Showing posts with label FESTIVALS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FESTIVALS. Show all posts

Monday, March 7, 2016

INDIAN STATES AND IMPORTANT FESTIVALS

Goa

  1. Zatra at Cansaulim
  2. Feast of St. Francis Xavier
  3. Carnival
  4. Feast of Immaculate Conception,
  5. Goa Liberation Day.


Himachal Pradesh
  1. Minjar Mela
  2. Jwalamukhi Fair
  3. Losar, Himachal Day
  4. Rakhadumni: Rakhi
Karnataka
  1. Makara Sankranthi,
  2. Ugadi
  3. Karaga
  4. Pattadakal Dance Festival
  5. Naga Panchami
  6. Feast of St. Philomena
  7. Dasahra
  8. Urs of Hazrat Khwaja Bande Nawaz Chisti
  9. Mahamastakabhisheka (held once every 12 years in veneration of Gomateswara Bahubali at Sravanabelagola)
Kashmir
  1. Nav Warih
  2. Sont
  3. Vaisakhi
  4. Jeth Ashtami
  5. Mela at hemis Gampa
  6. Har Navami
  7. Piligrimage to Amarhnath Cave (Chhari Festival)
  8. Yargon Tungshak,
  9. Guru Tse-Chu,
  10. Stok Guru Tsechu,
  11. Matho Nagrang,
  12. Nagrang,
  13. Shab-e-Miraj, Yuru Kabgyat, Hemis Festival, Shachukul Gustor, Zanskar Karsha Gustor, Phyang Tsedup,
  14. Urs at Shah Hamadan
  15. Kichri Amavasya
Kerala
  1. Thye Pangal
  2. Vishu
  3. Poorum
  4. Onam
Maharashtra and Gujarat
  1. Gudi Padva
  2. Dev Divali
  3. Navratri
Orissa
  1. Rathyatra (at Puri)
  2. Konark Dance Festival,
  3. Phagu Dasami,
  4. Papanasini Ekadasi,
  5. Dola Purnima,
  6. Meena Sankranti,
  7. Papamochani Ekadasi,
  8. Chaitra Amavasya,
  9. Rama Navami,
  10. Kamada Ekadasi,
  11. Pana Sankranti,
  12. Baruthini Ekadasi
Punjab and Haryana
  1. Lahri
  2. Tikka
  3. Pracheen Kala Kendra Nritya and Sangeet Sammelan,
  4. Baisakhi
  5. Guru Parab- Guru Nanak’s Birthday
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
  1. Gangaru
  2. Teej
  3. Pushkar Fair
  4. Urs at Ajmer
  5. Sharif
Tamilnadu
  1. Pongal
  2. Panguni Uthiram
  3. Puthandu (Tamil New Year)
  4. Madurai River Festival
  5. Kaveri River Festival
  6. Festival at Velanganni
  7. Karthika Festival
  8. Vaikunta Ekadashi
Tripura
  1. Karachi Puja
  2. Tripureshwari temple festival
Uttar Pradesh
  1. Brahmostav
  2. Ram Navami
  3. Sravana Festival
  4. Ban Yatra
  5. Kans Ka Mela
Andhra Pradesh  
  1. Sankranthi (this is the biggest festival in Andhra Pradesh)
  2. Tyagaraja Festival
  3. Brahmotsavam
  4. Ugadi (New Year)
  5. Vaikunta Ekadashi
Telangana
  1. Bonalu
Assam and Manippur 
  1. Bhogali bihu
  2. Bohag Bihu (or Rangali Bihu)
  3. Kati Bihu (or Kangali Bihu)
  4. Spring Festival of Kanyak Nagas
  5. Manipur Ras Lila Festival
Bengal
  1. Gangasagar Mela
  2. Ramakrishna Utsav
  3. Dol Purnima
  4. Naba Barsha
  5. Dussera (famous in Bengal)
 Bihar
  1. Chhath
  2. Sarhul
  3. Karam
Delhi
  1. Christian Mela
  2. Sair-i-Gulfaroshan (Phool Walon Ki Sair)
  3. Urs at Hazrat Nizam ud din Aulia
Manipur
Chavang Kut.

Puducherry 
International Yoga festival.

Uttaranchal 
  1. Magh Mela
  2. Uttarayani Mela
  3. International Yoga Week