Apart from the seasonal Hindu festivals, a monthly fair is held on every amavasya (moon-less night) where a bazaar comes up selling all kinds of consumer items. Entertainment includes tribal dances and puppet shows. People bathe in the tank and worship at the Matangeshwar Temple. People from neighboring villages also attend in large numbers, providing local flavor, colour, fun and games.

Khajuraho Dance Festival
An annual event, held every evening for a week. Renowned classical dancers perform in an open-air auditorium, the Western Group of Temples forming an inspiring backdrop. This festival has gained acclaim the world over.

Khajuraho Festival of Dances draws the best classical dancers in the country every years, who perform against the spectacular backdrop of the floodlit temples. The past and the present silhouetted against he glow of a setting sun, become an exquisite backdrop for the performers. In a setting where the earthly and the divine create perfect harmony - an event that celebrates the pure magic of the rich classical dance traditions of India. As dusk falls, the temples are lit up in a soft, dream-like ethereal stage.

The finest exponents of different classical Indian styles are represented - Kathak, Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Manipuri, and many more. With international status under Government of India program categories, this seven day extravaganza is a unique treat for connoisseurs from all over the world.

Shivaratri
A festival usually falls in March, devoted to the worship of Lord Shiva. The Bundelkhand region is a stronghold of shasivities and many devotees travel hundreds of kilometers to worship at the Matangeshwar Temple. A 10 - day -long Bazaar is held where traders, peddlers and gypsies from other parts of the state display their traditional fare and a variety of handicrafts. A rural circus, folk theatre, magic shows and merry-go-rounds add to the fun and frolic.

Tansen Music Festival
A pillar of Hindustani classical music, the great Tansen, one of the 'nine jewels' of Akbar's court, lies buried in Gwalior. The memorial to this great musician has a pristine simplicity, and is built in the early Mughal architectural style. More than a monument, the Tansen's Tomb is a part of Gwalior's living cultural heritage. It is the venue of the annual Indian classical festival held here in November-December. Renowned classical singers of the land regale audiences through five mesmerizing night-long sessions of the much-loved classical ragas.

Bhagoria Haat
This colorful festival of the Bhils and Bhilalas, particularly in the district of West Nimar and Jhabua, is actually in the nature of a mass svayamvara, a marriage market, usually held on the various market days falling before the Holi festival in March. As the name of the festival indicates, (bhag-to run) the youths run after choosing their partners, and elope and are subsequently accepted as husband and wife by society through predetermined customs. It is not always that boys and girls intending to marry each other meet in the festival for the first time. In a large number of cases the alliance is already made between the two, the festival providing the institutionalized framework for announcing the alliance publicly. The tradition is that the boy applies gulal, red powder, on the face of the girl whom he selects as his wife. The girl, if willing, also applies gulal on the boy's face. This may not happen immediately but the boy may pursue her and succeed eventually.

Dussehra
Celebrated by all Hindus of India on the tenth day after Navratri (September or October), Dussehra is celebrated as the day of Rama's victory over king Ravana, or as a day on which the Goddess Kali destroyed the buffalo-demon and liberated the world. The Dussehra festival celebration at Jagdalpur is unique in its perspective and significance.

Dussehra starts with worship at the temple of Kachhingudi, a local goddess. A seven-year-old girl of the weaver caste is chosen and ceremonially married to the priest of the shrine. This girl symbolizes the goddess. After a while she goes into a trance and is asked to grant the safe conduct of the celebration.