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.