Bank Holidays in Uttarakhand 2024

Uttarakhand is also famous for crafts and handiworks. The prominent local crafts include wood carving, floral patterns, and geometrical motifs. Beautifully done paintings are also found in homes and temples. Haridwar,Roorkee, Nainital and Rishikesh are some of the popular cities of Uttarakhand. Agriculture is the mainstay of the state. Basmati rice, groundnut, soybeans, herbs and medicinal plants are rather popular here.

Uttarakhand is one of the northern states of India formerly known as Uttaranchal. It is also been called the 'Devbhumi of India' since it host numerous pligrim locations and with religious places such as Badrinath Temple, Adi kailash, Buddha Temple, Bramha Kapal, Gangotri, Rishikesh, and Yamunotri. Almost 85% of the state falls under mountainous regions and more than 60% forest, where ten million people reside in various districts. Dehradun is the capital city of Uttarakhand sheltering almost a million residents. The majority of the state has hindu population and some 13 percent of Muslim population expressing a mixed culture in some regions. The are about five different tribes recognised in Uttarakhand which highly reside on hill slopes and valleys.

Festivals of Uttarakhand

In India, in every state, there are few festivals which are celebrated in a great manner. In the same way, there are few festivals in Uttarakhand which are celebrated in a significant manner and here is the list of those festivals and also the and its significance.

Phool Dei

This day is a bank holiday in Uttarakhand. This day is celebrated on the first day of the month of Chaitra which comes mostly in mid-march. This festival is grandly celebrated in the villages where young girls in the village or that specific street with plates full of rice, jaggery, coconut, green leaves and flowers visits every house and pray for the prosperity of the house and in return, they will get gifts.

Bhaitauli & Harela

This is one of the most important festivals for the residents of the Uttarakhand. This day is observed as a bank holiday in Uttarakhand. This festival is to symbolize the flourishing harvest. On this festival, there is a tradition where brothers have to gift their sisters with presents. Those presents will be called as Bhaitauli, and that gift is considered as the token of love and is very precious to the sisters.

Another interesting custom on this day is there will be a mock wedding between Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati on this festival.