SOME ALL TIME GREAT FESTIVALS OF INDIA : MONTH

1. Pushkar fair : Pushikar, Rajasthan : Oct - Nov

2. Hemis festival : Leh, Ladakh : June -July

3. Desert festival : Jaisalmer, Rajasthan : Feb

4. Surajkund International craft Mela festival : Haryana : Feb

5. Khajuraho dance Festival : Khajuraho : Feb

6. Goa festival : Goa : Feb

7. Ganga Mohotsava : Varanasi : Nov

8. DevDeepawali (Music and lights : Varanasi : Nov

9. Sonepur Meal : Sonepur Bihar : Nov

10. **DevDeepawali + Sonpur animal fair + Pushakr fair : Can be combined in one trip

11. Mewar music festival : Udaipur,Rajasthan : March

12. Konark music festival : Konark, Odissa : Feb

13. Elephant festival :Trissur, Kerala : April

14. Meenakshi festival : Madurai : April

15. International flower festival : Gangtok, Sikkim : March

16. Ganpati (Lord Ganesha’s Birthday) Festival :Mumbai : Aug - Sept

17. International sea food festival : Goa : Sept

18. Ajanta and Ellora festival : Classical dance and music : Aurangabad : May

19. Gangaur festival : Jaipur : March

20. Phool (Flower) Walonkisair : Delhi : Oct - Nov

21. Chennai dance festival : Mahabalipuram: : Dec -Jan

22. Pongal : Tamil Nadu : Jan

23. Nehru Trophy Boat race, : Allepey, Kerala : Aug

24. ThrissurPooram Elephant Festival : Kerala : April

25. NagaurFesivatl, : Nagaur, Rajasthan : Jan

26. Holi : Vrindavan / whole of North India : March

27. Elephant festival : Jaipur : March

28. Bhaneswar Tribal Fair : Dungarpur, Rajasthan : Jan - feb

29. HolaMohalla festival : Punjab : Anantpur Sahib : March

30. Kutch festival, : Bhuj, Gujarat : Dec - Jan

31. Kite Fesitval, : Gujarat : Jan

32. Tarnetar festival, Gujarat : Tarnetar : Sept

AND SOME MORE UNIQUE FESTIVALS :

33. 33^rdKalchakra in 2014 : Leh, Ladakh : July

34. KumbhaMela in 2015 : Nasik, Madhya Pradesh : July -Sept

35. Riff Music Festival, : Jodhpur, Rajasthan : Oct

36. Yoga festival : Rishikesh : Feb