Tourism module – 3 Cultural Attractions of India

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Cultural Attractions of India
TOURISM
Cultural and Heritage
Aspects of Tourism
in India
Notes
11.2 LIST OF FAIRS AND FESTIVALS ALONG WITH
MONTHS
January
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Bikaner Festival in Rajasthan, Guru Gobind Singh’s birthday
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Float Festival in Madurai Tamil Nadu, Kerala Village Fair Kovalam, Kerala,
Lohri in Punjab and also places where the people from Punjab are staying.
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Makar Sankranti in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal and Andhra
Pradesh and in the North
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Mamallapuram Dance Festival Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, Modhera Dance
Festival Sun Temple Modhera Gujarat, Nagaur Cattle Fair, Rajasthan
z
National Kite Festival, Ahmedabad Gujarat, Pattadakkal Dance Festival
Karnataka, Pongal, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, the Republic Day
celebrated all over the country.
z
Basant Panchami/Saraswati Puja, North India and West Bengal Joydev
Kenduli Mela
February
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Khajuraho Dance Festival Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Deccan Festival
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
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Desert Festival Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, Eid-Milad-ul-Nabi
z
Elephant Festival, Mumbai, Goa Carnival, Goa, Mahashivratri
z
Nishagandhi Dance Festival, Thiruvananthapurarn Kerala, Rose Festival in
Chandigarh
z
Surajkund Crafts Mela, Haryana, Taj Mahotsav, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, Thai
Pusam, Tamil Nadu
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Garden Festival, Delhi
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International Yoga Week, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
March
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Chapchar Kut, Mizoram
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Elephant Festival, Jaipur, Rajasthan
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Gudi Padwa or Ugadi, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka, Holi

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