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Major Festivals
The Lord is always in celebration mood. It is said that in Brij Mandal you have more festivals than the number of days in a year. However major festivals celebrated in the temple are as under:
Sl. No. Festival Significance/Brief Description Day of the year (Hindu calendar) Day, Date, Month, Year(AD)
1 Samvatsar First day of new year, First Navratri Chaitra Shukla Pratipada Wed, 29 March 2017
2 Kamda Ekadashi First day of Phool Bangla Chaitra Shukla Ekadashi Fri, 07 April 2017
3 Akshaya Tritiya Charan Darshan (morning) and Sarvang Darshan (evening) Vaishakh Shukla Tritiya Sat, 29 Apr 2017
4 Guru Poornima Phool Bangla for Swami Haridas in Nidhivan Aasharh Shukla Poornima Sun, 09 Jul 2017
5 Haryali Amavasya Last day of Phool Bangla Shravan Krishna Amavasya Sun, 23 Jul 2017
6 Haryali Teej Jhoola festival Shravan Shukla Tritiya Wed, 26 Jul 2017
7 Raksha Bandhan Renew the bond of love Shravan Shukla Poornima Mon, 07 Aug 2017
8 Krishna Janmashtami Birthday of Lord Krishna (only on this day Mangla Aarti is performed) Bhadrapad Krishna Ashtami Tue, 15 Aug 2017
9 Nandotsav Celebrating the birth of Lord Bhadrapad Krishna Navmi Wed, 16 Aug 2017
10 Radha Ashtami Birthday of Swami Haridasji
Birthday of Radhaji		 Bhadrapad Shukla Ashtami Tue, 29 Aug 2017
11 Sharad Poornima Day of Maha Raas Ashwin Shukla Poornima Thu, 05 Oct 2017
12 Roop Chaturdashi Chhoti Deepavali Kartik Krishna Chaturdashi Wed, 18 Oct 2017
13 Deepavali Deepmalika, Lakshmi Poojan Kartik Krishna Amavasya Thu, 19 Oct 2017
14 Annakoot Govardhan Pooja Kartik Shukla Pratipada Fri, 20 Oct 2017
15 Bhai Dooja Yam Dwitiya Kartik Shukla Dwitiya Sat, 21 Oct 2017
16 Akshay Navmi Vrindavan Mathura Yugal Parikrama Kartik Shukla Navmi Sun, 29 Oct 2017
17 Bihar Panchami Day of Appearance of Bihariji Margshirsha Shukla Panchami Thu, 23 Nov 2017
18 Aanola Ekadashi Colourful Holi celebrations start Phalgun Shukla Ekadashi Mon, 26 Feb 2018
19 Holika Dahan Colourful Holi celebrations end Phalgun Shukla Poornima Thu, 01 Mar 2018
20 Dhulendi Dolotsav Chaitra Krishna Pratipada Fri, 02 Mar 2018