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Although we make every effort to ensure the
accuracy of the information below, event
details can change, especially as many
festival dates change from year to year
according to the lunar calendar, so please
check with your country's Indian Tourist
Office . that the event is happening before
making travel arrangements.
2004 2005 2006
New Year
1st Jan
1st Jan
Pongal (celebrated
in
South India)
Bikaner Camel Festival
24-25th Jan
13-14th Jan
Republic Day
26th Jan
26th Jan
Eid-al-Adha
Shivaratri
8th Mar
TBA
Jaisalmer Desert Festial
21- 23rd Feb
10-12th Feb
Holi (a colour-filled festival so
25th Mar
TBA
don't wear your best clothes)
Elephant Festival, Jaipur
25th Mar
14th Mar
Hanuman Jayanti
TBA TBA
Mewar Festival, Udaipur
6th Apr
26th Mar
Vaisakhi (Solar New Year)
13th Apr
TBA
Thrissur Pooram, Kerala
29th April
TBA
Mount Aboo Summer Festival
21-23 May 11-15th May
Teej, Jaipur
8 -9th Aug
28-29th July
Independence Day
15th Aug 15th
Aug
Ganesh Chaturthi 18th
Sept 7th Sept
TBA
Krishna Janmashtmi 6th Sept
TBA TBA
Dusshera (a 10 day festival to 22nd
Oct 12th Oct TBA
celebrate the triumph of good
[Ram] over evil [Ravana])
Marwar Festival (Jodhpur) 26-27th
Oct
TBA TBA
Diwali (the festival of lights)
12th Nov 1st Nov
TBA
Pushkar Camel Fair 11-26th
Nov 8-15th Nov 29 Oct -5 Nov
Id-ul-Fitr (a festival to celebrate
15th Nov
TBA TBA
the end of Ramadan)
Christmas 25th
Dec 25th Dec 25th Dec
Mount Aboo winter festival 29-31
Dec 29-31 Dec 29-31 Dec |
