JANUARY
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Feast of
the three kings -January 6th, Goa. |
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International
Film Festival -Delhi on Odd years; some other major city on even years.
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Tygaraya
music festival - Thiruvaiyaru near Tanjore in Tamilnadu. |
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Elephant
march - Thrissur to Trivandrum. |
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Delhi Rose
Show - Safdar Jang's Tomb, Delhi. |
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Kite Festival-
January 14th - North India especially Gujarat and Rajasthan. |
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Lori- Mid- January celebrated in Punjab. |
JANUARY- FEBRUARY
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Tepam:
Floating Festival in Madurai in Tamilnadu. |
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Desert
Festival: Jaisalmer. |
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Temple
Car Festival: Srirangapatnam near Mysore. |
FEBRUARY
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Lucknow arts festival:
Lucknow. |
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Delhi Flower Show:
Purana Qila, Delhi |
FEBRUARY- MARCH
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Natiyanjali Festival:
Chidambaram. |
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Mahashivaratri Festival:
Car Procession at Rameswaram. |
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Chariot
Festival: Kanchipuram. |
MARCH
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Khajuraho Dance
Festival: Khajuraho in early March. |
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Jamshed Navroz:
New Year's Day for the Parsees. |
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Float festival:
At Tiruchi Tepakulam. |
MARCH- APRIL
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Asokhastami:
4 day Shiva festival at Bhubaneshwar. |
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Elephant Festival:
Jaipur. |
APRIL-MAY
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Pooram:
Thrissur. |
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Ooty Flower
Show: Ootacamud in the Nilgiri hills of Tamilnadu. |
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Spring
Festival: Srinagar in Kashmir. |
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Baisakhi:
In North India and Tamilnadu, celebrating the Hindu Solar New Year. |
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In Punjab,
the Sikhs celebrate the formation of the Khalsh. |
JUNE-JULY
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Car Festival: Serempore. |
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Hemis Festival:
Leh. |
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER
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Avani Moolam: Meenakshi
Temple, Madurai. |
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Festival of our
Lady of Health, Velankanni, near Tanjore. |
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Kailash Fair: Kailash
near Agra. |
NOVEMBER
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Sonepur Fair: The
largest cattle fair in the world, held at Sonepur in Bihar , on the banks
of the Ganges |
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Shiva festival:
Tiruvannamalai. Children's day: On November 14th, in memory of Nehru's birthday |
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER
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Puskhar
cattle fair: In Puskhar. |
DECEMBER- JANUARY
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Vaikunta
Ekadasi: Srirangam temple near Tiruchi. |
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Margazhi
Festival: Srivilliputur near Madurai. |