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List of festivals in West Bengal

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West Bengal celebrates many holidays and festivals. The Bengali proverb "Baro Mase Tero Parbon" ("Thirteen festivals in twelve months") indicates the abundance of festivities in the state. Throughout the Bengali calendar, many festivals are celebrated. Durga Puja is solemnized as perhaps the most significant of all celebrations in West Bengal. Here is a list of the main festivals of West Bengal.


Main Festivals

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• Kalpataru Utsab ??????? ???? - January 1 of every year is celebrated as Kalpataru Day at Dakshineshwar and Kossipore Uddyanbati.
• 21 February - Bengali language Day ???? ????
• Poila Boishakh ??????
• Guru Purnima ???? ????????
• Bhai Phonta ??? ????
• Kali Puja ???? ????
• Lakshmi Puja ????? ????
• Dolyatra ????????
• Eid-ul-Fitr ???? ??
• Eid-ul-Adha ???? ??
• Ganesh Chaturthi ???? ???????
• Gaura Purnima ?? ????????
• Vishwakarma Puja ?????????? ????
• Durga Puja ??????????
• Indian Independence Day ????????? ????
• Jagadhhatri Puja ?????????? ????
• Janmashtami ??????????
• Nandotsav ???? ????
• Nazrul Jayanti ????? ???????
• Maghotsav of Brahmo Samaj ??? ????
• Mahalaya ???????
• May Day ?? ????
• Muharram ????
• Paush Parban ?? ??????
• Poila Falgun ?????? ???????
• Rabindra Jayanti ???????? ???????
• Death Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore ????????????? ?????? ????
• Sri Ramakrishna Jayanti ???????? ???????
• Rathayatra ?? ??????
• Rakhi Bandhan ???? ?????
• 26 January- Republic Day ??????????? ????
• Saraswati Puja ??????? ????
• Kojagari Lakhsmi Puja ??????
• Shivaratri ?????????
• Birthday of Netaji ?????? ???????
• Birthday of Swami Vivekananda ?????????? ???????
• Ramnavami ??? ????
• Raasjatra ??? ??????
• Jhulanjatra ???? ??????
• Christmas ??? ???

Other Festivals

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• Akshay Tritiya
• Bhadu
• Gandheswari Puja
• Guptipara Rathayatra
• Nabanna
• Shakta Rash
• Buddha Purnima
• Jamai Shasthi
• Death Anniversary of Lokenath Brahmachari
• Ganga Dussehra
• Gangasagar fair and pilgrimage
• Snana Yatra
• Bipattarini Brata
• Jhulan Yatra
• Bhadrotsav of Brahmo Samaj
• Viswakarma Puja
• Annakut Utsab
• Kartik Puja
• Itu Puja
• Basanti Puja
• Charak Puja
• Rathayatra of Mahesh
• Gajan
• Good Friday
• Basanta Utsav

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