Event Calander

Sl. No.	Name of the Fair/Festival	Day and Month as per Lunar Calendar	Date and month	Important places of observance
1.	Dhanu Yatra	Eleven days preceding Pausa Purnima	24 December to 3 January	Bargarh (Distr. Bargarh)
2.	Folk Dance Festival	-	4 - 6 January	Sambalpur
3.	Makar Mela	Makar Sankranti	14 January	Atri, Kalijai (Chilika), Jagatsinghpur, Jashipur, etc
4.	Kalahandi Utsav	-	14-17 January	Bhawanipatna
5.	Saraswati Puja	Magha Sukla Panchami	23 January	Throughout Orissa
6.	Adivasi Mela (Tribal Festival)	-	26–31 January	Bhubaneswar
7.	Magha Saptami	Magha Sukla Saptami	24 –25 January	Chandrabhaga (Konark)
8.	Khandagiri Mela	One week from Magha Sukla Saptami	25 –31 January	Khandagiri-Udayagiri
9.	Joranda Mela	Magha Sukla   Chaturdashi	31 January	Joranda (Dist.Dhenkanal)
10.	Kalinga Mahotsav	-	4 - 5 February	Dhauli, Bhubaneswar
11.	Maha Shivaratri	Falguna Krushna Chaturdashi	16 February	Bhubaneswar, Kapilas, Mahendragiri, Sarankul, Aradi, Huma, Khiching,etc.
12.	Konark Dance and Music Festival	-	19 –23 February	Konark
13.	Dola & Holi	Falguna Purnima and the day following	3 –4 March	Throughout Orissa
14.	Taratarini Yatra	2nd and 3rd Tuesday of Chaitra	6 & 13 March	Taratarini Pitha (Dist. Ganjam)
15.	Ashokastami	Chaitra Sukla Astami	26 March	Bhubaneswar
16.	Sriram Navami	Chaitra Sukla Navami	26 March	Bhubaneswar, Odagaon and Saptasajya
17.	Jhamu Yatra	Last Tuesday of Chaitra	27 March	Kakatpur (Dist.Puri)
18.	Utkal Divas	-	1 April	Bhubaneswar and other places
19.	Chaitra Parba  Chhow Festival	Three days preceding Maha Bishuba Sankranti	12 –14 April	Baripada (Dist. Mayurbhanj)
20.	Chadak Mela	Three days preceding Maha Bishuba Sankranti	12 –14 April	Chandaneswar (Dist-Balasore)
21.	Nrusimhanath Mela	Baisakha Sukla Chaturdashi	30 April	Nrusimhanath and Harishankar
22.	Sitalasasthi	Jyestha Sukla Sasthi	20 June	Sambalpur
23.	Snana Yatra	Jyestha Purnima	30 June	Puri
24.	Raja Parba	One day before and after Raja Sankranti	14 –16th June	Puri, Cuttack, Keonjhar and other places
25.	Rath Yatra	Asadha Sukla Dwitiya	16 July	Puri,Kendrapara, Baripada, Berhampur and throughout Orissa
26.	Jhulana Yatra	Sraban Sukla Dasami to Purnami	23 - 28 August	Puri and Ali (Kendrapara
27.	Biswakarma Puja	Kanya Sankranti	17 September	Throughout Orissa
28.	Ganesh Puja	Bhadrab Sukla Chaturthi	15 September	Paradeep Throughout Orissa
29.	Nuakhai	Bhadrab Sukla Panchami	16 September	Orissa in general and western part of Orissa in particular
30.	Durga Puja	Aswina Sukla Saptami to Dasami	18 –21 October	Orissa in general and Cuttack in particular
31.	Gajalaxmi Puja (Kumar Purnima)	Aswina Purnima	25 –31 October	Dhenkanal and kendrapara Town
32.	Mondei	-	1-3 November	Nawarangapur
33.	Vedavyas Sangeet Nrutya Utsav	-	1-5 November	Rourkela
34.	Deepavali	Kartika Amabasya	9 November	Throughout Orissa
35.	Anla Navami	Kartika Sukla Navami	19 November	Sakhigopal  (Dist-Puri)
36.	Bada Osha	Kartika Sukla Chaturdashi	23 November	Dhabaleswar (Dist-Cuttack)
37.	Bali Yatra	Kartika Purnima	24 November	Cuttack, Paradeep, Konark & Balugaon (Chilika)
38.	Parab (Tribal Festival)	-	16 –18 November	Koraput
39.	Beach Festival	-	23 – 27 November	Puri
40.	Konark Dance Festival	-	1 –5 December	Konark

About Odisha

Odisha borders on the Bay of Bengal. The eastern part, close to the sea is more prosperous, with a lot of tourist locations and religious places. The western part is a hilly and forested area, generally drought prone. It is a predominantly tribal belt. However, the western part of the state contains enormous volumes of iron ore and other minerals that promises to herald a major industrialisation of the state.

It is a culturally rich state. The Bhubaneswar-Puri-Konark golden triangle is the pride of the state.

Traditionally, Odisha descended from the historical kingdom of Kalinga. The script for the Odiya language derives from the Kalinga script which is one of the descendants of the Brahmi script.

A tour to Orissa is definitely going to be a memorable experience for those who want to enjoy the charm of this magnificent state. There are many famous tourist attractions in Orissa and you will discover much more about Orissa through its various historical sites and religious places.