MAHASHIVRATRI: Banks to remain closed in THESE cities on Feb 18
MAHASHIVRATRI: Banks to remain closed in THESE cities on Feb 18
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MAHASHIVRATRI 2023: On account of MAHASHIVRATRI, In India, banks are closed on public holidays while some are closed on state-specific holidays. On gazetted holidays like Gandhi Jayanti, Independence Day, and Republic Day, banks are closed throughout the country. Bank holidays are state-centric during holidays like Mahashivratri.

On February 18, banks in these cities will be closed in observance of Mahashivratri: Mahashivratri is observed by all fifty states of the country, including Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh or Telangana.

Mumbai, Nagpur, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhopal, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Dehradun, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, and Thiruvananthapuram.

2023 Mahashivratri: Shiva and Shakti are revered as the embodiment of love, power, and oneness. It is considered auspicious, as it is supposed to be the night of convergence of Shiva and Shakti, which in essence means the male and feminine energies that keep the world in balance. . The Mahashivratri, occures only once every year, in February or March. 

Shiva worshippers fast for 24 hours, breaking it the next morning. In contrast to many other celebrations, Mahashivratri Puja is held at night.

States, where banks are not closed in Mahashivratri 2023, are as follows: Tripura, Mizoram, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Rajasthan, Bengal, Delhi, Goa, Bihar, and Meghalaya.

Other bank holidays in February 2023: After Mahashivratri, there are four more bank holidays this month, including the fourth Saturday and Sunday.

Banks will remain closed in Aizawl due to State Day on February 20

Banks will remain close in Gangtok due to Losar  on February 21

Banks will remain close in Fourth Saturday on February 25

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