| 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, Jashipur, etc |
| 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 |
Magha Sukla 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 |
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