Crackers for every Uttarakhand celebration
Diwali is the biggest, and in the hills Igas Bagwal brings the lamps out again eleven days later. Each guide tells you when the day falls, what families actually light, and which boxes to put in your order.
Festivals
The days the South buys crackers
Sealed Standard Fireworks boxes at the Sivakasi wholesale price, delivered for every one of them.
Diwali
8 November 2026
In the hills Diwali comes with the first real cold. The house is cleaned and lit, diyas line the courtyard wall and the stone steps, and after the Lakshmi puja the whole family steps out into the clear night air.
What to buyIgas Bagwal
Eleven days after Diwali, on the Ekadashi of Kartik
Igas Bagwal is the hills' own Diwali, kept in Garhwal eleven days after the plains have finished. One story says the news of Ram's return reached the mountains late; another remembers a Garhwali army coming home from war. Either way, the villages light up a second time.
What to buyDussehra
September or October, at the end of Navratri
After nine nights of Navratri and the Ramlila on village and town stages, Dussehra ends with Ravan's effigy burning on an open ground. In Dehradun, Haridwar and the hill towns alike, families walk down to watch it go up.
What to buyUttarayani
Mid January, on Makar Sankranti
In Kumaon, Makar Sankranti is Uttarayani. The big fair gathers at Bageshwar where the Saryu meets the Gomti, and at home children string ghughute, little fried sweets, and call the crows to come and eat them the next morning.
What to buyChristmas and New Year
25 December and 31 December
The old churches of Mussoorie and Nainital fill for midnight mass, the hill stations fill with visitors, and in Dehradun families count down to the new year from rooftops and society lawns in the cold.
What to buyFamily occasions
The other days that need crackers
Weddings, temple festivals, housewarmings and birthdays, each with a very different list.
Weddings
Through the wedding season
A wedding in Garhwal or Kumaon moves to the dhol and damau. The baraat climbs to the bride's village or winds through the town, and the crackers mark its arrival, the pheras and the send-off.
What to buyTemple fairs and melas
Through the year, by temple and village
Uttarakhand calls itself Devbhoomi, and its year runs on fairs: the Nanda Devi fair at Almora and Nainital, village jatras for the local devta, and the small melas that follow the harvest in every valley.
What to buyHousewarming
On your muhurat day
A griha pravesh is set by the muhurat, often early in the morning. The family steps in with the kalash, the havan is lit in the new home, and the neighbours come up the lane to see it.
What to buyBirthdays
Any day of the year
A first birthday or a grandparent's seventy-fifth often ends in the courtyard or on the roof once the cake is cut and the shawls come out.
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Ready to order your crackers?
Sealed Standard Fireworks boxes, typically 85% below the printed MRP, minimum order ₹3,000. Delivery charges are not included. You pay the transport office when you collect your parcel.