September

Onam (Kerala) September 2

Celebrated to honour the ancient demon King Mahabali, as also to greet harvest time, Onam is an important day. Decorating one’s house with flowers, preparing extravagant meals are some of the many things done during these 10-day long festivities. There are snake boat races too along the backwaters.

Navratri Festival (Across Gujarat) September 19 – 27

Colorful Gujarat goes dancing prior to Dussehra! They call it Navratri here and everyone is seen doing the lively garba and dandiya folk dances.

Id-ul-Fitr (Across India) September 21

This day marks the end of the holy month of Ramzan, the month of fasting and prayers. Time for families to feast and pray together.