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MAHARSHTRA TOURISM DEPARTMENT
- 2023 CALENDAR OF FESTIVALS

Month Festival Name Location Date Segment
January 1. Ajanta-Ellora Festival Aurangabad 12-14 January 2023 Heritage
Height
February 2. Wine Festival Nashik February 2023 Food & beverages social – Agro Tourism
March 3. Fort Festival Shivneri / Raigad 19 February, 2023 Culture and Heritage
April 4. Wildlife Festival Tadoba, Chandrapur April, 2023 Wildlife Tourism
May 5. Mango Festival Ratnagiri May, 2023 Agro Tourism
June 6. Pandharpur Wari Alandi / Dehu Pandharpur June, 2023 Spiritual , cultural
July 7. Monsoon Festival Amboli Malshej ghat July 2023 Nature
August 8. Agro Tourism Festival Pune August 2023 Agro Tourism
September 9. Ganeshotsav Mumbai-Pune September 2023 Cultural
October 10. Beach Festival Sindhudurg November 2023 Social
November 11. Mumbai Heritage Festival Mumbai December 2022 Heritage
December 12. Orange Festival Nagpur December 2022 Agro

MAHA DURG UTSAV (FORT FESTIVAL) 18-23 FEB 2023

With an aim to spread information about one of the
greatest warriors- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s
life and history of the Maratha Empire, Maharashtra
Tourism dept. is organizing ‘Maha Durg utsav’ at
Shivneri Fort, on the auspicious occasion of Shiv
Jayanti. The festival will be celebrated with pomp
and vigour on the Shivneri fort, beginning from 18th
February and concluding on 23rd February, 2023.
This festival will help to promote the cultural heritage of Maharashtra along with
commemorating the great warrior ‘Shri Chhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj’. Shivaji Maharaj,
who was known as ‘Janta Raja’ i.e. people’s king, was born on Shivneri Fort on 19th
February, 1630. This is the 393rd year of his birth anniversary. His period reign
between 1630 to 1680. Since little he was trained in various aspects of
administration such as military training, spiritual practices, war tactics etc. When he
was just a teenager he captured his first Fort, Torna which was under the control of
Bijjapur. He was the first king who had captured and constructed 370 forts all over
India. He was coronated on 6th June 1674 on Raigad fort by Pandit Gagabhatta. He
was a great visionary who created a strong army & naval base. Chhtrapati Shivaji
Maharaj expanded his Maratha empire by inspiring people of his administration to
form “Swarajya” i.e. self-government and not to get exploited by Mughals. He was an
extraordinary king who fought with great valour and spread the
Maratha Empire up till Attock.
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