Greeting cards for India
76 holidays and observances locally associated with India.
The list below gathers every CardVerse occasion that Wikidata associates with India. It includes nationally observed public holidays, religious holidays of the country’s major faith communities, cultural festivals, and civic remembrance days. If you’re sending a card to someone in India, this page is a good shortcut for finding an occasion they’re likely to recognise immediately.
Some occasions appear under more than one country — widely shared holidays like New Year, Christmas and Mother’s Day may show up here even though they aren’t exclusive to India. For occasions that aren’t country-specific (birthdays, anniversaries, sympathy, friendship cards), see the categories index.
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
Accession Day
public holiday in Jammu and Kashmir, India
October 26 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Annual Accounts Closing
bank holiday in India
April 1 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Armed Forces Flag Day
Flag Day of India
December 7 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Arunachal Pradesh Statehood Day
Holiday celebrating Arunachal Pradesh's statehood
February 20 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Babu Jagjivan Ram's Birthday
public holiday in Andhra Pradesh and Telangāna, India
April 5 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Basava Jayanthi
Lingayat holiday
Vaisakha Shukla Tritiya - World Observances
Behdienkhlam
cultural festival in Meghalaya
- Religious Holiday Cards
Bhai Dooj
festival celebrated by Hindus
Kartik Shukla Dwitiya - Awareness Day Cards
Bihar Day
day of the formation of the state of Bihar
March 22 - World Observances
Bihu
three seasonal festivals of Assamese people: Rongali or Bohag Bihu (April), Kongali or Kati Bihu (October), and Bhogali or Magh Bihu (Januar…
- World Observances
Bohag Bihu
festival celebrated in Assam
- Religious Holiday Cards
Bonalu
traditional Hindu festival
- Religious Holiday Cards
Buddha's birthday
birthday of the Prince Siddhartha Gautama
8th day of the 4th month in the Chinese calendar - World Observances
Chapchar Kut Festival
Mizo festival
first Friday in March - Religious Holiday Cards
Chhath Parwa
ancient Indo-Nepalese Hindu festival dedicated to the Sun and his sister Chhathi Maiya
Kartik Shukla Shashthi - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Constitution Day of Republic of India
day celebrated in India on 26 November every year to commemorate the adoption of Constitution of India
November 26 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Gandhi Jayanti
national holiday celebrated in India to mark the occasion of the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi
October 2 - Religious Holiday Cards
Ganesh Chaturthi
multi-day Hindu festival revering god Ganesha (August–September)
Bhadra Shukla Chaturthi - World Observances
Garia Puja
festival in Tripura, India
- National & Civic Holiday Cards
Goa Liberation Day
commemoration of the Indian armed forces freeing Goa from Portuguese rule
December 19 - Religious Holiday Cards
Govardhan Puja
Hindu festival occurring on the first lunar day of the Shukla Paksha (bright fortnight) in the month of Kartik, the day after Diwali
Kartik Shukla Paksha - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Guru Gobind Singh Ji's Birthday
public holiday in Chandigarh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmīr, Punjab, Rājasthān, and Uttarākhand, India
January 5 - Religious Holiday Cards
Guru Hargobind Ji's Birthday
religious festival among Sikhs and public holiday in Jharkhand, India commemorating Guru Hargobind
28 Jeth - Religious Holiday Cards
Guru Nanak Gurpurab
Sikh festival
- Religious Holiday Cards
Guru Ravidass Jayanti
Indian religious festival.
- Awareness Day Cards
Hanuman Jayanti
Birthday of Lord Hanuman
- Religious Holiday Cards
Harela
Hindu festival, and public holiday in Uttarakhand, India
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
Haryana Day
public holiday in Haryana, India
November 1 - Religious Holiday Cards
Heroes' Martyrdom Day
public holiday in Haryana, India
September 23 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Himachal Day
public holiday in Himachal Pradesh, India
April 15 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Himachal Pradesh Statehood Day
public holiday in Himachal Pradesh, India
January 25 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Independence Day
national day in India, celebrated on 15 August
August 15 - Religious Holiday Cards
Kabir Jayanti
Indian religious festival
Jyeshtha Purnima - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Karnataka Rajyotsava
public holiday in Karnataka, India
November 1 - Religious Holiday Cards
Kashmir Martyrs' Day
former public holiday in Kashmir, commemoration of the massacres of 1931
July 13 - World Observances
Kati Bihu
festival celebrated in Assam, India
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
Ker puja
public holiday and annual festival in Tripura, India
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
Khongjom Day
public holiday in Manipur, India, commemorating the battle of Khongjom during the Anglo-Manipur war
April 23 - New Year Cards
Losoong Festival
celebration of the Sikkimese New Year
- World Observances
Mae-Dam-Mae-Phi
Tai annual ancestor worship festival
January 31 - Thanksgiving Cards
Magh Bihu
Traditional Harvest Festival of Assamese People
Makar Sankranti - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Maharaja Hari Singh Ji's Birthday
public holiday in Jammu and Kashmir, India
September 23 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Maharana Pratap Jayanti
public holiday in Rajasthan, India
May 9 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Maharashtra Day
public holiday in the Indian state of Maharashtra commemorating its formation
May 1 - Religious Holiday Cards
Maharshi Parasuram Jayanti
Hindu public holiday in some states of India
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
MHIP Day
public holiday in Mizoram, India, commemorating the founding of Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl
July 6 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Mizoram State Day
public holiday in Mizoram, India
February 20 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Mourning Day for Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
one-off public holiday in Tamil Nādu, Kerala, and Puducherry, India on the occasion of the death of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
- National & Civic Holiday Cards
National Youth Day
public holiday in West Bengal, India commemorating the birth of Swami Vivekananda
January 12 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Netaji's Birthday
public holiday in Assam, Odisha, Tripura, and West Bengal, India
January 23 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Odisha Day
public holiday in Odisha, India
April 1 - Religious Holiday Cards
Pargat Diwas
birth festival of Hindu sage, Valmiki
- National & Civic Holiday Cards
Patriot's Day
public holiday in Manipur, India
August 13 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Pratap Jayanti
public holiday in Indian state of Rajasthan
Jyeshtha Shukla Tritiya - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Puducherry Liberation Day
public holiday in Puducherry, India commemorating the de facto cession of French establishments of India in 1954
November 1 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Rabindranath Tagore Day
public holiday in West Bengal, India, commemorating Rabindranath Tagore
May 7 - World Observances
Raja
festival of Odisha
- Religious Holiday Cards
Rama Navami
spring festival that celebrates the birthday of the Hindu God Rama
Chaitra Shukla Navami - Religious Holiday Cards
Ratha Yatra
Hindu festival
- National & Civic Holiday Cards
Republic Day
Indian national holiday
January 26 - Religious Holiday Cards
Saga Dawa
Buddhist festival in Sikkim, India
- New Year Cards
Sajibu Nongma Panba
Manipuri new year festival
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's Birthday
public holiday in Gujarat, India
October 31 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Sati Sadhani Day
public Holiday in Assam, India, in memory of Queen Sati Sadhani
7 Boishakh - Religious Holiday Cards
Shaheed Udham Singh Martyrdom Day
public holiday in Haryana, India
July 31 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Sikkim State Day
public holiday in Sikkim celebrating its formation in 1975
May 16 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Day
public holiday in Kerala, India
September 20 - Religious Holiday Cards
Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji's Martyrdom Day
public holiday in Punjab, India
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
Sukaphaa Divas
public holiday in Assam, India
December 2 - World Observances
Tamil Nadu Day
Indian state commemoration day
July 18 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Telangana Formation Day
state holiday in the Indian state of Telangana
June 2 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Thiruvalluvar Day
public holiday in Tamil Nādu, Kerala, and Puducherry, India
January 15 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
U Tirot Sing Day
public holiday in Meghalaya, India
July 17 - Religious Holiday Cards
Vijayadashami
annual Hindu festival, celebrated at the end of Navaratri
Ashvin Shukla Dashami - Thanksgiving Cards
Wangala
harvest festival celebrated by the Garo tribe
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
Young Mizo Association Day
public holiday in Mizoram, India
June 15
Cultural deep-dives for India
Beyond the dated calendar above, CardVerse keeps editorially curated cultural-detail pages for the major festivals of South Asia. Each one covers origin, native-language greetings, design tips and reference links.
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Cultural guide
Diwali
The five-day Hindu festival of lights celebrating the inner light that protects from spiritual darkness, observed by Hindus, Sikhs…
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Cultural guide
Ganesh Chaturthi
A ten-day festival welcoming the elephant-headed god Ganesha into homes and public pandals before his immersion in water.…
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Cultural guide
Holi
A spring festival of colour, forgiveness and renewal observed primarily by Hindus across South Asia and the diaspora.…
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Cultural guide
Janmashtami
The midnight celebration of Krishna's birth, marked by fasting, devotional singing, and the human-pyramid game of dahi handi.…
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Cultural guide
Maha Shivaratri
An all-night vigil honouring Shiva — the destroyer and renewer — kept by fasting, meditation, and the chanting of his names.…
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Cultural guide
Navratri
Nine nights of devotion to the goddess Durga in her nine forms, marked by fasting, garba dance, and Vijayadashami on the tenth day…