Festivals

Kataragama Esala Festival: Sri Lanka’s Most Fearless Act of Devotion (July/August 2026)

In the sacred town of Kataragama in southern Sri Lanka, something extraordinary unfolds each year under the Esala full moon. For fourteen nights, one of Asia’s oldest and most visceral festivals draws over half a million pilgrims from every faith in a

May 25, 2026

Festivals·India

Pulikali: The Day Thrissur Turns into a Parade of Tigers (29 August 2026)

Most harvest festivals are solemn affairs. Pulikali is not. On the fourth day of Onam each year, the streets of Thrissur fill with hundreds of men painted head to toe as tigers and leopards, shaking their bellies and dancing to the thunderous

May 25, 2026

Bhutan·Festivals·Top Stories

Ura Yakchoe: A Sacred Unveiling (28 Apr – 2 May)

In the quiet valley of Ura Valley, life moves gently through most of the year. But with the arrival of Ura Yakchoe, the stillness gives way to a sense of shared anticipation. Held at the village temple, this festival centres around a

April 29, 2026

Festivals·India·Top Stories

Hemis Festival: Masks and Memory (24-25th June)

High in the mountains of Ladakh, where the landscape feels almost otherworldly, the courtyards of Hemis Monastery come alive with quiet intensity during the Hemis Festival. Celebrated in honour of Guru Padmasambhava, the festival dates back to the 8th century, when he

April 29, 2026

Festivals·India·Top Stories

Rath Yatra: Chariots of Devotion (16th July)

In the coastal town of Puri, the mood begins to change days before anything moves. People gather slowly, conversations soften, and the streets start to feel like they are waiting. By the time Rath Yatra arrives, the town is already in motion.

April 29, 2026

Bhutan·Festivals

Rhododendron Festival in Bhutan (13- 14 April 2026)

Set in the pristine highlands of Bhutan, the Rhododendron Festival celebrates the kingdom’s extraordinary floral wealth. Hosted at Lamperi Botanical Park, it coincides with the annual bloom of over 40 rhododendron species, carpeting the mountains in vivid spring colour. The most recent

April 14, 2026

Festivals·Nepal

Bisket Jatra: Nepal’s Most Dramatic New Year (10 – 18 April 2026)

Every April, the ancient city of Bhaktapur comes alive in a way that is difficult to put into words. Bisket Jatra, or Biska Jatra as the Newar community knows it, is a nine-day festival centred around the Nepali New Year, which in

April 14, 2026

Festivals·Sri Lanka

Sinhala and Tamil New Year (Aluth Avurudda/Puthandu) – 14 April 2026

The Sinhala and Tamil New Year, known as Aluth Awurudda in Sinhala and Puththandu in Tamil, falls on 14 April 2026 and is observed by both Sinhala Buddhists and Tamil Hindus across Sri Lanka. It is, by any measure, the island’s most

April 14, 2026

Festivals·India

Thrissur Pooram (26 April 2026)

There is no festival in Kerala quite like Thrissur Pooram and arguably, nothing in India that matches its particular combination of devotion, spectacle, and sound. Every year on a single day in April, the ancient Vadakkunnathan Temple becomes the stage for one

April 14, 2026

Festivals·India

Baisakhi: A Harvest of Joy and Prosperity (14 April 2026)

Few festivals in India hold as many threads at once as Baisakhi. On the same day each April, Punjab celebrates the wheat harvest, marks the Sikh New Year, and honours one of the most defining moments in Sikh history, the founding of

April 7, 2026

Kataragama Esala Festival: Sri Lanka’s Most Fearless Act of Devotion (July/August 2026)

Pulikali: The Day Thrissur Turns into a Parade of Tigers (29 August 2026)

Ura Yakchoe: A Sacred Unveiling (28 Apr – 2 May)

Hemis Festival: Masks and Memory (24-25th June)

Rath Yatra: Chariots of Devotion (16th July)

Rhododendron Festival in Bhutan (13- 14 April 2026)

Bisket Jatra: Nepal’s Most Dramatic New Year (10 – 18 April 2026)

Sinhala and Tamil New Year (Aluth Avurudda/Puthandu) – 14 April 2026

Thrissur Pooram (26 April 2026)

Baisakhi: A Harvest of Joy and Prosperity (14 April 2026)

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