KATHA ATLAS · THE FESTIVAL YEAR
What India celebrates, day by day
Each state takes the colour of the next festival kept there. Move through the year, or press play.
03 November 2026
Temple points: up to 30 a state, each with a photo on Wikimedia Commons. Hover or tap one for its card; choose a state to list its temples. Names, deities and who built them come from Wikidata and Wikipedia, which are open and incomplete, and many temple histories are traditional or disputed.
Boundaries: Natural Earth v5.1.2 (public domain), India point-of-view edition, re-assembled by KathaVidhi to show Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir as in the Survey of India map of 2 November 2019; simplified for screen display. This map shows India’s external boundaries and the boundaries of its states and union territories in line with the Government of India’s position as depicted by the Survey of India. It is a simplified, small-scale illustration for devotional and educational reference. It has not been checked or certified by the Survey of India; boundaries and coastlines are approximate. It is not an authoritative map and must not be used for legal, administrative or navigation purposes. For the authoritative depiction, refer to maps published by the Survey of India. Credits