India presents a cultural potpourri of number of religions with their own festivals and celebrations but the four major religions followed in India are Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and Sikhism in the descending order. There are a number of regional festivals which are celebrated in particular areas only. Bright colors, brightly lit religious places, illuminated houses, sweets and traditional dresses and dances and unwavering enthusiasm are the characteristics of all the festival holidays in India. Cuisine, dresses and ornaments, especially of the Indian women, with the profusion of golden, red and yellow colors, cultural and traditional performances and music, chariot and car procession of the deities and interesting folklores give the Indian Festivals their universal appeal. The concept of universal brotherhood encompasses all the festivals of India and the vibrant colors, warm hospitality and infectious buoyant spirit of the Indians attract people from all over the world to take part in the Indian fairs and festivals.
Indian Festival Calendar
- Christian Festival Calendar
- Hindu Festival Calendar
- Indian Festival Calendar
- Islam Festival Calendar
- Jewish Festival Calendar
- Sikh Festival Calendar
National Festivals
- 15 August
- 26 January – Republic Day
- Ambedkar Jayanti
- Beating Retreat
- Ch. Charan Singh Death Anniversary – 29 May
- Gandhi Jayanti
- Guru Ravidas Jayanti
- Hindi Diwas – 14 September
- International Film Festival of India (IFFI) – 20 – 30 November
- International Mango Festival – (June – July)
- Jaiprakash Narayan Death Anniversary – 8 October
- Jaipur Literature Festival
- Jawahar Lal Nehru Death Anniversary – 27 May
- Maharana Pratap Jayanti
- Martyrs’ Day
- Moatsu Festival: Ao People of Nagaland
- Munshi Premchand Death Anniversary – 8 October
- National Farmers Day / Kisan Diwas: Charan Singh Birthday – 23 December
- Quit India Day
- Rajiv Gandhi Death Anniversary – 21 May
- Rajiv Gandhi Jayanti – 20 August
- Ramakrishna Paramahansa Jayanti
- Shivaji Jayanti
- Teacher’s Day – 5 September
- Valmiki Jayanti
- Van Mahotsava
- Veer Savarkar Jayanti – 28 May
Hindu Festivals
- Aanvla Navami / Akshaya Navami
- Ahoi Ashtami
- Aja Ekadashi / Annada Ekadashi
- Akshaya Tritiya
- Amalaki Ekadashi
- Anant Chaturthi
- Apara Ekadashi
- Aranmula Vallamkali
- Arattupuzha Pooram
- Attukal Pongala
- Attuvela Mahotsavam
- Ayudha Puja
- Baba Ramdev Jayanti
- Bada Osha
- Bahula Chauth / Bol Chauth
- Baisakhi
- Bali Yatra
- Basant Panchami
- Bhadli Navami
- Bhadrapada Purnima
- Bhai Dooj
- Bhatali Navami
- Bhishma Ashtami
- Bhoot Chaturdashi
- Bohag Bihu
- Chaitra Navratri
- Chapchar Kut
- Chaturmasya Vrata
- Chhath Puja
- Chinakkathoor Pooram, Palakkad Temple Festival
- Dakshinayana Sankranti
- Devshayani Ekadashi
- Dev Uthani Ekadashi / Prabodhani Ekadashi
- Dhanteras
- Dhanu Sankranti
- Diwali / Deepawali
- Dussehra
- Ganesh Chaturthi
- गोवर्धन पूजा
- Govardhan Puja
- Gudi Padwa
- Guru Purnima
- Ganga Dussehra
- Ganga Mahotsav
- Ganga Saptami
- Gugga Naumi: Jahar Veer Gogga Festival
- Hariyali Amavasya
- Hariyali Teej
- Hartalika Teej
- Holi – Festival of Colours
- Hanuman Jayanti
- Indira Ekadashi
- Onam
- Jagadhatri Puja
- Janmashtami
- Jamai Sasthi
- Jaya Ekadashi
- Kajari Teej
- Kala Bhairava Jayanti / Kala Bhairava Ashtami
- Kali Puja
- Kalpathi Ratholsavam
- Kamada Ekadashi
- Kamika Ekadashi
- Kansa Vadh
- Kanya Sankranti
- Karthigai Deepam / Annamalai Deepam
- Kartik Purnima
- Karwa Chauth
- Kenduli Mela
- Kharchi Puja
- Kojagari Lakshmi Puja
- Kongali Bihu / Kati Bihu
- Kumbha Sankranti
- Luv Kush Jayanti
- Maha Navami
- Maha Shivaratri
- Makar Sankranti
- Magha Purnima – Hindu Festival
- Margashirsha Purnima / Battisi Purnima
- Mauni Amavasya
- Meena Sankranti
- Mewar Festival, Udaipur
- Mohini Ekadashi
- Mokshada Ekadashi
- Naga Panchami
- Narali Purnima: Coconut Festival
- Na Khowa Feasting Festival
- Nuakhai: Odisha Agricultural Festival
- नारद जयंती / Narada Jayanti
- नृसिंह चतुर्दशी
- नृसिंह जयंती / Narsimha Jayanti
- Navratri / Durga Puja
- Nirjala Ekadashi
- परशुराम जयन्ती
- Panchkroshi Yatra, Ujjain / पंचक्रोशी यात्रा, उज्जैन
- Pariyanampetta Pooram Kattakulam – Kerala Festival
- Papankusha Ekadashi
- Papmochani Ekadashi
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
- Pitru Paksha
- Pongal
- Paripally Gajamela
- Rama Ekadashi
- Rama Navami
- Ramanuja Acharya Jayanti
- Raksha Bandhan
- Ratha Saptami: Lord Surya Jayanti
- Rishi Panchami
- Sai Teun Ram Jayanti
- Sakat Chauth
- Sant Gyaneshwar Jayanti
- Saphala Ekadashi / सफला एकादशी
- Sarva Pitru Amavasya / Mahalaya Amavasya
- Shani Jayanti
- Sharad Purnima
- Sheetala Ashtami
- Shattila Ekadashi: Sat-tila or Tilda Ekadashi
- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi
- Simha Sankranti
- Sita Navami
- Somvati Amavasya
- Surdas Jayanti
- Teej
- Thirunakkara Arattu Utsavam
- Tula Sankranti
- Tulsi Vivah
- Ugadi
- Uthralikavu Pooram
- Utpanna Ekadashi
- Vaikathashtami Festival: Vaikom Mahadeva Temple, Kerala
- Varuthini Ekadashi
- Vat Savitri Puja
- Vijaya Ekadashi
- Vishu Festival: Malayalam New Year of Kerala
- Vishwakarma Puja
- Vivaha Panchami
- Vrishabha Sankranti
- Yogini Ekadashi
Muslim Festivals
- Eid-e-Milad-Un-Nabi
- Jamat-Ul-Vida
- Milad-un-Nabi
- Muharram
- Ridvan
- Shab-E-Barat
- Shab-e-Qadr
- Shab-E-Miraj: Night of Ascent
Sikh Festivals
Christian Festivals
- All Saints Day: All Hallows’ Eve
- Ching Ming
- Christmas Day
- Corpus Christi
- Easter
- Feast of St Francis Xavier: Goa State Regional Holiday
- Good Friday
- क्रिसमस की कहानी
- गुड फ्राईडे
- Halloween
- Korattymuthy Feast: Koratty, Thrissur (2nd Week of October)
- Manarcad Perunnal: St. Mary’s Church, Kottayam, Kerala (01 – 08 September)
- Parumala Perunnal: Death anniversary of Bishop Mar Gregorios Metropolitan
- Saint Patrick’s Day
- Sao Joao Feast Of St John The Baptist
- Thanksgiving Day
- Three Kings Feast (The Epiphany): Goa
Buddhist Indian Festivals
Jewish Indian Festivals
Jain Indian Festivals
- Kshamavani / क्षमावाणी दिवस
- क्षमावाणी दिवस: जैन धर्म के अनुयायियों का एक पर्व
- Mahavir Jayanti
Indian Dance Festivals
International Days & Festivals
- Alwar Festival
- International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking – 26 June
- International Left Handers Day – 13 August
- International Yoga Week – 1 to 7 March
Other Indian Festivals & Fairs
- अचलेश्वर मेला, बटाला, पंजाब
- Agni Utsav
- Anzac Day
- April Fools Day
- Autumn Festival Shillong: Cultura Festival of Meghalaya
- Bateshwar Cattle Fair
- Baneshwar Fair
- Bataan Day
- Bhadrapada Ambaji Mela, Danta, Banaskantha District, Gujarat [Aug-Sept]
- Bhavnath Fair: Girnar Mountain, Junagadh, Gujarat
- Bikaner Camel Festival
- Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
- Boxing Day
- Bundi Utsav
- Carnevale di Venezia
- Chamliyal Mela: Cancelled for first time since 1947
- Chandrabhaga Fair: Jhalrapatan cattle fair
- Cheti Chand: New Year for Sindhi Hindus
- Cheung Chau Bun Festival
- Chinese Valentine’s Day
- Chinese New Year Calendar
- Chu Xi – Chinese New Year
- Dadu Dayal Jayanti
- Dadri Mela, Ballia District, Bihar
- Desert Festival
- Dev Diwali / Kartika Purnima : देव दिवाली / कार्तिक पूर्णिमा
- Diggi Padyatra: Lord Kalyan Ji Festival, Jaipur
- Dragon Boat Festival
- Eastern Orthodox Epiphany
- Elephant Festival
- Fourth of July
- Gangaur: Rajasthan Hindu Harvest Festival
- Garden Tourism Festival, Garden of Five Senses, New Delhi
- Goa Carnival
- Goa Memorial Day
- Gogamedi Fair
- Haldighati Festival
- Hampi Utsav
- Hornbill Festival
- Indian Air Force Day / Bhartiya Vayu Sena Diwas – 8th October
- Island Tourism Festival
- International Day of Yoga
- Jagannath Rath Yatra
- Jaisalmer Desert Festival
- Jallianwala Day
- Jamshed-e-Navroz: Zoroastrian New Year
- Jhiri Mela
- Kaila Devi Mela
- Kailash Fair, Agra
- Kapal Mochan Mela
- Khatu Shyamji Fair, Sikar, Rajasthan
- Kila Raipur Sports Festival
- Kolkata Festival
- Kumbhalgarh Festival [November – December]
- Kurukshetra Festival
- Lantern Festival – Yuan Xiao Festival
- Lavi Fair [11 – 14 November]
- Lucknow Festival
- Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival [02 – 06 February]
- Manav Ekta Diwas, Human Unity Day – 24 April
- Minjar Fair: Chamba, Himachal Pradesh
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Day
- Matsya Utsav Alwar: Rajasthan [~24 – 27 November]
- Memorial Day
- Manipur Sangai Festival, Imphal [21-30 November]
- Metemneo Festival of Yimchungru, Nagaland
- Mount Abu Winter Festival
- Naina Mata Festival, Nainital
- Nav Chandi Fair
- Neelamperoor Pooram Padayani
- Ningol Chakkouba
- Nowruz: Iranian New Year
- Ooty / Mount Abu – Summer Festival
- O-Shogatsu – Japanese New Year
- Parab Tribal Festival: Koraput, Odisha
- Payippad Boat Race: Alappuzha, Kerala
- Pinjore Heritage Festival
- Pori Festival: Lahaul And Spiti, Himachal Pradesh
- Puri Beach Festival
- Pushkar Mela
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy Jayanti
- Rann Utsav / Rann Kutch Utsav (November – March)
- Renuka Fair
- Rose Festival Chandigarh
- Saint Kabir Das Jayanti
- सरहुल महोत्सव
- Seng Kut Snem
- Shigmo Festival
- Shimla Summer Festival
- Shri Baba Bisa Bhakt Puranmal Mandir Mela, Kasan Village, Gurgaon
- Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day
- Sindhu Darshan Festival
- Sri Vithappa Fair: Bagalkot, Karnataka
- Suraj Kund Mela
- Tarnetar Mela, Saurashtra, Gujarat
- The Moon Festival – Mid-Autumn Festival
- Thrissur Pooram
- Tokhu Emong: Harvest Festival of Nagaland Lotha Community
- Tulip Festival: Srinagar, Jammu Kashmir
- Vallabh Acharya Jayanti
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