Harvest festivals of India

Harvest Festivals Name

States in which it is Celebrated

Day

Significance

Lohri

Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

13th January

• Marks the end of the winter season.
• Folk form

Makar Sankranti

Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal, West Bengal, Punjab.

Usually on 14th of January

• Marks the rotation of the sun from Sagittarius to Capricorn

Pongal

Tamil Nadu

January 14

( First day of Tamil month “Thai”

• Pogi, Surya Pongal , Mattu Pongal , Kannum Pongal.

Magh Bihu

Assam

January

• The end of the harvesting season and the beginning of the Assamese new year
• Rongali' or 'Bohag Bihu' observed in April,
•  'Kongali' or 'Kati Bihu' observed in October or November.

Onam

Kerala

Malayalam month of Chingam (August-September)

• Marks the homecoming of King Mahabali.

Baisakhi

Punjab, parts of Haryana & Delhi

13th or 14th of April every year.

Marks the beginning of the new agricultural season.

Nuakhai

Odisha

Panchami Tithi of the lunar month of Bhadraba (August-September).

• Beginning of the new crop season

Vaisakha

Bihar

Sixth day of the Hindu month of Kartik (October-November)

• People offer arghya (water) to the sun god, take a holy dip in rivers

Hemis

Ladakh

June-July every year

• It is celebrated in the Hemis Monastery
• Marks the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism.

Dree

Arunachal Pradesh

July 5th in the Ziro area of Arunachal Pradesh

• Important time of year for the Apatani tribe.

Hornbill

Nagaland

First week of December.

• Dedicated to the Hornbill bird, which is sacred to the Nagas.
• Hornbill International Rock Festival.

Nabanna

West Bengal

On the day of Vishwakarma Puja in the Hindu month of Bhadra (August-September)

The deity is offered the first crop of the season and a feast consisting of rice, fish curry, and sweets.