Festival | Features | State | Special |
Kheerbhawani Mela | Source of healing of relationships between the Pandits and Muslims of Kashmir, | Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. | Famous Ragnya Devi templeππ |
Chamliyal Mela | Baba Dalip Singh Manhas,π a saint popularly known as Baba Chamliyal,held for 3 days,last year cancelled π | zero line in Samba district's Ramgarh sector ,Jammu and kashmir | held for a week on opposite side of border in Saidanwali village of Sialkote district in |
Ladakh Sindhu Festival | Celebrated to endorse the Indus Riverππ (Sindhu River) as a symbol of the communal harmony and unity of India, 3 days | during the mid in Leh, Ladakh. | Sindhu Darshan Festival (Singhey Khababs Spring Festival) |
Zo Kutpui festival | To unify and strengthen the brotherhood among various Mizo tribes | Mizoram government ,organising at least 10 states across India and countries such as US, Myanmar and Bangladesh. | first edition,will start from Vanghmun in Tripura and will be held over 3 days. |
Nagoba Jatara Festival/Keslapur Jatara. | month-long ,the maha puja of serpent god Nagoba is held. | Keslapur village, Indervelli Mandal Adilabad district, Telangana | clan of the aboriginal Raj Gond and Pradhan tribes. |
Epiphany festival | commemoration, which in Christianity marks the visit of the Magi to the Infant Jesus | Goa and Kerala. | Portuguese name ‘Festa dos Reis’, and in parts of Kerala by its Syriac name ‘Denha’. π |
Ambubachi Mela | four-day,known as Ameti or Tantric fertility festival ,attainment of womanhood of girls -‘Tuloni Biya’, πmeaning small wedding.π | Amingaon, near Guwahati | Kamakhya Temple, promote awareness on menstrual hygiene. |
Kharchi Pooja | week-long, to clean the post menstrual phase of mother earth’s menstruation,Animal sacrifice | Agartala (Puran Agartala) in the temple premises of fourteen gods. | fourteen gods are carried to ππriver Saidra , bathed in the holy water and are brought back to the temple. |
Ashadhi Bij, the Kutchi New Year | Hindu New Year is observed in the Kutch region, celebration of rains ,second day of the Shukla Paksha | especially in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and some other places | auspicious day for farming communities. |
Lai Haraoba | ritualistic festival ,observed by Manipuri meitei ππcommunities since ancient times, 5 day long, | Agartala, Tripura | oral literature, music, dance and rituals |
Attukal Pongala’ fest: | Religious congregations of women,Preparing ‘pongala’ (a sweet offering) is considered an auspicious all-women ritual as part of the annual festival of the Attukal Bhagavathy Templeπ, which is popularly known as the “Women’s Sabarimala”πonly women perform rituals, | Hindu religious shrine at Attukal in Kerala, India. Goddess Bhadrakali (Kannaki), mounted over 'vethala', is the main deity | The heroine of the Tamil epic Silappadhikaram while she was on her way to Kodungallur in Kerala, after destroying Madurai city to avenge the injustice to her husband Kovalan. |
Vaisakhi | Spring harvest festival celebrated by Hindus ans Sikhs. The day marks the formation of Khalsa Panth of warriors under Guru Gobind Singh | It is celebrated as the first day of the month of Vaisakha according to Hindu calendar. | |
Vishu | The festival marks the first day of Medam, the ninth month in the solar calendar followed in Kerala | It is a Malayali festival celebrated in the South Indian state of Kerala, Tulu Nadu region in Karnataka, bordering areas of Tamil Nadu and their diaspora communities | |
Rongali Bihu | It marks the beginning of the Assamese New Year | Celebrated in Assam | |
Naba Barsha | Bengali New Year according to the Gregorian Calendar | ||
Puthandu | It is celebrated on the first day of the Tamil month – Chithirai | Tamil Nadu | marks the beginning of the Tamil New Year |