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Kind

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
HeritageAnnual
Hampi Utsav
Music and dance staged among the ruins of Vijayanagara, on the boulder-strewn banks of the Tungabhadra.
When
Usually held in the cooler months; dates are announced by the state each year
Where
Vijayanagara, Karnataka
FestivalAnnual
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
LiteratureAnnual
Jaipur Literature Festival
A free-to-attend literary festival in Rajasthan's capital, running multiple stages across several days.
When
Usually January
Where
Jaipur, Rajasthan
HeritageAnnual
Konark Dance Festival
Indian classical dance performed on an open-air stage beside Odisha's thirteenth-century Sun Temple.
When
Usually early December
Where
Puri, Odisha
FestivalAnnual
Onam
Kerala's harvest festival — flower carpets, a vegetarian feast served on a banana leaf, and snake-boat races.
When
August or September, on the Malayalam calendar
Where
Thrissur, Kerala
FestivalAnnual
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
FestivalAnnual
Rann Utsav
A months-long tent city on the white salt desert of the Great Rann of Kutch, timed to the dry season.
When
Roughly November to February, across the dry months
Where
Kutch, Gujarat
FestivalAnnual
Rongali Bihu
Assam's spring new-year festival — husori singing, dhol and pepa, and a week of community gatherings.
When
Mid-April, at the start of the Assamese new year
Where
Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam
MusicAnnual
Ziro Music Festival
An outdoor independent-music festival staged in a Himalayan valley of paddy fields in Arunachal Pradesh.
When
Typically late September
Where
Lower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh