Ugadi or Hindu New Year (the first day of Chaitra)
Ramanavami (the birth day of Lord Rama, the ninth day of Chaitra)
Basava Jayanthi, the birth day of Basaweshwara (Akshayatritiya)
Shankara Jayanthi, birth day of Acharya Shankara (Vaishakha Shuddha Panchami)
Kara Hunnime (full moon day of Jyestha, a festival for peasants)
Ashadha Ekadashi Bheemana Amavasya (New moon day of ashadha)
Nagapanchami -the festival of serpent God (on the fifth day of Sharavana)
Ganesha Chaturthi (fourth day of bright half of Bhadrapada when God Ganesh is worshipped)
Navarathri or Dasara (first ten days of Ashweeja Maasa)
Deepavali -the festival of light and sound.
Lakshmi puja,the Goddess of wealth is worshipped(thirteenth day of half of Ashvija)
Bhogi and Makara Sankranthi (on the 13th and 14th January, respectively)
Mahashivaratri (13th or the 14th day of the dark fortnight of Magha, a festival in honour of God Shiva)
Holi hunnime or Kamana Habba, heralding the death of   Kama (God of Love) on the full moon day Phalguna

The chief  Muslim  festivals are Id-ul-Fitr, Idul-ul-Zuha or Bakrid which is held on the ninth day of the month called Zil-hajah. And the Shab-e-Barat which is celebrated during the evening of the fifteenth day of the month of Shaban. Moharram is celebrated publicly in many places .

The Christians observe the New Year day, Good Friday, Feast of St.Joseph, Easter Sunday (the Day of Resurrection), Birth day of Mary, Christmas (the birth day of Christ), Ascension day, Thanks Giving Day and Harvest festival.

The Jains celebrate some of the important festivals Chaitra Pratipad (Ugadi) to commemorate the victorious Digvijaya of Bharata, Mahavira Jayanthi (Chaitra Shukla Trayodashi), Dasara (Vijayadashami is believed to be the date when Adinatha attained Kevala Jnana or enlightment and the date when his son Bharatha secured his disc Chakra ratna), Deepavali (celebrated as the date of Mahanirva of Mahavira and they worship Lakshmi, as Mukthi Lakshmi and Jnana Lakshmi) and Shivarathri (celebrated as Jinaratri as Adinatha is believed to have attained salvation on the dark 14th of Maagha).

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