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    January 2012

    01 - New Year Day
    06 - Feast of three kings, Goa (Jan 6 every year)
    07 - Suchindram Car festival (near Nagarkovil) comes in the Tamil month of Margazhi (Dec/Jan).
    08 & 09 - Bikaner Camel fair
    12 - Erumeli chandanakudam festival (Kottayam)
    13 - Erumeli Petta thulllal, Tiruabharana khosha yatra begins from Pandalam temple, Kottayam flower show (up to 16th)



    14 - Kanjiramattom Urs (13th & 14th Jan every year), Gujarat kite festival at Ahmedabad (14th Jan every year), Jaipur kite festival.



    15 - Makaravilakku, Thypongal (Bull fight/Jellikettu at Madurai, Tiruchirapalli and Tanjore)
    16 - Mattupongal
    20 - Arthunkal feast (Alappuzha) Video, St Sebastian's feast at Kanjoor (Angamaly, Ernakulam)
    24 - Athirampuzha St Sebastian's festival (Kotttayam), Anayadi temple Aarat (Kollam)
    26 - Republic Day Parade at New Delhi and other state capitals.
    30 - Sreerangapatnam chariot festival, Nagaur fair (2nd Feb)

    Bangalore (Karnataka) flower show

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    February

    01 - Khajuraho dance festival (upto 7th)
    02 - Adoor Parthasarathy temple Gajamela
    04 - Chariot festival at Madurai and Kancheepuram, Chunakkara Kettukazhcha (near Charummudu, Kayamkulam)
    05 - Pattambi Nercha (Palakkad)
    06 - Palani Chariot festival
    07 - Thypooyam : Harippad Sree Subramanya Swami temple ('Kavadi'), Sree Maheswara temple at Koorkanchery (Thrissur), Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Palani.



    08 - Cherai Pooram
    14 - Aryankav pooram (Shornur, Palakkad)
    18 - Thiruvillamala Ekadasi (Palakkad), Goa Carnival (up to 21st, Panaji),
    20 - Shivaratri (Aluva), Thripunithura Aarat, Padanilam Kettukazcha (near Charummudu, Kayamkulam, Shivaratri), Kanichukulangara temple fireworks (Alappuzha, Shivaratri) : Video, Pariyanam Patta pooram (15 km from Ottapalam on the Mannarkad road in Palakkad Dt), Natyanjali festival at Chidambaram (TN, 5 days from Shivratri day).



    21 - Machattu Thiruvanikkavu Mamankam (Kuthiravela, Vadakkancherry, Thrissur)
    24 - Kuttikkol Thampuratty Theyyam (upto 27th, Kasaragod)
    28 - Uthralikavu Pooram (Thrissur), Chettikulangara kumbha bharani : Kettukazcha & Kuthiyottam (Alappuzha) Video

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    March

    01 - Ezharaponnana Darshan at Ettumanoor Mahadevar temple (Seven and half elephants - one small - made of 13 kg gold donated by Maharaja of Travancore will be displayed, 11 km from Kottayam), Manapullikavu vela (Palakkad).



    03 - Ettumanoor Aarat, Losar (Tibetan New Year, Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh)
    05 - Guruvayur Elephant race (Festival begins with 'Anayottam') at 2.30 pm. In 2009, 34 elephants participated in this race.
    07 - Attukal Pongala, Chottanikkara makam, Chinakkathoor Pooram (Palakkad), Mannarkad pooram (Palakkad).
    08 - Chettikulangara ethirelpu ulsavam (upto 20th, Alappuzha)
    09 - Puthiyakavu Pongala (Kollam), Holi, Elephant festival at Jaipur.
    11 - Parippally Gajamela (Kollam)
    14 - Guruvayur Aarat
    15 - Kollur Mookambika temple Chariot festival (135 km north of Mangalore, Karnataka)
    18 - Ambalapuzha Aarat, Ambalapuzha Natakashala Sadya on 17th at 12.30 h (Alappuzha)
    19 - Kannamali church St Joseph's festival (Kochi, 19th March)
    24 - Elankavu Attuvela (2 days, Vadayar near Vaikom)
    25 - Kodungallur Kavutheendal (next day is Bharani festival), Malanada Kettukazhcha (30 km from Chengannur, Kaala vela, chariot. Toddy is the main offering and temple is dedicated to Duryodhana, Aswathy day in the month of Meenam.), Mewar festival at Udaipur (up to 27th), Gangaur festival (Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer and Nathdwara : upto 26th)



    26 - Kollengod thookkam at Vattavila Bhadrakali temple (Palakkad), Pandalam kettukazcha (Meena-Bharani)
    29 - Thirumandhamkunnu pooram purappadu (Angadippuram, Malappuram)
    30 - Othara Padayani (Near Chengannur)
    31 - Karunagappally Jaloltsavam (Kollam), Sreerangam Garudaseva (Trichy)

    Palluruthy Sree Bhavanishwara temple Aarat of 15 elephants (Ernakulam)

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    April

    01 - Peruvanum pooram (Thrissur)
    02- Nenmara Vallangi Vela (Palakkad)



    05 - Sabarimala Aarat, Mahavir Jayanthi, Panguni Uthiram (Palani, Mylapore, Madurai, Srirangam)
    06 - Good Friday, Vagamon malakayattom, Thankey church.
    08 - Easter
    13 - Car festival at Tiruvadamarudur (near Kumbakonam, Varsha Pirappu)
    14 - Vishu : Guruvayur, Sabarimala (Open for 10 days), Thirunelli, Chidambaram temple, Arattupuzha Pooram (71 gaily caparisoned elephants with Panchavadyam at Thrissur), Kadammanitta Devi Temple (Pathanamthitta - Spectacular padayani performance, first day of the month of Medam), Chamakkavu Kettukazhcha (Mavelikara).



    15 - Kollam Pooram, Malayattoor church festival (Ernakulam).

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    May

    1 - Thrissur Pooram, Kerala's biggest temple festival with processions of caparisoned elephants at Vadakkunnatha temple.
    3 - Edappally St George Church Festival (5 pm, Ernakulam), Madurai Sri Meenachi marriage festival.
    4 - Abu Summer festival (upto 6th, Rajasthan)
    5 - Buddha Purnima (Himachal Pradesh)



    6 - Mangala devi jungle temple festival (Thekkady/Idukki)
    7 - Edathua church festival (procession at 4 pm - near Ambalapuzha, Alappuzha)



    13 - Irijalakuda Koodalmanikyam temple Aarat (Thrissur)
    18 - Ooty flower show at Botanical Gardens (up to 20th)
    28 - Ajmir Urs fair (Rajasthan)

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    June

    3 - Srirangapatanam Chariot festival (Mysore)
    Early June - Shimla Summer Festival (Himachal Pradesh)
    15 - Ochira kali (Near Kayamkulam in Kollam Dt.)
    21 - Puri Rath Yatra (Orissa)
    24 - Sao Joao Boat festival at Siolim, Goa (24th June)
    25 - Amarnath Yatra, Jammu Kashmir (up to 13 Aug), Chidambaram Chariot festival (Uthiram of Aani)



    28 - Kottiyur Kalasattam. It is 2 hour by bus from Thalassery in Kannur.
    29 & 30 - Hemis Festival (Ladakh)



    The Pandharpur Palki yatra from Dehu near Pune ends on the previous day of Ashadhi Ekadasi at Pandharpur Vithoba Temple in Maharashtra (21 days)

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    July

    3 - Champakulam moolam boat race (accessible from Alappuzha)
    18- Karikidavavu at Sankhumukham beach (Thiruvananthapuram), Varkala, Tirunavaya (Malappuram), Tirunelli (Wayanad), Ponkuzhy Sree Rama temple (Wayanad).
    22 & 23 - Teej, is a fasting festival for Hindu Women, mainly celebrated in Jaipur.



    24 - Nag Panchami (Adiesha Temple in Andhra Pradesh, Nagathamman Temple in Chennai, Hardevja Temple in Jaipur).

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    August

    4 & 5 - Sitabari fair (117 km from Kota)
    10 - Sree Krishna Jayanti : Guruvayur, Thrissur Thiruvambadi temple, Ambalapuzha temple (Alappuzha) - Shobha yatra,
    Dahi Handi (Pune and Mumbai)
    11- Nehru Trophy Boat race at Punnamada lake (Alappuzha, Second Saturday of August at 2 pm)
    Metemneo Festival in second week of August, Nagaland
    15 - Independence Day parade at New Delhi and other State capitals
    21 - Tripunithura Attachamayam (Ernakulam), Ganesh Chaturthi ("Ganpati bapa, mouriya! Pudcha varshi, laukar ya!") celebrated all over Maharashtra mainly in Pune and Mumbai.
    29 - Thiru Onam, Pookkalam (Flower arrangement from Atham to Onam day). Onavillu, the ceremonial bows an offering to the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on Thiruonam day. Harippad Payippad boat race, Neerettupuram boat race (On the Ambalapuzha - Thiruvalla highway).
    30 - Neelamperoor padayani at Palli Bhagavathy temple in Alappuzha district (16 km from Kottayam). Begins at 10 pm on Avittam day in the Malayalam month of Chingam.


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    September

    1 - Ladakh festival at Leh (up to 15th, lion dances, yak dances, craft stalls, excellent local food and plenty of chang!.)
    2 - Aranmula Uttrathadi boat race (10 km from Chengannur/Pathanamthitta), Tazhathangady boat race at 3 pm (first Sunday after Onam, Kottayam).
    8 - Sree Krishna jayanti, Manarcad church festival (Kottayam, 7th nadathurackal), Vechoor church, Vailankanni festival (Tamil Nadu)
    19 to 21 - Tarnetar fair (75 km from Rajkot)



    25 - Navaratri Brahmotsavam at Tirupati is celebrated with Chariot festival in September/October for 9 days (in the month of Asweeja in Salivahana Calendar, when sun is in kanya rasi). Ends on October x with Chakrasnanam.

    Jwalamukhi Fair (30 km from Kangra, HP)

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    October

    11 - Vettikot Ayilyam (Kayamkulam)



    14 - Koratty church festival
    15 - Mahe St Theresa's church festival
    17 - Rayiranallur mala kayattom (Palakkad)
    24 - Vijayadashami / Dussehra (Mysore, Kullu in Himachal Pradesh, Kota fair), dandiya, Durga Puja (West Bengal), Kollur Mookambika temple.



    26 - Bakrid
    28 - Marwar festival (Jodhpur, up to 29th)

    Cape festival at Kanyakumari (3 days, in October).

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