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India's calendar bursts with religious, regional, musical, cultural and culinary celebrations. Filter by month, type or state to plan around the right moment.

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Indian festivals mostly follow lunar calendars, so the exact days shift each year. We name the month they fall in and leave the day to the panchang closer to the time.

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OctoberCulturalAtla TaddeAcross Andhra Pradesh, especially the coastal districts.

August - OctoberCulturalBastar DussehraJagdalpur, Bastar District, Chhattisgarh

OctoberRegionalBathukammaTelangana and parts of Andhra Pradesh

OctoberReligiousDurga PujaPreeminent in West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, and among the Bengali diaspora.

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Use the calendar when timing is the main decision, or browse the directory for context, location and meaning.

Urs at the Ujra Mosque, Kavaratti
Annually on the saint's death anniversary by the Islamic lunar calendar. No published date could be found from any official source — ask on the island.Religious
The Ujra Mosque on Kavaratti. Note that travel writing frequently places this mosque on Andrott; it is on Kavaratti.
A working shrine's annual commemoration rather than a staged festival — small in scale, internal, and almost absent from tourism material.

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Urs at the Ujra Mosque, Kavaratti