1.

Dhanu Yatra  

Eleven days preceding Pausa Purnima  

1-11 January

Bargarh (Distr. Bargarh)  

2.

Folk Dance Festival  

-  

4 - 6 January

Sambalpur  

3.

Ekamra - The Temple City Festival

• Kalinga Mahotsav

• Mukteswar Dance Festival

• Rajarani Music Festival

-

10th – 20th January

10h – 11th January

14th – 16th January

18th – 20th January

4.

Makar Mela  

Makar Sankranti  

14 January

Atri, Kalijai (Chilika), Jagatsinghpur, Jashipur, etc  

5.

Kalahandi Utsav

-

14-17 January

Bhawanipatna

6.

Shreekshetra Utsav

• Shree Jayadev Odissi Sangeet Samaroh

• Odissi Food Festival

-

25 - 31 January

7.

Adivasi Mela (Tribal Festival)  

-  

26–31 January

Bhubaneswar(Adibasi Ground)

8.

Saraswati Puja  

Magha Sukla Panchami  

31 January

Throughout Orissa   

9.

Magha Saptami  

Magha Sukla Saptami  

1 –2 February

Chandrabhaga (Konark)  

10.

Khandagiri Mela & Kharavela Mahotsav

One week from Magha Sukla Saptami  

2 –8 February

Khandagiri-Udayagiri , Bhubaneswar

11.

Joranda Mela  

3 days from Magha Sukla   Chaturdashi  

8-10 February

Joranda (Dist.Dhenkanal)  

12.

Konark Dance and Music Festival   

-

19 –23 February

Konark Natya Mandap , Konark

13.

Maha Shivaratri

Falguna Krushna Chaturdashi  

23 February

Bhubaneswar, Kapilas, Mahendragiri, Sarankul, Aradi, Huma, Khiching,etc.  

14.

Dola & Holi(Festival of colours)  

Falguna Purnima and the day following  

11 –12 March

Throughout Orissa  

15.

Taratarini Yatra

2nd and 3rd Tuesday of Chaitra

17 & 24 March

Taratarini Pitha (Dist. Ganjam)  

16.

Utkal Divas   

-  

1 April

Bhubaneswar and other places

17.

Ashokastami(Ratha Yatra) 

Chaitra Sukla Astami  

3 April

Bhubaneswar (Lingaraj Temple) 

18.

Sriram Navami  

Chaitra Sukla Navami  

3 April

Bhubaneswar, Odagaon and Saptasajya  

19.

Jhamu Yatra  

Last Tuesday of Chaitra  

7 April

Kakatpur (Dist.Puri)  

20.

Chaitra Parba (Chhow Festival)

Three days preceding Maha Bishuba Sankranti  

11 –13 April

Baripada  
(Dist. Mayurbhanj)  

21.

 Chadak Mela

Three days preceding Maha Bishuba Sankranti   

11 –13 April

Chandaneswar
(Dist-Balasore)

22.

Nrusimhanath Mela  

Baisakha Sukla Chaturdashi

7 May

Nrusimhanath and Harishankar  

23.

  Sitalasasthi  

Jyestha Sukla Sasthi  

29 May

Sambalpur  

24.

Snana Yatra  

Jyestha Purnima

7 June

 Puri  

25.

Raja Parba  

One day before and after Raja Sankranti    

14 –16 June

Puri, Cuttack, Keonjhar and other places  

26.

Rath Yatra (Sri Gundicha Yatra)

Asadha Sukla Dwitiya

24 June

Puri,Kendrapara, Baripada and other places  

27.

Rath Yatra ( Bahuda Yatra)

  Asadha Sukla Dasami  

2 July

Puri,Kendrapara, Baripada and other places  

28.

Jhulana Yatra  

Sraban Sukla Dasami to Purnami  

31 July- 6 August

Puri, Shree Jagannath Temple

29.

Ganesh Puja  

Bhadrab Sukla Chaturthi  

23 August

Throughout Orissa  

30.

Nuakhai  

Bhadrab Sukla Panchami  

24 August

Western part of Orissa 

31.

Biswakarma Puja  

Kanya Sankranti  

17 September

Throughout Orissa  

32.

Gajalaxmi Puja (Kumar Purnima)  

Aswina Purnima  

3 –9 October

Dhenkanal and 
kendrapara Town  

33.

Deepavali (Diwali)

Kartika Amabasya  

17 October

Throughout Orissa  

 34.

Durga Puja   

Aswina Sukla Saptami to Dasami  

25 –28 October

Cuttack and other places 

35.

Anla Navami  

Kartika Sukla Navami  

27 October

Sakhigopal  (Dist-Puri)

36.

Mondei (Tribal Festival) 

-

1-3 November

Nawarangapur

37.

Vedavyas Sangeet Nrutya Utsav 

 -

1-5 November

Rourkela

38.

Bada Osha  

Kartika Sukla Chaturdashi  

1 November

Dhabaleswar (Dist-Cuttack)

39.

Rasa Purnima

 Kartika Purnima

2 November

Cuttack, Paradeep, Konark & Balugaon (Chilika)

 40.

Bali Yatra  

Ten Days from Kartika Purnima  

2-11 November

Cuttack

41.

Parab (Tribal Festival)  

-  

16-18 November

Koraput  

42.

Beach Festival 

 -

23- 27 November

Puri

43.

Konark Festival

-  

1 –5 December

Konark

44.

  Toshali National Craft Mela

-

15 –27 December

Bhubaneswar