Festival Calendar

Festivals in Assam

3 festivals across Assam — organized by month

January

Me-Dam-Me-Phi

Sivasagar

Ahom ancestor worship day — remembering 600 years of Ahom dynasty rule over Assam. Offerings at the Charaideo maidams (royal burial mounds), traditional Ahom cuisine, and cultural programs.

April

Bihu (Rongali/Bohag)

Guwahati

Assamese New Year harvest festival — Bihu folk dance, buffalo fights, community feasts, and the sound of the dhol across every village. Assam's biggest celebration.

June

Ambubachi Mela

Guwahati

Annual fertility festival at Kamakhya Temple — the temple closes for 3 days as the goddess is believed to menstruate. Reopens with massive celebration, tantric rituals, and lakhs of pilgrims.