This is a festival of Serpents. Live cobras or their images are worshipped By feeding them with milk. It is fairly common in Bengal and South India.

This is a day of mourning as it commemorates the martyrdom of prophet Mohammed's grandson, Hussain. Gorgeous replicas of the martyr's tomb are carried in procession through the streets while men beat their chests and wail as an expression of grief on the death of Hussain. The tazias (processions) of LUCKNOW and HYDERABAD are famous.

This is Lord Krishna's birthday celebrated at midnight all over the country. The main celebrations are held at MATHURA, his birthplace, where at the Krishna temple his birth is symbolically re-enacted. At BRINDABAN, adjoining Mathura, colourful Raslilas, song and dance dramas depicting the life of Lord Krishna, are performed all day and night. In Maharashtra and Gujarat, the celebrations include the breaking of earthen pots containing yoghurt or butter hung high up between poles and houses by men forming human pyramids. This is an act in imitation of the Lord who, as a child, often stole butter and yoghurt kept in earthen pots out of his reach.

This is a flower festival jointly celebrated by Hindus and Muslims as a symbol of communal harmony in the town of MEHRAULI, close to New Delhi. It is also called the Pankha festival because of the large  palm-leaf fans with flowers that are taken out in a procession led by fire-dancer.

This is the birthday of the elephant-headed, God, Lord Ganesh. He is worshipped on this day to remove obstacles and ensure smooth progress in all ventures during the year. In Maharashtra, especially in Mumbai, small, big and gigantic images of Lord Ganesh are worshipped for days, after which they are taken out in mammoth processions to the waterfront for Immersion. Thousands of idols carried by devotees in trucks or Specially constructed chariots are brought to the waterfront. Each locality vies with the other in displaying its idols.