Blog about INDIAN STATES AND IMPORTANT FESTIVALS

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