1.

Dhanu Yatra  

Eleven days preceding Pausa Purnima  

4-14 January

Bargarh (Distr. Bargarh)  

2.

Folk Dance Festival  

-  

4 - 6 January

Sambalpur  

3.

Makar Mela  

Makar Sankranti  

14 January, Sunday

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

4.

Kalahandi Utsav

-

14-17 January

Bhawanipatna

5.

Saraswati Puja  

Magha Sukla Panchami  

31 January

Throughout Orissa   

6.

Adivasi Mela (Tribal Festival)  

-  

26–31 January

Bhubaneswar  

7.

Magha Saptami  

Magha Sukla Saptami  

13 January

Chandrabhaga (Konark)  

8.

Khandagiri Mela  

One week from Magha Sukla Saptami  

4 –10 February

Khandagiri-Udayagiri  

9.

Joranda Mela  

Magha Sukla   Chaturdashi  

11 February

Joranda (Dist.Dhenkanal)  

10.

Kalinga Mahotsav

-

4 - 5 February

Dhauli, Bhubaneswar

11.

Maha Shivaratri

Falguna Krushna Chaturdashi  

23 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  

11,12 March

Throughout Orissa  

14.

Taratarini Yatra  

2nd and 3rd Tuesday of Chaitra

21 & 28 March

Taratarini Pitha (Dist. Ganjam)  

15.

Ashokastami  

Chaitra Sukla Astami  

2 April

Bhubaneswar  

16.

Sriram Navami  

Chaitra Sukla Navami  

14 April

Bhubaneswar, Odagaon and Saptasajya  

17.

Jhamu Yatra  

Last Tuesday of Chaitra  

11 April

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

11 May

Nrusimhanath and Harishankar  

22.

Sitalasasthi  

Jyestha Sukla Sasthi  

8 June

Sambalpur  

23.

Snana Yatra  

Jyestha Purnima  

18 June

Puri  

24.

Raja Parba  

One day before and after Raja Sankranti  

14 –16 June

Puri, Cuttack, Keonjhar and other places  

25.

Rath Yatra  

Asadha Sukla Dwitiya  

4 July, Friday

Puri,Kendrapara, Baripada, Berhampur and throughout Orissa  

26.

Jhulana Yatra  

Sraban Sukla Dasami to Purnami  

11 August

Puri and 
Ali (Kendrapara

27.

Biswakarma Puja  

Kanya Sankranti  

16 September

Throughout Orissa  

28.

Ganesh Puja  

Bhadrab Sukla Chaturthi  

3 September

Paradeep 
Throughout Orissa  

29.

Nuakhai  

Bhadrab Sukla Panchami  

4 September

Orissa in general and western part of Orissa in particular  

30.

Durga Puja   

Aswina Sukla Saptami to Dasami  

9 October

Orissa in general and Cuttack in particular  

31.

Gajalaxmi Puja (Kumar Purnima)  

Aswina Purnima  

14 October, Tuesday

Dhenkanal and 
kendrapara Town  

32.

Mondei  

-

1-3 November

Nawarangapur

33.

Vedavyas Sangeet Nrutya Utsav 

 -

1-5 November

Rourkela

34.

Deepavali  

Kartika Amabasya  

28 October Tuesday

Throughout Orissa  

35.

Anla Navami  

Kartika Sukla Navami  

7 November

Sakhigopal  (Dist-Puri)

36.

Bada Osha  

Kartika Sukla Chaturdashi  

11 November, Tuesday

Dhabaleswar (Dist-Cuttack)

37.

Bali Yatra  

Kartika Purnima  

24th November, Saturday

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