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.
Architecture
Signs of Pre-Harappan settlements have be found at Siswal and Lohari Ragho. One of the four pre-Harappan phases has been named Sothi-Siswal period (3200–2600 BC) on this site. Harappan settlements can be found as well in Rakhigarhi. The site covers 2180 hectares, making it the largest Harappan site known in India and the second biggest overall after Mohenjodaro. All the sites are maintained byArchaeological Survey of India (ASI).
Agroha is another place of historical importance. It is situated about 24 km from the city and was once the capital of king Agrasena, who is believed to have lived during the last stages of Dwapar Yuga in the Mahabharat era. Remains of his capital have been excavated, known asAgroha Mound or locally as Ther, and belong to around 3000 BC. The city was also
