Events

Holika Dahan on 21 March and the colour day on 22 March. Kumaoni Holi is unique: months of Baithki Holi

Chaitra Shukla Pratipada begins the Hindu New Year, Vikram Samvat 2084, and nine days of worship of the Goddess ending

Vishuvat Sankranti, the Kumaoni solar new year and the first day of Baisakh. People take holy dips at river confluences,

The birth of Lord Rama on Chaitra Shukla Navami, ending Chaitra Navratri.

The birth of Lord Hanuman on Chaitra Purnima. Special worship at Hanuman Dham, Ramnagar and Hanuman temples across the region.

The annual foundation-day celebration at Neem Karoli Baba's Kainchi Dham ashram on the Bhowali–Almora road, drawing lakhs of devotees. Expect

The festival of greenery on Karka Sankranti, the first day of Shravan. Grains sown ten days earlier are cut and

Simha Sankranti, the first day of Bhado. Every family eats ghee with bedu roti and the first arbi (taro) leaves

Sisters tie rakhi on their brothers' wrists on Shravan Purnima.

The famous Bagwal of the Barahi Devi temple at Devidhura (Champawat), held on Raksha Bandhan, when rival groups take part