Fairs and Festivals

International and state-level fairs

• Kullu Dussehra — begins on Vijaya Dashami, when Dussehra ends elsewhere, and runs seven days; the deities of the valley assemble before Raghunathji. Traced to Raja Jagat Singh, c. 1651. International status.
• Mandi Shivratri — the deities of the district assemble before Madho Rai; international.
• Minjar fair (Chamba) — July/August; a minjar (maize silk) is offered to the Ravi. State level.
• Lavi fair (Rampur Bushahr) — November; the great trans-Himalayan trade fair, traced to Kehri Singh's treaty with Tibet.
• Renukaji fair (Sirmaur) — November, at the largest natural lake; the meeting of Renuka and Parshuram.
• Shoolini fair (Solan) — June. Nalwari (Bilaspur) — a cattle fair begun in 1889.
• Sui Mata (Chamba) — commemorating Champavati.
• Manimahesh yatra (Chamba), Naina Devi, Chintpurni and Jwalamukhi Navratra fairs.

Tribal and seasonal festivals

• Losar — the Tibetan new year, in Lahaul, Spiti and Kinnaur.
• Halda — Lahaul's fire festival, resembling Diwali.
• Fulaich / Phulaich — the flower festival of Kinnaur, in memory of the dead.
• Ladarcha — the old Spiti trade fair at Kaza.
• Phagli — a mask festival of Kullu and Lahaul; Sair, Saazo, Bishu, Beeshu.