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FESTIVALS AND FAIRS

FESTIVALS AND FAIRS

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Month/Date Festivals and Fairs

Month/Date Festivals and Fairs

Month/Date Festivals and Fairs

Jan

1

New Year's Day

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Nov

* Sadarang Music Festival 2 Gandhi Jayanti * Muharram * Mahalaya Amavasya * Diwali * Gurpurab * Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti * Ayudha Puja * Sonepur Fair * Pearls & Bangles * Sir Singar Music Festival * Lakshmi Puja 14 Children’s Day 19 Bhavaikyatha Day * Kali Puja

Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti Chaatt Sonepur Fair Bhajduj Kali Puja Lakshmi Puja Govardhan Puja Kartika Sukladi Shanmukananda Arts Fest.

14-15 Makar Sankranti * Lohri

* Rimpa Music Festival 23 Netaji's Birthday 26 Republic Day * Ravidas Jayanti * Basanta Panchami 30 SarvodayaDay * Hazrat Ali's Birthday

Oct/Nov

Dec

Nov

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Jan

MUSLIM Hazrat Ali's Birth Day

Jan/Feb

* Teppam * Desert Festival * Vasant Panchami * Shab-i-Barat * Carnival * Ash Wednesday

Shab-i-Barat Jumatu 7 Vida Shab-i-Qadr.

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Jan/Feb

Mar

Feb 9-12

Urs Ajmer Sharif

Apr/May

Id-ul-Fitr

May

* Tansen Music Festival * Lucknow Arts Festival * Dhrupad Music Festival * Sri Ramakrishna Jayanti

* Govardhan Puja * Kartika Sukladi * Bhajduj * Chaat * Pushkar Cattle Fair

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakr-Id) Fatiha Ya-zdahum

Aug/Sept

Sept

Muharram

Oct

Jan

CHRISTIAN New Year's Day

Feb/Mar

* Shankarlal Music Festival

Nov/Dec

* Holi * Shivaratri

Dec

* Lalit Sangeet Music Fest. 3 Feast of St. Francis Xavier * Tansen Music Festival * Paus Mela Arts Festival 25 Christmas * Feast of St. Thomas * Shanmukananda Arts Fest. * He pi Mela

Ash Wednesday

Feb

* Khajuraho Dance Festival 21 JamshedNavroz * Dolayatra * Jumatu 7 Vida * Shab-i-Qadr 22 Indian New Year Day * Gangaur * Mahavir Jayanti * Ugadi

Mar

Good Friday

Mar/Apr

Easter

Feast of St. Mary

Sept

Feast of St. Francis Xavier

Dec

Feast of St. Thomas

HINDU

Christmas

Mar/Apr

Jan

* Makar Sankranti * Lohri * Rimpa Music Festival * Ravidas Jayanti * Basanta Panchami

*

May/June

BUDDHIST Buddha Poornima

* Ramanavami * Good Friday * Easter * Meenakshi Kalyanam

Hemis Festival

*

June/July

*

Apr/May

SIKH Khalsa Brotherhood Day

Jan/Feb

* Teppam * Desert Festival * Vasant Panchmi

Apr

14 Ambedkar Jayanti * Urs A jmer Sharif * Pooram * Spring Festival * Baisakhi * Khalsa Brotherhood Day * Id-ul-Fitr * Buddha Poornima * Rath Yatra * Summer Festival (Shimla) * Summer Festival (Mt.Abu) * Hemis Festival - Summer * Teej * Nag Panchami * Amarnath Yatra * Raksha Bandhan * Parsi New Year Day * Vishnu Digamber Music

Gurupurab

*

OctJNov

Apr/May

Feb/Mar

* Holi * Shivaratri * Dolayatra

*

Mar/Apr

JAIN Mahavir Jayanti

Mar/Apr

* Gangaur * Ugadi * Ramanavami * Meenakshi Kalyanam * Pooram * Baisakhi * Indian New Year Day

*

Mar

PARSI Jamshed Navroz

May May/June Jun/July

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Jan

GENERAL Rimpa Music Festival

Carnival

* * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Apr/May

* Pooram * Spring Festival

Tansen Music Fetival Lucknow Arts Festival Dhrupad Music Festival Shankarlal Music Festival Khajuraho Dance Festival Summer Fest. (Mount Abu) Summer Festival (Shimla) Sir Singar Music Festival Lalit Sangeet Music Fest. Tansen Music Festival Paus Mela Arts Festivals Pushkar Cattle Fair Spring Festival

Jul/Aug

June/Jul July/Aug

* Rath Yatra

* Teej * Nag Panchami * Amarnath Yatra * Raksha Bandhan * Gokulashtami

Feb/Mar

Mar

Aug

Apr/May

Jun/Jul

15 Independence Day 21 Sadhbhavana Day

Aug

* Vishnu Digmber Music Fest * Parsi New Year's Day * Janmashtami * Onam * Tarnetar Mela * Ganesh Chaturthi * Pitra Paksh * Navaratri * Biswakarma Puja * Dussehra * Rama Lila, Ram Lila * Ayudha Puja * Sadarang Music Festival * Mahalaya Amavasya * Durga Puja

Nov

* Janmashtami * Onam '

Aug/Sep.

Nov/Dec

Aug/Sept

Dec

* Id-ul-Zuha (Bakr-Id) * Tarnetar Mela

* Fatiha Yazdahum * Ganesh Chaturthi * Pitra Paksh 5 Teachers' Day * Feast of St. Mary * Heikru Hitagba * Biswakarma Puja * Navratri * Dussehra * Rama Lila, Ram Lila * Durga Puja

Sept

Sept

23

Jan

NATIONAL Netaji's Birthday

Sept/Oct

26 30 14 15 21

Republic Day SarvodayaDay

Ambedkar Jayanti Independence Day SadhbhavanaDay Teachers' Day Gandhi Jayanti Children's Day Bhavaikatha Day

Apr Aug

Oct

Sept/Oct

5 2

Sep Oct Nov

Oct

14 19

Oct/Nov

* Diwali