List of festivals in West Bengal

West Bengal celebrates many holidays and festivals. The Bengali proverb “Baro Mase Tero Parbon” (“Thirteen festivals in twelve months”) indicates the abundant of festivity in the state. In West Bengal throughout the year many festivals are celebrated. Durga Puja is solemnized as perhaps the most significant of all celebrations in Bengal. Here is a list of the main festivals of West Bengal.

Main Festivals

Gandhi Birthday

• 21 February - Bengali language Day
• Bengali New Year
• Bhai Phonta
• Christmas
• Kali Puja/Lakshmi Puja
• Dolyatra
• Durga Puja
• Eid-ul-Fitr
• Eid-uj-Zoha
• Ganesh Chaturthi
• Guru Purnima
• Indian Independence Day
• Jagadhhatri Puja
• Janmashtami
• Kalpataru Utsab
• Birthday of Kazi Nazrul Islam
• Maghotsab of Brahma Samaj
• Mahalaya
• May Day
• Muharram
• Paush Parban
• Pohela Falgun
• Birthday of Rabindranath Tagore
• Death Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore
• Sri Ramakrishna Jayanti
• Rathayatra
• Raksha Bandhan
• 26 January- Republic Day
• Saraswati Puja
• Kojagari Lakhsmi Puja
• Shivaratri
• Birthday Of Swami Vivekananda

Other Festivals

• Akshay Tritiya
• Gandheswari Puja
• Buddha Purnima
• Jamai Shasthi
• Death Anniversary of Loknath Brahmachari
• Ganga Dussehra
• Snana Yatra
• Bipattarini Brata
• Jhulan Yatra
• Bhadrotsab of Brahma Samaj
• Shab-e-Barat
• Viswakarma Puja
• Annakut Utsab
• Kartik Puja
• Itu Puja
• Basanti Puja
• Charak Puja
• Rathayatra of Mahesh
• Gajan
• Good Friday
• Ambedkar Jayanti
• Milad-un-nabi
• Basanta Utsav

References

• Indian Festival