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• FestivalAnnual

  Durga Puja in Kolkata

  For five days each autumn Kolkata becomes an open-air exhibition of temporary art, installed street by street.

  When

  September or October, on the Hindu lunar calendar

  Where

  Kolkata, West Bengal

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  Hornbill Festival

  Nagaland's tribes gather at Kisama for ten days of dance, music, craft and food each December.

  When

  Early December, usually the first ten days

  Where

  Kohima, Nagaland

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  Pushkar Camel Fair

  A livestock fair beside a Rajasthani pilgrimage lake that grew into one of India's largest annual gatherings.

  When

  Around Kartik Purnima, usually in November

  Where

  Ajmer, Rajasthan

• The North

  Himalayan passes, Mughal cities and the plains the Ganga built.

  9 states & UTs

• The South

  Temple towns, backwaters, filter coffee and two coastlines.

  6 states & UTs

• The East

  Delta country, coal and steel towns, and a deep literary streak.

  4 states & UTs

• The West

  Desert forts, salt flats, the Ghats and the country’s busiest port cities.

  5 states & UTs

• The Northeast

  Eight states, hundreds of communities, and the wettest places on earth.

  8 states & UTs

• Central India

  Tiger forests, rock shelters and the temple carvings of the Chandelas.

  2 states & UTs

• The Islands

  Two archipelagos, one in the Bay of Bengal and one in the Arabian Sea.

  2 states & UTs

• Arunachal Pradesh1
• Assam1
• Gujarat1
• Karnataka1
• Kerala1
• Nagaland1
• Odisha1
• Rajasthan2
• West Bengal1

Every other state and union territory is listed too — they are just waiting on their first submission.