Ayambil Oli Starts :Ayambil's Oli is celebrated twice a year. This festival lasts for nine days and is celebrated by performing the penance of Ayambil, i.e., Eating only one time and that too only non-fried food (without ghee, oil, milk, curd, etc.) and by listening to Shripal-Mayana Ras. This is the special time for worship of Siddhachakra.

Ramnavami; Sai Baba Pooja starts (Shirdi) :Sri-Ramnavami is dedicated to the memory of Lord Rama. It occurs on the ninth day (navami).

Mahaveer Jayanti (Jain) :Mahaveera, also known as Vardhamana, is the last one in the galaxy of Twenty-four Teerthankaras (Jain Prophets).

Ananga

Bheem Pradosh

Hanuman Jayanti (Mehandipur,Kashi & Salasar) :Hanuman is a monkey god. He is a noble hero and great devotee of Lord Rama of the Ramayana.

Chaitriya Poornima

Sankashthi Ganesh Vrat :The Krishna Paksha Chaturthi of every month is called by the name (Sankastha Chaturthi).

Vaishakhi (Punjab) :The hot month of April in India heralds a New Year for Government of India. For the Hindus, it is a Solar New Year day and time for a ritual bath in the holy rivers.

Anusooya Jayanti

Mesh Sankranti

Ambedkar Jayanti :Born in a class considered low andoutcast. Dr. Ambedkar fought untiringly for the downtrodden.

Birthday of Guru Nanak :FIVE hundred years ago there lived in Talwandi village in Punjab a man who was an accountant by profession.His name was Kalu Chand. He was a Kshatriya by caste. His wife was Tripta.

Bengali New Year / Bohag Bihu :For the Tamils the New Year is considered auspicious for starting new ventures, business, and construction and to look forward to what the year brings about in terms of rains, health and prosperity. In Assam it is the Bihu festival.

Sheetalashtami :Sheetalashtami, or Sheetala Ashtami, is an auspicious day dedicated to Goddess Sheetala in the month of Chaitra (March – April) as per the traditional calendar followed in North India. Sheetalashtami Vrat is observed on the eighth day of the Krishna Paksha (waning phase of moon) in Chaitra month. It is believed that observing this Vrat will help in curing various diseases. In 2009, the date of Sheetalashtami Vrat is March 19.

Birthday of Guru Angad Dev (As per Nanakshahi Calendar) :Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji was born in 1469 in Talwandi, a village in the Sheikhupura district, 65 kms. west of Lahore. His father was a village official in the local revenue administration.

Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur (As per Nanakshahi Calendar) :Guru Tegh Bahadur, with a view to instilling courage and confidence among the Kashmiri Hindus to withstand Aurangzeb's fanatical tyranny and threats to Islamize them, challenged the Moghal emperor to convert him first.

Shivratri of the month :Lord Shiva appears in a meditating but ever-happy posture. He has matted hair which holds the flowing Ganges river and a crescent moon, a serpent coiled around his neck, a trident (trishul) in his one hand and ashes all over his body.

Kuer Singh Jayanti :Veer Kuer Singh, one of the leading figures of Bihar during the movement of 1857, was born at Jagdispur in 1777 and was destined to become a martyr for the cause of India's independence.

Akshaya Tritiya :Akshaya Tritiya is one of the sacred festivals of Indians. Akshaya Tritiya is observed on the third day of the bright half of the Vaisakha month is considered to be the four most sacred days of the year according to the Indian calendar.

Parshuram Jayanti :Parsu is the name of an axe-like weapon adopted by this incarnation. Parasuram was a brahmin who manifested himself at the close of the satya-yug. This appearance was for the purpose of defeating the tyranny of the power-drunk kshatriyas.

Vainayaki Ganesh Vrat :One important way of Lord Ganesha's upasana is Vratas(vows and observances) by which one can try to get blessings form Lord Ganesha and achieve the peace of mind.

Soordas Jayanti :In the village of Sihi near Delhi, in the house of a poor Brahman, a child was born in the year 1478. He was born blind. He had three other brothers. He was so neglected by his neighbors and his own family that by the time he was three, everyone forgot his real name and he was called Sur, which means blind. He was later known as Surdas.

Sri Shankaracharya :Shankaracharya was a versatile genius: a mystic, a saint, a philosopher, a polemicist, a reformer and a literary man. His presentation of Advaita Vedanta is considered most comprehensive and coherent.