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Fairs / Festivals Calendar
2012
| Date |
Festival |
Place |
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1 - 13 |
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Ahmedabad, Gujarat
|
|
1 - Feb 15 |
All India Industrial Exhibition
|
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
|
|
3 |
|
Orissa
|
|
3 |
Samba Dashami
|
Orissa
|
|
5 - 15 |
|
Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar
|
|
5 |
Shattila Ekadasi
|
Orissa
|
|
6 - 7 |
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
6 |
Feast of Three Kings
|
Goa
|
|
6 - 12 |
|
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
|
|
8 - 9 |
|
Bikaner, Rajasthan
|
|
8 |
Arudra Darisanam
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
8 |
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
8 - 9 |
|
Rajasthan
|
|
9 - Feb 20 |
Magh Mela
|
Uttaranchal
|
|
9 - Feb 20 |
Magha Mela
|
Orissa
|
|
9 - 14 |
Sri Shantadurga Kunkolikarin Fatorpa Zatra
|
Goa
|
|
9 - 13 |
|
Thiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu
|
|
9 - Feb 20 |
Magh Mela
|
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
|
|
12 |
Vivekananda Mela
|
Neil Island, Andaman and Nicobar
|
|
12 |
Wangla Festival
|
Tripura
|
|
12 - 13 |
Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
|
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
|
|
12 - 14 |
|
Punjab
|
|
12 |
Pous Mela
|
Kolkata, West Bengal
|
|
13 |
Lohri
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
13 |
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
13 |
|
Punjab
|
|
13 |
Mattu Pongal
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
14 |
|
All over India
|
|
14 - 15 |
|
West Bengal
|
|
14 |
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
14 |
Maghe Sankranti Sanhamole
|
Sikkim
|
|
14 |
|
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
|
|
14 - 17 |
|
Assam
|
|
14 |
|
Karnataka
|
|
14 |
Bhogi Pongal
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
15 |
Kanjiramattom Nercha
|
Ernakulam, Kerala
|
|
15 |
Surya Pongal
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
15 |
Uttarayani Mela
|
Uttaranchal
|
|
16 |
Jallikattu Festival
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
16 - 19 |
Dehing Patkai Festival
|
Assam
|
|
19 |
Putrada Ekadasi
|
Orissa
|
|
20 - 22 |
|
Modhera, Gujarat
|
|
20 - 26 |
|
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
|
|
20 |
West Bengal Tourism Festival
|
Kolkata, West Bengal
|
|
20 |
|
Alappuzha, Kerala
|
|
21 |
Torgya
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
|
21 - 22 |
Spitok Gustor Zanskar
|
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
22 - 28 |
Spring Festival
|
Kulu, Himachal Pradesh
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22 - 25 |
|
Kolkata, West Bengal
|
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23 |
|
West Bengal
|
|
23 |
Subhash Mela
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Havelock, Andaman and Nicobar
|
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25 - 29 |
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New Delhi, Delhi
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25 - 27 |
|
Pattadackal, Karnataka
|
|
26 |
Republic Day
|
All over India
|
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26 - 29 |
|
Aurangabad, Maharashtra
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26 - 29 |
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Aurangabad, Maharashtra
|
|
27 - 30 |
Grape Escapade,Wine & Haute Cuisine festival
|
Panjim, Goa
|
|
28 |
Saraswati Puja
|
Orissa
|
|
28 |
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
28 |
|
West Bengal
|
|
29 - Feb 5 |
Ernakulathappan Uthsavom
|
Ernakulam, Kerala
|
|
30 - Feb 2 |
|
Nagaur, Rajasthan
|
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30 - Feb 2 |
|
Nagaur, Rajasthan
|
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31 - Feb 3 |
India International Leather Fair
|
Tamil Nadu
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| Date |
Festival |
Place |
|
1 - 15 |
|
Haryana, Delhi
|
|
1 |
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
1 - 7 |
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
2 |
Adoor Gajamela
|
Pathanamthitta, Kerala
|
|
2 - 4 |
Braj Festival
|
Bharatpur, Rajasthan
|
|
2 |
Stok Guru Tse-Cue
|
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
3 |
Magha Purnima
|
Orissa
|
|
3 |
Bhouma Ekadasi
|
Orissa
|
|
3 - 7 |
Beneshwar Fair
|
Dungarpur, Rajasthan
|
|
3 - 5 |
Spring Music Festival
|
Bangalore, Karnataka
|
|
3 |
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
5 - 7 |
|
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
|
|
5 |
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Palakkad, Kerala
|
|
7 - 8 |
|
Madurai, Tamil Nadu
|
|
7 |
|
Kerala
|
|
7 |
Thaipooya Mahotsavam
|
Koorkancherry, Kerala
|
|
8 - 11 |
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
12 |
Book Fair
|
Agartala, Tripura
|
|
13 |
Kumbha Sankranti
|
Orissa
|
|
14 - 17 |
Bhoomika Dance Festival
|
Delhi
|
|
17 - 19 |
|
Delhi, Delhi
|
|
17 |
Pankoddhar Ekadasi
|
Orissa
|
|
18 |
|
West Bengal
|
|
18 - 21 |
|
Goa
|
|
18 - 27 |
|
Agra, Delhi
|
|
19 - 23 |
|
Konark, Orissa
|
|
19 |
Fireflies Festival of Music
|
Bangalore, Karnataka
|
|
20 |
Pariyanampetta Pooram
|
Palakkad, Kerala
|
|
20 |
Bhavnath Fair
|
Gujarat
|
|
20 - 24 |
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
21 |
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
|
21 |
Machattu Mamangam
|
Thrissur, Kerala
|
|
22 |
Losar
|
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
24 - 28 |
|
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
|
|
24 - 27 |
Kuttikkol Thampuratty Theyyam
|
Kasaragod, Kerala
|
|
25 |
Delhi Book Fair
|
Pragati Maidan, Delhi
|
|
28 |
|
Alappuzha, Kerala
|
|
28 |
Uthralikavu Pooram
|
Thrissur, Kerala
|
|
28 - 29 |
World Tourism Day
|
Haryana
|
|
20 |
|
All over India
|
|
19 - Nov 25 |
Ayurveda Jhansi Mahotsava
|
Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
|
| Date |
Festival |
Place |
|
1 - 7 |
|
Puducherry
|
|
1 - 7 |
|
Rishikesh, Uttaranchal
|
|
2 |
Lathmar Holi
|
Barsana
Braj Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
|
|
2 |
|
Mizoram
|
|
3 |
Phagu Dasami
|
Orissa
|
|
4 |
Papanasini Ekadasi
|
Orissa
|
|
4 |
Parippally Gajamela
|
Kollam, Kerala
|
|
5 |
Aanayoottu
|
Thrissur, Kerala
|
|
5 - 14 |
|
Thrissur, Kerala
|
|
7 |
|
Jaipur, Rajasthan
|
|
7 |
|
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
|
|
7 - 8 |
Matho Nagrang
|
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
7 |
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
7 |
|
Palakkad, Kerala
|
|
7 |
Elephant Festival
|
Kaziranga, Assam
|
|
7 |
|
Mumbai, Maharashtra
|
|
8 |
Dangs Darbar Ahwa
|
Gujarat
|
|
8 |
|
Orissa
|
|
8 |
Holika dahan
|
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
|
|
9 |
|
North India
|
|
11 - 13 |
Jahan- e- Khusrau
|
Delhi
|
|
14 |
Meena Sankranti
|
Orissa
|
|
14 - 23 |
|
Kottayam, Kerala
|
|
14 - Apr 13 |
Baba Balak Nath Fair
|
Shah Talai, Himachal Pradesh
|
|
14 - 27 |
Valliyoorkavu Festival
|
Wayanad, Kerala
|
|
14 - 17 |
|
Sikkim
|
|
18 |
Papamochan Ekadasi
|
Orissa
|
|
19 |
|
Karauli, Rajasthan
|
|
20 |
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
23 |
Telugu New Year
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
23 |
Chaitra Navratri
|
Gujarat
|
|
23 |
Chaitra Amabasya
|
Orissa
|
|
23 |
|
South India
|
|
23 |
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
23 |
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
23 |
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
23 |
Malanada Kettukazhcha
|
Kollam, Kerala
|
|
25 |
Attuvela Mahotsavam
|
Kottayam, Kerala
|
|
25 - 27 |
|
Udaipur, Rajasthan
|
|
25 - 26 |
|
Jaipur, Rajasthan
|
|
26 |
|
Thrissur, Kerala
|
|
30 |
Othara Padayani
|
Kerala
|
|
31 |
|
Unakoti, Tripura
|
|
31 |
Sri Rama Navami Festival
|
Khammam, Andhra Pradesh
|
| Date |
Festival |
Place |
|
1 |
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
1 |
|
All over India
|
|
1 - 6 |
Mahaveerji Fair
|
Mahaveerji, Rajasthan
|
|
1 |
|
Orissa
|
|
1 |
|
Chandigarh
|
|
1 |
Utkal Divas
|
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
|
|
2 |
|
Palakkad, Kerala
|
|
3 |
Kamada Ekadasi
|
Orissa
|
|
4 |
|
Thrissur, Kerala
|
|
5 |
|
All over India
|
|
6 |
Good Friday
|
All over India
|
|
8 |
Easter
|
All over India
|
|
10 - 14 |
Sankat Mochan Music Festival
|
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
|
|
12 |
Bikarami Samvat (Hindu New Year)
|
South India
|
|
13 |
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
13 |
Biju Mela
|
Tripura
|
|
14 |
|
Punjab
|
|
14 |
|
Kerala
|
|
14 - 16 |
|
Assam
|
|
14 |
Baisakhi Festival
|
Pinjore, Haryana
|
|
14 |
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti
|
All over India
|
|
15 |
|
Kalady, Kerala
|
|
15 |
Himachal Day
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
16 |
Baruthini Ekadasi
|
Orissa
|
|
20 |
|
Tripura
|
|
24 |
|
Orissa
|
|
27 - May 7 |
|
Alappuzha, Kerala
|
| Date |
Festival |
Place |
|
1 - 6 |
|
Nagaland
|
|
1 |
May Day
|
All over India
|
|
1 |
|
Thrissur, Kerala
|
|
2 |
Mohini Ekadasi
|
Orissa
|
|
4 - 6 |
Summer Festival
|
Mount Abu, Rajasthan
|
|
6 |
|
North India
|
|
8 |
Rabindra Jayanti
|
Tripura
|
|
14 |
Brusha Sankranti
|
Orissa
|
|
14 |
Sakewa
|
Sikkim
|
|
16 |
Jala Krida Ekadasi
|
Orissa
|
|
20 |
|
Orissa
|
|
27 |
Procession of All Saints
|
Goa
|
|
31 |
|
Orissa
|
| Date |
Festival |
Place |
|
2 - Jul 26 |
|
Kerala
|
|
4 |
Saga Dawa
|
Sikkim
|
|
4 |
|
Orissa
|
|
4 |
|
Ajmer, Rajasthan
|
|
15 |
|
Orissa
|
|
16 - 17 |
Yuru Kabgyat
|
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
21 |
|
Puri, Orissa
|
|
24 - 26 |
Bal Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav
|
Jalgaon, Maharashtra
|
|
24 |
Sao Joao
|
Goa
|
|
27 |
|
Tripura
|
|
29 |
|
Orissa
|
|
29 - 30 |
|
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
|
| Date |
Festival |
Place |
|
3 |
|
Alappuzha, Kerala
|
|
3 |
|
All over India
|
|
5 - 6 |
Shachukul Monastery
|
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
7 - 8 |
|
Delhi
|
|
14 |
Ker Puja
|
Tripura
|
|
14 |
|
Orissa
|
|
16 |
Karkata Sankranti
|
Orissa
|
|
16 - 17 |
Phyang Tsedup
|
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
16 |
Zanskar Karsha Gustor
|
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
19 |
|
Orissa
|
|
22 - 23 |
Korzok Gustor
|
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
22 - 23 |
|
Jaipur, Rajasthan
|
|
23 |
Durga Puja
|
Sikkim
|
|
24 |
|
Karnataka
|
|
24 |
|
Maharashtra
|
|
28 |
Guru Rimpoche's Trungkar Tsechu
|
Sikkim
|
|
28 - 29 |
Dak-Thok Tse-Chu
|
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
|
| Date |
Festival |
Place |
|
2 |
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
2 |
|
North India
|
|
4 |
Kajli Teej Festival
|
Bundi, Rajasthan
|
|
5 |
World Tourism Day
|
Sikkim
|
|
6 |
Raksha Panchami
|
Orissa
|
|
10 |
|
Mathura Circle Gokul, Uttar Pradesh
|
|
10 |
|
Goa
|
|
11 |
|
Alappuzha, Kerala
|
|
15 |
Feast of Assumption of our Lady
|
Goa
|
|
15 |
Independence Day
|
All over India
|
|
16 |
Singha Sankranti
|
Orissa
|
|
19 |
|
All over India
|
|
29 - Sep 8 |
Velankanni Church Festival
|
Velankanni, Tamil Nadu
|
|
29 |
|
Kerala
|
|
31 |
Pang Lhabsol
|
Sikkim
|
|
31 |
Bhadra Purnima
|
Ambaji, Gujarat
|
|
31 |
|
Alappuzha, Kerala
|
| Date |
Festival |
Place |
|
1 |
|
Thrissur, Kerala
|
|
1 |
Haryana Tourism Day
|
Haryana
|
|
1 - 8 |
|
Kottayam, Kerala
|
|
2 |
|
Chengannur, Kerala
|
|
10 |
|
All over India
|
|
15 |
|
Kottayam, Kerala
|
|
17 |
Vishwakarma Puja
|
All over India
|
|
18 |
|
Orissa
|
|
18 - Oct 18 |
Ram Nagaria Mela
|
Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh
|
|
19 |
|
South India
|
|
19 - 21 |
|
Saurasthra, Gujarat
|
|
19 |
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
19 |
Ganesh Utsav Yatra
|
Goa
|
|
25 |
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
27 |
World Tourism Day
|
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
|
|
28 |
Matki Leela
|
Barsana, Uttar Pradesh
|
| Date |
Festival |
Place |
|
1 - 10 |
|
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
|
|
1 - 10 |
|
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
|
|
2 |
Gandhi Jayanthi
|
All over India
|
|
16 |
|
All over India
|
|
16 |
Maharaja Agrasen's Jayanti
|
Haryana
|
|
17 |
|
Orissa
|
|
20 - 24 |
|
Tripura
|
|
21 |
Mahastami
|
Orissa
|
|
21 - 24 |
|
West Bengal
|
|
22 - 24 |
Dussehra Mela
|
Kota, Rajasthan
|
|
22 - 26 |
Dasain
|
Sikkim
|
|
22 - 23 |
Matasya Festival
|
Alwar, Rajasthan
|
|
22 |
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
24 |
|
All over India
|
|
24 - 30 |
Kullu Dussehra
|
North India
|
|
24 |
Ayudha Puja
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
28 - 29 |
|
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
|
|
29 |
Lakshmi Puja
|
All over India
|
|
29 |
|
Orissa
|
|
29 |
Maharishi Valmiki's Birthday
|
All over India
|
| Date |
Festival |
Place |
|
22 |
Anla Navami
|
Sakhigopal, Orissa
|
|
1 - 2 |
Thiksey Monastery
|
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
1 |
Haryana Day
|
Haryana
|
|
1 - 5 |
|
Kochi, Kerala
|
|
2 |
|
Pathanamthitta, Kerala
|
|
2 |
Deva Mela
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
3 |
|
North India
|
|
3 - 5 |
|
Hampi, Karnataka
|
|
4 - 26 |
|
Rajgir, Bihar
|
|
6 |
Lhabab Duechen
|
Sikkim
|
|
10 - 24 |
Chembai Sangeetholsavam
|
Guruvayoor, Thrissur, Kerala
|
|
11 - 12 |
Chemrey Angchok
|
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
13 - 15 |
Lakshmi Puja
|
Sikkim
|
|
13 |
|
Udaipur, Tripura
|
|
13 |
Tyohar
|
Sikkim
|
|
13 |
|
All over India
|
|
14 |
Nag Nathaiya
|
Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh
|
|
16 |
Bichha Sankranti
|
Orissa
|
|
17 - 18 |
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
18 |
|
West Bengal
|
|
20 - 24 |
|
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
|
|
20 - 28 |
|
Ajmer, Rajasthan
|
|
24 - 27 |
Ganga Mahotsav
|
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
|
|
24 - 28 |
Shamlaji Fair
|
Gujarat
|
|
24 |
|
All over India
|
|
26 |
|
All over India
|
|
26 - Jan 19 |
|
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
|
|
27 - 29 |
Chandrabhaga Fair
|
Jhalrapatan, Rajasthan
|
|
28 |
Kartik Purnima
|
Orissa
|
|
28 - 30 |
Water Sports Festival
|
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
|
|
28 - 29 |
Vautha Fair
|
Gujarat
|
|
28 |
|
Punjab
|
|
29 |
Dev Deepavali
|
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
|
|
29 - Dec 6 |
|
Orissa
|
| Date |
Festival |
Place |
|
1 - 31 |
Sharad Utsav
|
Prasad Nagar Lake, Delhi
|
|
2 - 5 |
Konark Festival
|
Konark, Orissa
|
|
2 - 4 |
|
Yadavindra Gardens, Pinjore, Haryana
|
|
3 |
|
Goa
|
|
6 - 15 |
Perumthitta Tharavad Kottamkuzhy
|
Kerala
|
|
7 |
|
Kottayam, Kerala
|
|
7 |
|
Orissa
|
|
8 |
|
Goa
|
|
8 |
Galdan Namchot
|
Leh, Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
9 - Jan 15 |
Kutch Festival
|
Gujarat
|
|
10 - 12 |
Himalayan International Festival
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
12 |
Kagyat Dance
|
Sikkim
|
|
14 - 17 |
Losoong Sikkimese
|
Sikkim
|
|
15 |
|
Orissa
|
|
16 - 25 |
National Theatre Festival
|
Kolkata, West Bengal
|
|
18 |
Nyenpa Guzom
|
Sikkim
|
|
19 |
Diu Festival
|
Daman and Diu
|
|
25 |
|
All over India
|
|
27 - 31 |
|
West Bengal
|
|
27 - Jan 26 |
|
Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu
|
|
29 - 31 |
Winter Festival
|
Mount Abu, Rajasthan
|
|
29 - Jan 2 |
Theyyam at Kanathoor
|
Kasargod, Kerala
|
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