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Delhi
Special Events

Special Events

Delhi

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Lohri
13 January
Hindu festival celebrated with bonfires.
Throughout the city

Republic Day
Week beginning 26 January
A week of celebration, beginning with a military parade along Rajpath.

Martyr's Day
30 January
Commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination. A guard of honour stands to attention at Raj Ghat.
Celebrations throughout the city

Holi
Late February/early March
Hindu festival celebrating the onset of spring. People merrily run through the streets bombarding anyone in sight with brightly coloured powder and water.
Throughout the city

Baisakhi
Mid April
Sikh festival.
Throughout the city

Mango festival
July
Festival celebrating the mango, with hundreds of varieties of mango on show, food stalls and mango-eating competitions.
Talkatora Gardens

Janamashtami
12 August
Anniversary of Krishna's birth.
Throughout the city, but most ostentatiously at Lakshmi Narayan Mandir

Independence Day
15 August
National holiday.
Throughout the city

Dusshera
October
Hindu festival.
Throughout the city

Navratri
October
Hindu festival.
Throughout the city

Diwali
October/November
The most pan-Indian of Hindu festivals (coinciding with the onset of the Hindu and Jain new year) symbolises the victory of righteousness and the lifting of spiritual darkness by commemorating Lord Rama's return to his kingdom, Ayodhya, after his 14-year exile.
Throughout the city

Qutb Festival
October/November
Three-day festival of classical music and dance.
Qutb Minar

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