Each season is welcome with hearty folk songs and dance and so are the agricultural periods. Like their simple lifestyle, the festivals and fairs in Uttarakhand are also simple yet culturally rich. The people of Introduction of Uttarakhand Culture indulge in vivid celebrations and performing of rituals around the year due to their deep-rooted collection with nature and the rich mythology. The signs of the practise of Shaivism in ancient times along with Buddhism and Folk Shamanic religion was also found in the state. It is also believed the famous sage Vyas composed the epic of Mahabharata in Uttarakhand. In Hindu mythology also, Uttarakhand has been recognized as a part of the famed Kedarkhand (Now Garhwal) and Manaskhand (Kumaon). The state also finds its mention in history as a part of the Kuru and the Panchal kingdoms (mahajanpads) during the Vedic age. However, in 2006, Union Cabinet of India to the agreed to the demands of the Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly and leading members of the Uttarakhand Statehood Movement and renamed Uttaranchal as Uttarakhand. Earlier, the state was named Uttaranchal by Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) led central government and Uttar Pradesh State Government when they started a fresh round of state reorganisation in 1998. The state that borders Tibet to the north Nepal to the east the state of Uttar Pradesh to the south and Himachal Pradesh to the west and north-west, is divided into regions, Garhwal and Kumaon, which further break into 13 districts. Introduction of Uttarakhand Culture -The 27th state of Republic of India, Devbhoomi Uttarakhand that was formed in the year 2000 after being separated from the large state of Uttar Pradesh, is a destination to explore the riches of Indian culture, history, and natural beauty.