Events Schedule
 

Indian Republic Day - commemorates India's adoption of a republic constitution in 1950, after gaining independence from British rule in 1947.

January 26

January 26

Holi - is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus. Holi is also known as festival of Colours, and is celebrated by people throwing coloured powder and coloured water at each other.

March 24

March 25

Hanuman Jayanti - is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Hanuman, the Vanara god, widely venerated throughout India especially in North India.

April 6

April 6

Vaisakhi - is an ancient harvest festival celebrated across North Indian states, especially Punjab by all Punjabis regardless of religion. In Sikhism the Khalsa was founded on same day as the Vaisakhi festival, so Sikhs celebrate twice as much.

April 13

April 13

Raksha Bandan - a Hindu festival that celebrates brotherhood, traditionally during the festival sisters tie a rakhi, a bracelet made of interwoven threads, around their brothers' wrists to celebrate their relationship.

August 2

August 21

Indian Independence Day - is celebrated on the fifteenth of August to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation in 1947.

August 15

August 15

Krishna Janmaashtami - is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Krishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu.

August 10

August 28

Ganesh Chaturthi - It is the day Shiva declared his son Ganesha as superior to all the gods. Ganesha is widely worshipped as the god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune and traditionally invoked at the beginning of any new venture or at the start of travel.

September 19

Spetember 9

Gandhi Jayanti - is a National Holiday celebrated in India to mark the occasion of the birthday of Mohandas Gandhi, the "Father of the Nation." He was born on October 2, 1869.

October 2

October 2

Navratri – is a Hindu festival of worship of Shakti and dance & festivities. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakti/Devi are worshiped.

September 16

October 5

Dussehra - is the festival of Victory of Good over Evil. It is celebrated on the tenth day of the Hindu autumn lunar month of Ashvin, the first nine days are celebrated as Navratri.

October 24

October 14

Diwali - popularly known as the "festival of lights," it involves the lighting of small clay lamps (diyas) filled with oil to signify the triumph of good over evil. These lamps are kept on during the night and one's house is cleaned, both done in order to make the goddess Lakshmi feel welcome

November 13

November 3

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25 March

31 March

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28 October

27 October