|
Name of the Fair/Festival |
Day and Month as per Lunar Calendar
|
Date and month |
Important places of observance |
|
Dhanu Yatra |
Eleven days preceding Pausa Purnima
|
1-11 January |
Bargarh (Distr. Bargarh) |
|
Folk Dance Festival |
- |
4 - 6 January |
Sambalpur |
|
Makar Mela |
Makar Sankranti |
14 January |
Atri, Kalijai (Chilika),Jagatsinghpur,
|
|
Kalahandi Utsav |
- |
14-17 January |
Bhawanipatna |
|
Saraswati Puja |
Magha Sukla Panchami |
31 January |
Throughout Orissa |
|
Adivasi Mela (Tribal Festival) |
- |
26–31 January |
Bhubaneswar |
|
Magha Saptami |
Magha Sukla Saptami |
1 –2 February |
Chandrabhaga (Konark) |
|
Khandagiri Mela |
One week from Magha Sukla Saptami |
2 –8 February |
Khandagiri-Udayagiri |
|
Joranda Mela |
MaghaSukla Chaturdashi |
8 February |
Joranda (Dist.Dhenkanal) |
|
Kalinga Mahotsav |
- |
4 - 5 February |
Dhauli, Bhubaneswar |
|
Maha Shivaratri |
Falguna Krushna
Chaturdashi |
23 February |
Bhubaneswar, Kapilas, Mahendragiri, Sarankul, Aradi,
Huma, Khiching,etc. |
|
Konark Dance and Music Festival |
- |
19 –23 February |
Konark |
|
Dola & Holi |
Falguna Purnima and the day following
|
11 –12 March |
Throughout Orissa |
|
Taratarini Yatra |
2nd and 3rd Tuesday of Chaitra |
17 & 24 March |
Taratarini Pitha (Dist. Ganjam) |
|
Ashokastami |
Chaitra Sukla Astami |
3 April |
Bhubaneswar |
|
Sriram Navami |
Chaitra Sukla Navami |
3 April |
Bhubaneswar, Odagaon and Saptasajya
|
|
Jhamu Yatra |
Last Tuesday of Chaitra |
19 April |
Kakatpur (Dist.Puri) |
|
Utkal Divas |
- |
1 April |
Bhubaneswar and other places |
|
Chaitra Parba Chhow Festival |
Three days preceding Maha Bishuba Sankranti
|
11 –13 April |
Baripada
(Dist. Mayurbhanj) |
|
Chadak Mela |
Three days preceding Maha Bishuba Sankranti
|
11 –13 April |
Chandaneswar
(Dist-Balasore) |
|
Nrusimhanath Mela |
Baisakha Sukla Chaturdashi |
7 May |
Nrusimhanath and Harishankar |
|
Sitalasasthi |
Jyestha Sukla Sasthi |
29 May |
Sambalpur |
|
Snana Yatra |
Jyestha Purnima |
7 June |
Puri |
|
Raja Parba |
One day before and after Raja Sankranti
|
13 –15 June |
Puri, Cuttack, Keonjhar and other places
|
|
Rath Yatra |
Asadha Sukla Dwitiya |
24 June |
Puri,Kendrapara, Baripada, Berhampur and throughout
Orissa |
|
Jhulana Yatra |
Sraban Sukla Dasami to Purnami |
31 July- 6 August |
Puri and Ali (Kendrapara |
|
Biswakarma Puja |
Kanya Sankranti |
17 September |
Throughout Orissa |
|
Ganesh Puja |
Bhadrab Sukla Chaturthi |
23 August |
Paradeep
Throughout Orissa |
|
Nuakhai |
Bhadrab Sukla Panchami |
24 August |
Orissa in general and western part of Orissa in
particular |
|
Durga Puja |
Aswina Sukla Saptami to Dasami |
25 –28 October |
Orissa in general and Cuttack in particular
|
|
Gajalaxmi Puja (Kumar Purnima) |
Aswina Purnima |
3 –9 October |
Dhenkanal and
kendrapara Town |
|
Mondei |
- |
1-3 November |
Nawarangapur |
|
Vedavyas Sangeet Nrutya Utsav |
- |
1-5 November |
Rourkela |
|
Deepavali |
Kartika Amabasya |
17 October |
Throughout Orissa |
|
Anla Navami |
Kartika Sukla Navami |
27 October |
Sakhigopal (Dist-Puri) |
|
Bada Osha |
Kartika Sukla Chaturdashi |
1 November |
Dhabaleswar (Dist-Cuttack) |
|
Bali Yatra |
Kartika Purnima |
2 November |
Cuttack, Paradeep, Konark & Balugaon (Chilika)
|
|
Parab (Tribal Festival) |
- |
16-18 November |
Koraput |
|
Beach Festival |
- |
23- 27 November |
Puri |
|
Konark Dance Festival |
- |
1 –5 December |
Konark |
