Indian festival guide
Dhanteras
Also celebrated as dhanteras, dhantrayodashi.
Dhanteras in India
The celebration
About Dhanteras
The beginning of the Diwali festival period, associated with prosperity and worship of Lord Dhanvantari and Goddess Lakshmi.
Across the country
Where it is celebrated
- andhra pradesh
- arunachal pradesh
- assam
- bihar
- chhattisgarh
- goa
- gujarat
- haryana
- himachal pradesh
- jharkhand
- karnataka
- kerala
- madhya pradesh
- maharashtra
- manipur
- meghalaya
- mizoram
- nagaland
- odisha
- punjab
- rajasthan
- sikkim
- tamil nadu
- telangana
- tripura
- uttar pradesh
- uttarakhand
- west bengal
- andaman and nicobar islands
- chandigarh
- dadra and nagar haveli and daman and diu
- delhi
- jammu and kashmir
- ladakh
- lakshadweep
- puducherry
Regional names
Known by many names
dhanterasdhantrayodashi
Other names
Also known as
dhan trayodashidhanvantari jayanti
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