Festival Month Deity

1

January

2

Shiva

3

Holi March

4

Rama

5

April

6

7

August -

8

Krishna

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Sarasvati Puja

Sarasvati

Saraswati curses Brahma

Maha Shiva Ratri

Feb/March

Stories of Shiva

Vishnu (Narasimha)

Prahlad and Narasimha (and Holika)

Rama Navami

Mar/April

Ramayana, especially Rama's birth

Hanuman Jayanti

Hanuman

Ramayana, especially later episodes

RathaYatra

June/July

Jagannatha

The proud merchant

Raksha Bandhana

Indra wears a rakhi

Janmashtami

Aug/Sept

Krishna's birth and childhood

9

Ganesh

10

11

October Rama

12

Diwali* Oct/Nov

Ganesh Chaturthi

Aug/Sept

How Ganesh received his head

Navaratri/Durga Puja

Sept/Oct

Shakti, Parvati

Durga kills Mahisha, and others

Dussehra

Ramayana

Lakshmi/Rama

Stories of Lakshmi/Ramayana