Sl.No Festival Actual Dates DakshinaChitra Dates Theme / Programs
th th th th 1 Village Festival 26 Dec- 27 Jan 2019 - Wed - Sun 26 Dec- 27 Jan 2019 - Wed - Sun Village Mela th th th th 2 International Seminar 11 – 12 Jan 2019 - Fri – Sat 11 – 12 Jan 2019 - Fri – Sat Maker and Meaning – Crafts and Society : Revisited th th th th 3 Food and Garden Fest 14 & 15 Jan 2019 - Mon & Tues 14 & 15 Jan 2019 - Mon & Tues Food and garden fest th th th 4 Pongal 15 Jan 2019 - Tues 9 – 15 Jan 2019 - Wed – Tues Tamil Nadu Harvest Festival rd th rd th 5 Vasantha Vizha 23 Jan to 20 March - Wed – Wed 23 Jan to 20 March - Wed – Wed Crafts and Children’s Mela th th 6 Tamil Quiz 4 Feb 2019 - Mon 4 Feb 2019 - Mon Heritage quiz for school children th th th th 7 DAM Fest 16 & 17 Feb 2019 - Sat- Sun 16 & 17 Feb 2019 - Sat- Sun Design, Art and Music th th th th 8 National Festival 16 -24 Feb 2019 - Sat- Sun 16 -24 Feb 2019 - Sat- Sun Festival of Haryana 9 Utsavam 2nd March 2019 - Sat 2nd March 2019 - Sat A symposium of Music and Dance 10 DakshinaChitra Virudhu 23rd March 2019 - Sat 23rd March 2019 - Sat DakshinaChitra Virudhu th th st 11 Ugadi 6 April 2019 - Sat 27 – 31 March 2019 - Wed- Sun The New Year for Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka 12 Grandparents day 14th April 2019 - Sun 14th April 2019 - Sun Family day out th th 13 Tamil New Year 14 April 2019 - Sun 14 April 2019 - Sun Tamilnadu New year 14 Museum Day 18th May 2019 - Sat 18th May 2019 - Sat Topic: “Museums as Cultural Hubs: The Future of Tradition” 15 Gramiya Makkal Thirunal 22nd & 23rd June 2019 - Sat & Sun 22nd & 23rd June 2019 - Sat & Sun Village mela rd th rd th 16 Children’s Mela 3 July – 20 Sept - Wed- Fri 3 July – 20 Sept - Wed- Fri Mela for School Children rd st th 17 Adiperuku & Ayyanar Festival 3 Aug 2019 - Sat 31 July – 4 Aug 2019 - Wed- Sun Village & Water Festival th th 18 Heritage quiz 19 August 2019 - Mon 19 August 2019 - Mon Quiz program for school children nd nd 19 Madras Week Celebration 22 Aug 2019 - Thurs 22 Aug 2019 - Thurs Exhibitions/ Film screening nd nd 20 Vinayaka Chaturthi 2 September 2019 - Mon 2 September 2019 - Mon Vinayaka Chaturthi th th st 21 Onam 11 Sep 2019 - Wed 28 Aug -1 Sep 2019 - Wed- Sun Kerala Harvest festival th nd 22 Dusshera 7 Oct 2019 - Mon 18-22 Sept 2019 - Wed- Sun Social Celebration of Girl Children th th th 23 Deepavali 27 Oct 2019 - Sun 25 & 26 October 2019 - Fri - Sat Festival of Lights th th th th 24 World Heritage Week 19 – 25 Nov 2019 - Tues- Mon 20 – 25 Nov 2019 - Wed- Mon Exhibition and workshops th th th 25 Karthigai 10 Dec 2019 - Tues 7 & 8 Dec 2019 - Sat- Sun Exhibition of lamps/ Folk performance 26 DakshinaChitra Anniversary 14th Dec 2019 - Sat 14th Dec 2019 - Sat Annual day th th th 27 Christmas 25 Dec 2019 - Wed 14 & 15 December 2019 - Sat –Sun Christmas Exhibition th st th st 28 Village Festival 25 Dec- 31 Jan 2020 - Wed- Fri 25 Dec- 31 Jan 2020 - Wed- Fri Village Mela