Hey everyone festival season has begun, and this year and let me tell you that March 2018 is full of public holidays, and you have the golden chance to plan your holidays in advance with your family and friends.The astonishing weather condition and festive season around is a perfect excuse to take the break and plan your trips to get all the desired relief from the monotony.
Festivals like Holika Dahan, Holi, Gudi Padwa, Ram Navami, Mahavir Jayanti, and Good Friday are fortunately falling in the month of March.

In this article, we come up with the list of public holidays in March 2018, which you can use to throw into your vacation mode!

Holi

Date: March 2, 2018
Day: Friday

Holi, one of the famous Hindu festivals of colors, is celebrated with grand fervor and spirit. Plates are piled with festive goodies and colors. Holi celebrations at various places in India involve people preparing mouth-watering delicacies unique to the festival, such as gujiyas, papads, bhang pakoras etc., and lots of play around with water guns, colors, and old-new songs make the welcoming of the spring a grand affair.

Not just that there are different ways to celebrate Holi in different regions and all of them are unique in its own way. Holi is a gazetted holiday and can be combined with the weekend for a pleasant trip to nearby destinations.

Mahavir Jayanti
Date: March 29, 2018
Day: Thursday

Mahavir Jayanti is the most important and auspicious festival of Jains, celebrated all over the world, the teachings and stories of the great sage. The festival marks the birth of Tirthankara of Kalyuga, Mahavir, whose religious teachings holds a great importance in the Jains history. As this year Mahavir Jayanti is falling on Thursday, locals can adjoin with Good Friday off and plan a long weekend trip.

Good Friday
Date: March 30, 2018
Day: Friday

Good Friday, the Friday before Easter is a gazetted holiday in India. Christians commemorate the crucifixion and death of the Jesus Christ, considered to be an important day in Christian’s community. Christians attend special church service or pray on Good Friday. Considering a long-weekend off, one can plan a trip for three days.

So don’t let go of this chance, use your long weekend breaks to the fullest, and get away from manic and mundane life for a while.

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