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| Event Calender Year of 2008 |
| Sl. No. | Name of the Fair/Festival |
Day and Month as per Lunar Calendar | Date and month | Important places of observance |
| 1. | Folk Dance Festival |
- |
4-6 January | Sambalpur |
| 2. | Dhanu Yatra | Eleven days preceding Pausa Purnima |
11-22 January | Bargarh (Dist. Bargarh) |
| 3. | Makar Mela | Makar Sankranti | 15 January | Atri, Kalijai (Chilika), Jagatsinghpur, Jashipur, etc |
| 4. | Kalahandi Utsav | - |
15-17 January | Bhawanipatna |
| 5. | Saraswati Puja | Magha Sukla Panchami |
11 February | Throughout Orissa |
| 6. | Adivasi Mela (Tribal Festival) | - |
26–31 January | Bhubaneswar |
| 7. | Magha Saptami | Magha Sukla Saptami | 12 –13 February |
Chandrabhaga (Konark) |
| 8. | Khandagiri Mela | One week from Magha Sukla Saptami | 13–20 February | Khandagiri-Udayagiri,Bhubaneswar |
| 9. | National Kharvel Festival | - |
13-20 February | Khandagiri (Bhubaneswar) |
| 10. | Ekamra – The Temple City Festival | - |
15th – 28th February |
Bhubaneswar |
| 11. | Joranda Mela | Magha Sukla Chaturdashi | 19 February | Joranda (Dist.Dhenkanal) |
| 12. | Konark Dance and Music Festival | - |
19 –21 February | Konark |
| 13. | Maha Sivaratri | Falgun Krushna Chaturdashi | 6 March | Bhubaneswar, Kapilash, Sarankul, Mahendragiri, Aradi, Huma, Khiching,etc. |
| 14. | Dola & Holi | Falguna Purnima and the day following | 21 –22 March | Throughout Orissa |
| 16. | Taratarini Yatra | 2nd and 3rd Tuesday of Chaitra | 1 & 8 April | Taratarini Pitha (Dist. Ganjam) |
| 17. | Chaitra Parba Chhow Festival | Three days preceding Maha Bishuba Sankranti | 11 –13 April | Baripada (Dist. Mayurbhanj) |
| 18. | Chadak Mela | Three days preceding Maha Bishuba Sankranti | 11 –13 April | Chandaneswar (Dist-Balasore) |
| 19. | Ashokastami | Chaitra Sukla Astami | 13 April | Bhubaneswar |
| 20. | Sriram Navami | Chaitra Sukla Navami | 14 April | Bhubaneswar, Odagaon and Saptasajya |
| 21. | Jhamu Yatra | Last Tuesday of Chaitra | 15 April | Kakatpur (Dist.Puri) |
| 22. | Nrusimhanath Mela | Baisakha Sukla Chaturdashi | 18 May | Nrusimhanath and Harishankar |
| 23. | Sitalasasthi | Jyestha Sukla Sasthi | 8 June | Sambalpur, Bhubaneswar |
| 24. | Snana Yatra | Jyestha Purnima | 18 June | Puri |
| 26. | Bahuda Yatra | Asadha Sukla Dasami | 12 Jule | Puri, Kendrapara, Baripada, Berhampur and other parts of Orissa |
| 27. | Jhulana Yatra | Sraban Sukla Dasami to Purnami | 11 –16 August | Puri |
| 28. | Ganesh Puja | Bhadrab Sukla Chaturthi | 3 September | Throughout Orissa |
| 29. | Nuakhai | Bhadrab Sukla Panchami | 4 September | Western part of Orissa |
| 30. | Biswakarma Puja | Kanya Sankranti | 16 September | Throughout Orissa |
| 31. | Durga Puja | Aswina Sukla Saptami to Dasami | 6-9 October | Orissa in general and Cuttack in particular |
| 32. | Kumar Purnima | Aswina Purnima | 14 October | Throughout Orissa |
| 33. | Gajalaxmi Puja | One week from Aswina Purnima | 14-20 October | Dhenkanal Town |
| 34. | Kali Puja | One week from Kartika Amabasya | 28 October | Bhadrak |
| 35. | Vedavyas Sangeet Nrutya Utsav | - |
1-5 November | Rourkela |
| 36. | Mondei | - |
1-5 November | Nawarangapur |
| 37. | Anla Navami | Kartika Sukla Navami | 7 November | Sakhigopal (Dist-Puri) |
| 38. | Bada Osha | Kartika Sukla Chaturdashi | 11 November | Dhabaleswar (Dist-Cuttack) |
| 39. | Bali Yatra | Kartika Purnima | 13 November | Cuttack, Paradeep, Konark & Balugaon (Chilika) |
| 40. | Parab (Tribal Festival) | - |
16 –18 November | Koraput |
| 41. | Puri,Beach Festival | - |
23 – 27 November | Puri |
| 42. | Konark Dance Festival | - | 1 –5 December | Konark |
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