Government of Rajasthan will be holding Jaipur Festival on the account of Rajasthan Day Celebrations, starting from March 24th. The week long festival will host music and dance programs, art exhibitions and heritage walks within the city and will last till March 30th.
Ajmer Fort, Jaipur
You can see the complete schedule here. Also see Rajasthan […]
If you are in Bangalore right now, be ready for a musical bonanza. A month long music festival, organized by Sri Rama Seva Mandali in Chamarajpet, Bangalore, will be held in Kote high school ground to celebrate Sri Rama Navami. Rama Navami is a festival to celebrate birth of Rama. The music festival is held […]
Kumbh Mela is a festival that is known to attract maximum number of people in one place, anywhere in the world. The Kumbh Mela is a once in a twelve year event that happens in Allahabad, Ujjain, Haridwar and Nasik.
The one that is on now in Allahabad is happening after six year, and is called […]
The Hampi Utsava of this year starts from 3rd November and goes on for three days. The Utsava includes several cultural events performed across various stages that will be built around the rocks and ruins of Hampi, a daily sound and light show at the Unesco Heritage site of Vithala temple, mud-wrestling and much more. […]
This year’s Mysore Dasara festival is scheduled from September 23rd. The Utsava will go on till October 2nd and will conclude with the famed jamboo savari and meravanige - procession with the elephants. For more details, see the informative website put up by the organizing committee. If you are planning to attend and stay in […]
Alappuzha’s snake boat festival is one of the most famous and well attended events in Kerala. It is a boat race of very long and narrow traditional boats rowed by several men, held in the backwaters of Kerala just before the traditional Onam festival. This year’s snake boat race is scheduled to be held on […]
Thrissur(Trichur) Pooram is that festival in Kerala of which you might have seen many many photographs. The Pooram is where a big number of elephants are paraded near Vadakunnathan temple in Thrissur.This year’s Thrissur Pooram falls on falls on May 7th. The festival goes on continuously for 36 hours, and is famous for parade of […]
One of the things I was planning to do when I started to this blog was to list the festivals and fairs(that are usually of interest for travellers) happening all over India, at the beginning of each month. When I was trying to look for the festivals occurring in May, I realized that a good […]