44 Famous and Popular Festivals In India

Vijayadashami

Vijayadashami (Vijayadasami) also known as Dussehra, Dasara or Dashain, is a major Hindu festival celebrated at the end of Navaratri every year. It...

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2. Deepawali

Diwali  is a festival of lights and one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs. The festival usually lasts five days and is celebrated...

Christmas (or Feast of the Nativity) is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious...

3. Christmas

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Krishna Janmashtami

Krishna Janmashtami, also known simply as Janmashtami or Gokulashtami, is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth...

Navaratri is a Hindu festival that spans nine nights (and ten days) and is celebrated every year in the autumn. It is observed for different reasons...

5. Navaratri

Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, is a Hindu festival celebrating the arrival of Ganesh to earth from Kailash Parvat with his mother...

6. Ganesh Chaturthi

7. Raksha Bandhan

Raksha Bandhan, also Rakshabandhan, or Rakhi, is a popular, traditionally Hindu, annual rite, or ceremony, which is central to a festival of the same...

8. Holi

Holi is a popular ancient Hindu festival, also known as the Indian “festival of spring”, the “festival of colours”, or the “festival...

Lohri is a popular Punjabi winter folk festival celebrated primarily in the Punjab region. The significance and legends about the Lohri festival are...

9. Lohri

Eid al-Fitr

Eid al-Fitr, (sometimes known as Eid ul-Fitr), also called the “Festival of Breaking the Fast”, is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims...

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11. Chhath Puja

Chhath is an ancient Hindu Vedic festival historically native to the Indian subcontinent, more specifically, the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and...

Vaisakhi

Vaisakhi, also pronounced as Baisakhi is a historical and religious festival in Sikhism. It is usually celebrated on 13 or 14 April every year, and...

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Onam is an annual holiday and festival celebrated in southern Indian state of Kerala. It is a harvest festival celebrated by Malayalis whose date is...

13. Onam

Buddha's Birthday

Buddha’s Birthday is a Buddhist festival that is celebrated in most of East Asia commemorating the birth of the Prince Siddhartha Gautama, later...

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15. Pongal

Pongal, is also referred to as Thai Pongal ( also spelled Tai Pongal), is a multi-day Harvest festival of South India, particularly in the Tamil community....

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16. Mannam Jayanthi

Missionary Day (French: Arrivée de l’Évangile) is an official holiday in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. It is celebrated...

17. Missionary Day

18. New Year

New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar’s year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the...

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Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti

Guru Gobind Singh ji was the 10th religious leader of the Sikhs. He was born to mother Gujri ji and father Shri Tegh Bahadur ji. When Guru Gobind was...

Bhogi

Bhogi is the first day of the four-day Makara Sankranti festival. According to the Gregorian calendar it is usually celebrated on 13 January. It is...

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Tusu festival

Tusu festival is the most important festival of Kudmi and tribals of Jharkhand. It is celebrated in the month of Paush after the harvest in winters....

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Makar Sankranti

Makar Sankranti or Uttarayan or Maghi or simply Sankranti, also known in Bangladesh as Poush Sankranti, is a festival day in the Hindu calendar, dedicated...

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Republic Day (India)

Republic Day is a national holiday in India. It honours the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect on 26 January 1950 replacing the...

Losar

Losar (Tibetan: ལོ་གསར་, Wylie: lo-gsar; “new year”) also known as Tibetan New Year, is a festival in Tibetan Buddhism. The...

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Vasant Panchami

Vasant Panchami, also called Sarasvati Puja in honor of the goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring. The...

26. Maha Shivaratri

Maha Shivaratri (IAST: Mahāśivarātri) is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the god Shiva. The name also refers to the night when...

Tusu festival is the most important festival of Kudmi and tribals of Jharkhand. It is celebrated after harvest in winter in the month of Paush. The...

27. Hazarat Ali Birthday

Rama Navami

Rama Navami (Hindi: राम नवमी) is a Hindu spring festival that celebrates the birthday of Rama, the seventh avatar of the god Vishnu. Rama...

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Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal...

29. Good Friday

According to Hindu religion, Lord Parashurama was born to put an end to the atrocities on Brahmins and sages. It is said that worshiping on the day...

30. Parashuram Jayanti

Jumu’atul-Widaa’ (Arabic: جمعة الوداع‎ meaning Friday of farewell, also called al-Jumu’ah al-Yateemah Arabic: الجمعة...

31. Jumu'atul-Wida

Martyrs' Day (India)

In India, there are six days declared as Martyrs’ Day (at national level also known as Sarvodaya day). They are named in honour of those who are...

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Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Adha (or Eid al-Azha and Eidul Azha; EED əl AH-də, -⁠ AHD-hah; Arabic: عيد الأضحى‎, romanized: ʿĪd al-ʾAḍḥā, lit. ’Feast...

Independence Day is celebrated annually on 15 August as a national holiday in India commemorating the nation’s independence from the United Kingdom...

34. Independence Day (India)

35. Muharram

Muḥarram (Arabic: ٱلْمُحَرَّم‎) is the first month of the Islamic calendar.It is one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare...

Agrasen Jayanti (literally “Agrasen’s birthday”) is the birth anniversary celebrations of a legendary Hindu king Agrasen Maharaj....

36. Agrasen Jayanti

Gandhi Jayanti is an event celebrated in India to mark the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. It is celebrated annually on 2 October, and it is one of the...

37. Gandhi Jayanti

38. Valmiki Jayanti

Valmiki Jayanti marks the birth anniversary of the great author Maharishi Valmiki. It is celebrated every year on the full moon day during the month...

Dhanteras (Hindi: धनतेरस), also known as Dhanatrayodashi (Sanskrit: धनत्रयोदशी), is the first day that marks the festival...

39. Dhanteras

Bhai Dooj

Bhai Dooj, Bhaubeej, Bhai Tika, Bhai Phonta is a festival celebrated by Hindus on the second lunar day of Shukla Paksha (bright fortnight) in the Vikram...

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Govardhan Puja (IAST: Govardhana-pūjā), also known as Annakut or Annakoot (meaning a “mountain of food”), is a Hindu festival in which devotees...

41. Govardhan Puja

Guru Nanak Jayanti, also known as Gurpurab, is the most important festival for the followers of the religion of Sikhism. It is celebrated to commemorate...

42. Guru Nanak Jayanti

Ambedkar Jayanti

Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti is an annual festival observed on 14 April to commemorate the memory of B. R. Ambedkar, Indian polymath and civil rights...

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Mahavir Janma Kalyanak

Mahavir Janma Kalyanak is one of the most important religious festivals in Jainism. It celebrates the birth of Mahavir, the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankara...