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Delhi Events

Delhi 2012 events

March
08
Holi

Hindu festival of harvest and fertility when the streets of Delhi are overrun with people bombarding each other (and stray tourists) with brightly...

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April
01
Ramanavami

This hindu festival celebrates the birth of Lord Rama with processions, music, readings, and re-enactments of scenes from the Ramayana. Less...

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May
05
Buddha Jayanti Festival

Buddha Jayanti celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautam Buddha in different years. Buddhist sites in Delhi, most notably the Buddha...

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July
07
Mango Festival

Two-day festival celebrating the ubiquitous Indian mango fruit with quizzes, competitions, mango tasting and over 400 varieties of the fruit on...

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August
09
Janamashtami

Another important Hindu festival, Krishna Janmashtami, to give it its full name, marks the birth of Krishna, avatar of the deity Vishnu. At the...

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August
15
Independence Day

This national holiday commemorates India's independence from British rule on 15 August 1947. In the capital, it focuses on Delhi's spectacular Red...

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August
24
Raksha Bandhan

Festival dedicated to brothers and sisters. Sisters tie bracelets, known as rakhi (holy threads), around their brothers’ wrists and...

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September
28
Navratri

The nine-day Hindu Festival of Nine Lights celebrates the goddess Durga with dances, song and worship. It's one of the holiest of Hindu festivals...

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October
01
Indian Grand Prix

2011 marked the first Indian Grand Prix - taking place on a new purpose-built track in Greater Noida, 40km (25 miles) southeast of central Delhi,...

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October
16
Navratri

The nine-day Hindu Festival of Nine Lights celebrates the goddess Durga with dances, song and worship. It's one of the holiest of Hindu festivals...

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October
26
Diwali

The five-day Festival of Lights is the most important and pan-Indian of Hindu festivals, also marked by Jainists and Sikhs. It is celebrated by...

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October
28
Indian Grand Prix

The Formula 1 Grand Prix circus arrives in India for the first time in 2011, the race taking place on a new purpose-built track in Greater Noida,...

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November
13
Diwali

The five-day Festival of Lights is the most important and pan-Indian of Hindu festivals, also marked by Jainists and Sikhs. It is celebrated by...

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