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Saturday 9 April 2016

Festivals of India - Magh or Bhogali Bihu (Assam) Maghe Sankranti Sanhamole (Sikkim) Makar Sankramana (Karnataka) Makar Sankranthi (All over India) Mattu Pongal (Tamil Nadu) Milad-un-Nabi/Nabi day (All over India) Modhera Dance Festival(Uttarardh Mahotsav) (Modhera) Mukteswar Dance Festival (Mukteswar Temple Complex, Bhubaneswar) Muktsar Fair (Muktsar Sahib) Nagaur Fair/Ramdeoji cattle fair (Nagaur) New Year (All over India) Nishagandhi Festival (Thiruvananthapuram) Pattadakal Dance Festival (Pattadackal) Pongal (Tamil Nadu) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar) Rajarani Music Festival (Rajarani Temple Complex, Bhubaneswar) Republic Day (All over India) Sabarimala Makaravilakku (Sabarimala) Saptak Music Festival (Ahmedabad) Sattila Ekadasi (Orissa) Si-Donyi - Tagin Festival (Arunachal Pradesh) Sirpur National dance and Music Festival (Sirpur) Spitok Gustor Zanskar (Ladakh) Spituk Gustor (Spituk, Ladakh) Sudasha Brata (Orissa) Surya Pongal (Tamil Nadu) Swami Vivekananda Jayanti (Neil Island) All India Industrial Exhibition (Numaish) (Nampally Grounds, Hyderabad) Arthunkal Perunnal (Alappuzha) Arudra Darisanam / Thiruvathirai (Tamil Nadu) Basant Panchmi (Katra) Beneshwar Fair (Dungarpur) Bhaimi Ekadasi (Orissa) Bhishma Ekadasi (Andhra Pradesh) Bhogi Pongal (Tamil Nadu) Bikaner Camel Festival (Bikaner) Bird fest (Pune) Birthday of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (West Bengal) Chikoo Utsav (Bordi beach, Thane) Dehing Patkai Festival (Lekhpani) Dover Lane Music Conference (Kolkata) Ernakulathappan Utsavam (Ernakulam, Kochi) Gangasagar Mela (Gangasagar Island) Global Bird Watchers Conference (Porbandar) International Yoga festival (Puducherry) Island Tourism Festival (Port Blair) Jaipur Literature Festival (Sawai Ram Singh Road, Jaipur) Jallikattu Festival (Alanganallur, Madurai) Kanjiramattom Nercha (Ernakulam, Kochi) Kenduli Mela (West Bengal) Kumbh Mela (Allahabad) Lohri (Punjab) Lohri (Jammu and Kashmir) Magh Mela (Sangam, Haridwar) Magh Mela (Sangam, Allahabad) Swathi Sangeethotsavam (Thiruvananthapuram) Thiruvalluvar day (Tamil Nadu) Thyagaraja Aradhana (Thiruvaiyaru) Uttarayan Kite Festival (Ahmedabad) Uttarayani Mela (Bagnath temple grounds,Bageshwar) Vad Fest (Vadodara) Vasant Panchami (West Bengal) Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar) Zatra at Cansaulin (Cansaulin, Margao) Adoor Gajamela (Pathanamthitta) Ali-Aye Ligang - Mishing tribe (Arunachal Pradesh) Bhavnath Fair (Gujarat) Birthday of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (West Bengal) Boori Boot - Nyishi, Hill Miris Festival (Arunachal Pradesh) Braj Festival (Bikaner) Chettikulangara Bharani (Alappuzha) Deccan Festival (Hyderabad) Delhi Book Fair (Pragati Maidan) Desert Festival (Jaisalmer) Dhrupad Mela (Varanasi) Dosmochey Festival (Leh, Ladakh) Elephant Festival (Kaziranga National Park) Garden Tourism Festival (Garden of Five Senses,Saket, Delhi) Goa Carnival (Goa) Great Indian Heritage Fest (Vadodara) Guru Ravidas's Birthday (Haryana) Guru Tse-Chu (Stok, Ladakh) India International Leather Fair (Chennai) Jambheshwar Fair (Mukam, Bikaner) Khajuraho Dance Festival (Madhya Pradesh) Konark Dance Festival (Konark) Kumbha Sankranti (Orissa) Kuttikkol Thampuratty Theyyam (Kasaragod) Lathmar Holi (Barsana, Braj, Mathura) Losar (Himachal Pradesh) Losar - Monpa Festival (Arunachal Pradesh) Losar Tibetan (Sikkim) Machattu Mamangam (Thrissur) Magha Purnima (Orissa) Maramon Convention (Pathanamthitta) Natyanjali Festival (Tamil Nadu) Nyokum - Nishi Festival (Arunachal Pradesh) Oriah - Wancho tribe (Arunachal Pradesh) Kavant Fair (Kavant) Kodungalloor Bharani (Thrissur) Malanada Kettukazhcha (Kollam) Matho Nagrang (Ladakh) Meena Sankranti (Orissa) Mewar Spring Festival (Udaipur) Myokoh - Apatani Festival (Arunachal Pradesh) Nagrang (Matho, Ladakh) Papamochani Ekadasi (Orissa) Papanasini Ekadasi (Orissa) Parippally Gajamela (Kollam) Pracheen Kala Kendra Nritya and Sangeet Sammelan (Chandigarh) Pragjyothi International Dance Festival (Rabindra Bhawan, Guwahati) Rajasthan Day Celebration (Jaipur) Ram Navami Festival (All over India) Rama Navami (Orissa) Reh - Idu Festival (Arunachal Pradesh) Shekhawati Festival (Rajasthan) Shivratri (All over India) Stok Guru Tsechu (Ladakh) Surajkund Craft Mela (Surajkund,Faridabad) Taj Mahotsav (Agra) Tamladu - Idu-Mishmi tribe (Arunachal Pradesh) Thaipooya Mahotsavam (Koorkancherry) Thaipooyam (Kerala) Thaipusam (Tamil Nadu) Uthralikavu Pooram (Thrissur) Yargon Tungshak (Nubra (Yarma), Ladakh) Attukal Pongala (Thiruvananthapuram) Attuvela Mahotsavam (Kottayam) Chaitra Amavasya (Orissa) Chaitra Navratri (Gujarat) Chapchar Kut (Mizoram) Chinakkathoor Pooram (Palakkad) Chittur Kongan Pada (Palakkad) Dangs Darbar (Ahwa, Dang,Saputara hills) Dola Purnima (Orissa) Elephant Festival (Jaipur) Gangaur Festival (Jaipur) Gudi Padva or Ugadi (Karnataka) Guruvayoor Utsavam (Thrissur) Holi (North India) Holika Dahan (Dadra and Nagar Haveli) International Yoga Week (Rishikesh) Kamada Ekadasi (Orissa)Mahaveerji Fair (Sawai Madhopur) Mahavir Jayanti (All over India) Moh or Mol - Tangsa tribe (Arunachal Pradesh) Mohini Ekadasi (Orissa) Mopin - Adi Festival (Arunachal Pradesh) Nenmara Vallangi Vela (Palakkad) Pana Sankranti (Orissa) Pongtu -Tutsa tribe (Arunachal Pradesh) Sankat Mochan Music Festival (Varanasi) Sanken - Khampti and Singhpo tribe (Arunachal Pradesh) Tamil New Year (Tamil Nadu) Thrissur Pooram (Thrissur) Vishu (Kerala) Bob Dylan Festival (Shillong) Brusha Sankranti (Orissa) Buddha Purnima (North India) Ganga Dussehras (Uttar Pradesh) International Flower Festival (Sikkim) Jala Krida Ekadasi (Orissa) Kottiyoor Utsavam (Kottiyoor, Kannur) Maharana Pratap Jayanthi (Haryana) May Day (All over India) Moatsu Festival (Nagaland) National Tribal art & Food Festival (Silvassa) Procession of All Saints (Old Goa) Rabindra / Nazrul Jayanthi (Tripura) Rabindra Jayanti (West Bengal) Savitri Amavasya (Orissa) Shab-e-Miraj (Jammu and Kashmir) Summer Festival (Mount Abu) Urs Fair (Ajmer) Feast of Sacred Heart of Jesus (Goa) Hemis Festival (Ladakh) International Yoga Day (All over India) Kashmir Lavender Festival (Kashmir) Leh Sindhu Darshan (Sindhu Ghat, Leh, Ladakh) Mango Festival (Delhi) Raja Sankranti (Orissa) Saga Dawa (Sikkim) Sant Kabir Jayanthi (Haryana) Sao Joao (Siolim) Yuru Kabgyat (Ladakh) Kalachakra (Choglamsar Buddha Garden, Leh, Ladakh) Bada Ekadasi (Orissa) Bahuda Yatra (Bada Danda street, Puri) Champakulam Boat Race (Alappuzha) Choskhor- Monpa Festival (Arunachal Pradesh) Dak-Thok Tse-Chu (Ladakh) Dree - Apatani Festival (Nenchaya, Ziro) Beach Festival (Tithal beach, Valsad) Dharani Dance Festival (Kochi) Durga Puja (West Bengal) Dussehra / Vijaya Dashmi (All over India) Gandhi Jayanthi (All over India) Garbhana Sankranti (Orissa) Heritage Festival (Daman and Diu) Karwa Chauth (North India) Kota Dussehra (Rajasthan) Kullu Dussehra (North India) Kumarotstaba Purnima (Orissa) Lakshmi Puja (All over India) Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti (Haryana) Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday (All over India) Mahastami (Orissa) Mannarasala Ayilyam (Mannarshala, Alappuzha) Marwar Festival (Jodhpur) Muharram (All over India) Navarathri Mandapam Concerts (Thiruvananthapuram) Navaratri (All over India) Navratra (Jammu and Kashmir) Pitr-Paksha- Mahalaya Amavasya (Andhra Pradesh) Rajgir Dance Festival (Rajgir) Saraswati Puja (Orissa) Soorya Dance Festival (Thiruvananthapuram) Soorya Music Festival (Thiruvananthapuram) Thiksay Gustor (Ladakh) Vikram Samvat (Jammu and Kashmir) Vishwakarma Puja (All over India) Awala Navami (Sakhigopal) Ayurveda Jhansi Mahotsav (Jhansi) Bichha Sankranti (Orissa) Bundi Utsav (Bundi) Chalo Loku - Nocte tribe (Arunachal Pradesh) Shaheedi Diwas of Bhagat Singh,Rajguru & Sukhedev (Haryana) Sheetala Ashtami (Uttar Pradesh) Sri Rama Navami Festival (Khammam) Telugu New Year (Andhra Pradesh) Thirunakkara Arattu (Kottayam) Ugadi (Gudi Padwa) (Andhra Pradesh) Vikram Samvat (Hindu New Year) (South India) Akshaya Tritiya (Orissa) April Fools' Day (All over India) Arattupuzha Pooram (Thrissur) Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday (Telangana) Baisakhi (Punjab) Baisakhi Festival (Pinjore) Baruthini Ekadasi (Orissa) Bengali Nava Barsha (West Bengal) Bihu (Assam) Bohag Bihu (Assam) Chandan Yatra (Orissa) Chitra Vichitra Fair (Gunbhakhari, Sabarkantha District) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti (All over India) Easter (All over India) Feast at Edathua Church (Alappuzha) Feast Malayattoor Church (Kalady) Good Friday (All over India) Hanuman Jayanthi (All over India) Himachal Day (Himachal Pradesh) Jodhpur Flamenco and Gypsy Festival (JFG) (Mehrangarh Fort,Jodhpur) Kadammanitta Padayani (Kadammanitta, Pathanamthitta) Pankoddhar Ekadasi (Orissa) Pariyanampetta Pooram (Palakkad) Pattambi Nercha (Palakkad) Phagu Dasami (Orissa) Puri Beach Festival (Orissa)Chandrabhaga Fair (Jhalarapatan) Chavang Kut (Imphal) Chembai Sangeetholsavam (Guruvayoor, Thrissur) Chemrey Angchok (Ladakh) Chennai Dance Festival (December Season) (Chennai) Chennai Music Festival (December Season) (Chennai) Chhath Puja (Bihar) Childrens Day (All over India) Delhi Classical Music Festival (Kamani Auditorium) Dev Deepavali (Varanasi) Deva Mela (Dewa, Barabanki) Dewali Festival (Mata Tripureswari Temple Premises, Udaipur) Diwali (Deepavali) (All over India) Feast at Parumala (Pathanamthitta) Galiyakot Urs (Galiyakot, Dungarpur) Ganga Mahotsav (Varanasi) Guru Parab- Guru Nanak's Birthday (Punjab) Haryana Day (Haryana) Jageshwar Yog Festival (Jageshwar, Almora) Kalidas Festival (Ramtek, Nagpur) Kalpathi Ratholsavam (Palakkad) Kartik Purnima (Orissa) Kolayat Fair (Kapil Muni Fair) (Bikaner) Kutch Festival / Kutch Rann Utsav (Kutch) Ladainha or Ladin (Goa) Lakshmi Puja (Diwali) (Sikkim) Lhabab Duechen (Sikkim) Lucknow Festival (Lucknow) Matasya Festival (Alwar) Nag Nathaiya (Varanasi (Benares)) Nagula Chavithi (Andhra Pradesh) Pushkar Camel Fair (Ajmer) Shamlaji Fair (Shamlaji, Sabarkantha) Sonepur Cattle Fair (Sonepur) Vautha Fair (Vautha) Wanchok (Chemde Monastery, Ladakh) Drupka Tseshi (Sikkim) Guru Poornima (All over India) Guru Rimpoche's Birthday (Sikkim Monasteries) Guru Tse-Chu (Hemis, Ladakh) Gustor (Stongdey, Zanskar) Id-ul- Fitr (Ramzan) (All over India) Kharchi Puja (14 Godess Temple, Old Agartala) Korzok Gustor (Ladakh) Mango Festival (Sasan Gir) Monsoon Magic Festival (Silvassa) Naszal (Sani, Zanskar) Phyang Tsedup (Ladakh) Rath Yatra (Puri) Sakti Tse-Chu (Thag-Thog, Ladakh) Shachukul Gustor (Ladakh) Zanskar Karsha Gustor (Ladakh) Aranmula Boat Race (Chengannur) Feast of Assumption of our Lady (Goa) Feast of Three Kings (Goa) Gamha Purnima (Orissa) Independence Day (All over India) Kailash Fair (Agra) Kajari Mahotsav (Govt. Inter College, Mirzapur) Kajli Teej Festival (Bundi) Ker Puja (Tripura) Khudurukuni Osha (Orissa) Monsoon Festival (Saputara, Sasan, Kevadiya) Nag Panchami (Maharashtra) Naga Panchami (Karnataka) Nariyela Poornima (Daman and Diu) Nehru Trophy Boat Race (Alappuzha) Onam (Kerala) Pang Lhabsol (Pemayangtse Monastery) Payippad Boat Race (Alappuzha) Pulikali (Thrissur) Rakhadumni - Rakhi (Himachal Pradesh) Raksha Bandhan / Rakhi (North India) Singha Sankranti (Orissa) Teej Festival (Jaipur) Thripunithura Athachamayam (Ernakulam, Kochi) Velankanni Church Festival (Velankanni) Vinayaka Chaturthi (Andhra Pradesh) Amrithanandamayi Birthday (Amrithapuri, Kollam) Bali Trutiya (Orissa) Bhadrapada Purnima (Ambaji) (Ambaji) Chovoth (Goa) Durga Festival (Andhra Pradesh) Feast at Manarcad (Kottayam) Ganesh Chaturthi (South India) Gokulashtami (Goa) Haryana Heroes Martyrdom Day (Haryana) Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) (All over India) Janmashtami (All over India) Kambam Festival (Tamil Nadu) Kanya Sankranti (Orissa) Ladakh Festival (Leh) Matki Leela (Barsana) Neelamperoor Padayani (Kottayam) Ram Leela (Varanasi) Rushi Panchami (Orissa) Solung - Adi Festival (Arunachal Pradesh) Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi (Kerala) Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi (Kerala) Sri Krishna Janmashtami (Mathura Circle Gokul) Sri Krishna Jayanthi (Kerala) Tarnetar Fair (Temple of Shiva or Trinetreshwar) (Tarnetar, Saurasthra) Tejaji Fair (Madhya Pradesh) Vallarpadam Thirunal (Vallarpadam, Kochi, Ayudha Puja (Uttar Pradesh) Ahaia Festival (MP Stadium, Dakopgre) Ramayan Mela Ayodhya (Ayodhya) Shaheed Udham Singh's Birthday (Haryana) Sree Sankara Dance & Music Festival (Kaladi) Sunburn Festival (Vagator,Goa) Theyyam at Kanathoor (Kasargod) Vaikathashtami Festival (Kottayam) Vishnupur (Bishnupur Festival) (West Bengal) Winter Festival (Mount Abu) Christmas (All over India) Cochin Carnival (Kochi) Dhanu Sankranti (Orissa) Feast of Immaculate Conception (Panjim) Feast of St Francis Xavier (Old Goa) Galdan Namchot (Ladakh) Galdan Namchot (Leh) Goa Liberation Day (Goa) Hornbill Festival (Kisama) International Sand Art Festival (Chandrabhaga beach, Konark) Kagyat Dance (Rumtek and Ralang monastery) Kochi Biennale (Kochi) Konark Festival (Sun temple, Konark) Losar (New Year) (Ladakh) Losoong Sikkimese (Sikkim) Mamallapuram Dance Festival (Mamallapuram) Manabasa - Gurubar Osha (Orissa) Nandikar National Theatre Festival (Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata) Noopuraraavam (Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad) Paragliding Festival (Saputara) Perumthitta Tharavad Kottamkuzhy (Kasargod) Prathamastami (Orissa)

Incredible India! Incredible Festivals!



1 comment:

  1. The largest Muslim fair in India, the annual Urs of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti is held at the dargah of the saint in Ajmer, Rajasthan.

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