands and arms inside the bus. Road signboards tell us what to do.
- Flowers are part of spring. Rishi knows rose, marigold and hibiscus. Nonikaa shows him a tulip. Red buransh flowers bloom in spring at Rishi’s place.
- The chapter names some spring festivals. Nonikaa talks of a Kashmir tulip festival. Rishi’s friends place mustard and buransh flowers at every doorstep, and elders bless them. Unni in Kerala celebrates Vishu. Sarhul is celebrated in spring in Jharkhand.
- Mami says spring is a celebration of nature. After the harsh winters, flowers bloom, grass grows and trees get new leaves.
- Festivals have special food. Thekua is made for Chhath Puja. Activity 3 matches six more foods with their festivals.
Quick revision – Celebrating Festivals
| Word | What it means | Where it comes in the chapter | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mama / Mami | Mother’s brother / Mama’s wife | Rishi goes to visit them | 34 |
| Hairpin turn | A very sharp bend in a mountain road | The bus road to the village | 34 |
| Signboard | A board with a picture that tells us what to do on the road | Activity 1 | 36 |
| Tulip | The flower Nonikaa shows Rishi | The garden at Mama’s house | 38 |
| Haakh | A Kashmiri dish, a kind of leafy vegetable | Eaten with hot rice at lunch | 38 |
| Buransh (Rhododendron) | Red flowers that bloom in spring at Rishi’s place | Placed at doorsteps with mustard flowers | 38 |
| Amaltas | Yellow flowers | Used with fruits and vegetables to make Vishu Kani | 39 |
| Vishu Kani | Seeing good things at sunrise on the first day of the Malayali new year (the book’s note) | Unni’s festival, Vishu | 39 |
| Spring | The season after winter when flowers bloom and new leaves come | Mami: spring is a celebration of nature | 39 |
| Himalayas | ‘Home of snow’ — mountains in the north of India | Do you know? box | 43 |
| Sarhul | A spring festival of Jharkhand | Do you know? box | 44 |
| Sakhua | The tree to which the Sarhul procession walks | Do you know? box | 44 |
Old NCERT vs New – Class 3 EVS
This chapter is from Our Wondrous World, the new NCERT Class 3 EVS book (NCF-SE 2023, used from 2024-25). It replaced the old book “Looking Around”, so chapter numbers and names differ from older PDFs.
Solutions and All Chapters
Answers to the exercises and the full chapter list of Our Wondrous World:
Celebrating Festivals – Overview
| Class | Class 3 |
| Subject | EVS |
| Book | Our Wondrous World – new NCERT book |
| Chapter | 3 of 12 – Celebrating Festivals |
| Book pages | 34 – 44 |
| Edition | NCERT Reprint 2026-27 |
| Session | 2026-27 |
| Free – read online or download |
Class 3 EVS Chapter 3 – FAQs
Where can I download Celebrating Festivals Class 3 PDF?
From the download table on this page – the chapter PDF is free, and the full book is linked too.
What is Class 3 EVS Chapter 3 about?
Rishi travels by bus to his Mama’s village. The roads have hairpin turns. The hills are covered with colourful flowers.
Is Celebrating Festivals from the new NCERT Class 3 EVS book?
Yes. It is chapter 3 of our wondrous world, the new NCERT Class 3 EVS book for 2026-27.
Is this the latest NCERT edition for 2026-27?
Yes – the PDF is NCERT’s latest edition for the 2026-27 session.
Where are the NCERT Solutions for Class 3 EVS Chapter 3?
Open the NCERT Solutions link above for answers to the exercise questions.