7
Nov
Deepavali
Citywide
7 November – 9 November 2026
Naraka Chaturdashi on 7 November, Lakshmi Puja 8 November, Bali Padyami 9 November. BBMP’s cracker-time limits apply.
Festivals & feasts in Bengaluru
Temple festivals, church feasts and mosque celebrations across Bengaluru city — what’s coming first. Dates for lunar-calendar festivals are confirmed by each temple a few weeks ahead; we mark the ones still to be announced.
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5
Dec
Kadalekai Parishe
Dodda Ganesha & Bull Temple, Basavanagudi
5 December – 8 December 2026
The groundnut fair on the last Monday of Karthika, filling Bull Temple Road for four days. Main day 7 December.
Official details ↗Later
14
Jan
Makara Sankranti at Gavi Gangadhareshwara
Gavi Gangadhareshwara Cave Temple, Gavipuram
14 January 2027
The evening sun passes between the horns of the Nandi to light the lingam inside the cave — the one day a year it happens.
25
Mar
Bengaluru Karaga
Dharmaraya Swamy Temple, Thigalarpet
25 March – 1 April 2027 dates to be confirmed · Chaitra full moon (late March / early April)
The city’s oldest festival: the Karaga is carried through the old city all night on the full moon, stopping at the Hazrat Tawakkal Mastan dargah. In 2026 it ran 26 March – 1 April.
Official details ↗7
Apr
Ugadi
Citywide
7 April 2027
Kannada new year, 7 April 2027. Panchanga readings at the Dodda Ganesha temple and across Malleshwaram and Basavanagudi.
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Dates are updated as temples and churches announce them. Tell us if we have one wrong.