Festivals in March
Different festivals in India are celebrated each month of the year. March invites one of the most colourful
festivals. The following festivals are the events that are scheduled for March.
Goa Carnival (March 1, 2025, to March 4, 2025) - A famous festival of Goa that continues for three days. The occasion is marked by very colourful processions and floats that are taken out during this time.
This festival marks the celebration of the culture and cuisine of Goa. This festival will take place
throughout Goa from March 1, 2025, to March 4, 2025.
Float Festival (09 March 2025 to 13 March 2025) - This beautiful festival is celebrated in Madurai during nighttime on a full moon in the Tamil month of Thai. The bejewelled deities of the Meenakshi
temple are taken on a procession. Afterwards, they are floated on a decorated and lamp lit raft in a tank.
This festival begins in mid of March.
Paripally Gajamela (09 March 2025) - This is another festival of Kerala that witnesses a procession of 50 richly decorated elephants. It is part of an offering that is made to the Goddess of Paripally Kodimootil
Sri Bhadrakali temple.
Holi (14 March 2025) - This festival is better known as the 'festival of colours, which is celebrated by the people of the entire country. People play with each other by sprinkling colours of different hues called 'gulal'. It signifies an end of evil and the commencement of happier days.
Gangaur Festival (15 March 2025 - 31 March 2025) - This is a festival of Rajasthan in which people worship Goddess Gauri who personifies purity and austerity. It is observed by women who gather in processions
marked by the traditional colour, gaiety, and music of Rajasthan.
Thirunakkara Arattu (24 March 2025)- One of the many temple festivals of Kerala, this goes on for ten days at the Thirunakkara Mahadeva temple. Elephant processions and the beat of the traditional drum sound are the characteristics of this festival. There are also traditional Kathakali performances and the peacock dance called Mayilattam in the course of the festival.
Attuvela Mahotsavam (31 March 2025) - This is a water carnival in Kerala. Illuminated canoes carrying temple replicas cruise through the waters up to the temple premises. Traditional temple percussion
music is also played. The centre of attraction is the colourful canoes other than the elephants.
Last Updated on : December 24, 2024
