Festivals in February 2024

Festivals in February

• Elephanta Festival (February 13th, 2024 )- This is a festival that is held on the elephant island that is close to the famous Elephanta caves. Music and dance forms presented in the festival are the main attraction of this festival. This festival will take place from February 13, 2024, to February 15, 2024.


• Desert Festival (February 22, 2024 to February 24, 2024) - This is a three-day festival that is marked by music and festivities in the city of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. There are several programs in music and dance that are held during this time of the festival along with competitions and trips on camel backs to see the desert dunes. This festival will take place from February 22, 2024, to February 24, 2024.


• Taj Mahotsav (February 18, 2024, to February 27, 2024) - This is a ten-day event that is an occasion of International celebrations. It attracts a great number of tourists as well. It is a platform for dance, music, poetry along with the display of art and crafts from all regions of India. This festival will start from February 18, 2024, to February 27, 2024.


• Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti (19 February 2024)- The birth anniversary of Maratha ruler Shivaji is celebrated as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti of Shivaji Jayanti. Every year on February 19, Shivaji Jayanti is observed in memory of the creator of the Maratha Kingdom. The great Maratha celebrates his 392 birthday this year. Chhatrapati Shivaji was one of India's most courageous, progressive, and enlightened emperors.


• Deccan Festival (February 25th, 2024 ) - This festival takes place in Hyderabad. It is marked by programs in ghazals qawwalis and mushairas. There is a similar celebration that takes place in two other famous attractions of this south Indian city - food and pearls. This festival will take place in Hyderabad between February 25, 2024.


• National Kite Festival (08 February 2024) - The beginning of the harvest season is marked by the National Kite Festival in Gujarat. Thousands of colourful kites fill the horizons of the sky. There are competitions too that are held for flying kites; one such competition is the National Kite Festival. This Kite festival attracts a lot of tourists every year and is monitored by Gujarat Tourism. The official celebration of the Kite Festival or Uttarayan will begin on January 06, 2022, and will end on January 14, 2022.
  
  
• Basant Panchami (14 February 2024)- Basant Panchami is a festival that marks the beginning of the spring season. It is celebrated mainly in the eastern parts of India. In West Bengal, it is celebrated as Saraswati Puja This year, it will be celebrated on February 14, 2024.