Bank Holidays in Delhi during April

All the banks including Vijaya Bank, Karur Vysya Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Corporation Bank will remain closed on all the bank holidays.

Mahavir Jayanti: It is the most important festival in the Jain community, and it is celebrated with a lot of traditional fervour in Delhi. As Old Delhi has a sizeable Jain population, the celebrations in this part of the city are marked with greater zeal and ardour. The Jain temples in Delhi are decorated with coloured flags on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti. The followers of Jainism visit the temples to offer prayers. Praying and worshipping are of foremost importance to the Jains rather than any show of opulence and magnificence.

Good Friday: Good Friday is a gazetted holiday in India. It commemorates the final hours of Jesus' life, his crucifixion, and death, as described in the Christian Bible. Many Christians in India attend special church services or pray on Good Friday. Some people also fast or abstain from meat on this day. Many Christians hold parades or open-air plays to portray the last days and hours of Jesus' life on this day. It is a day of sadness, in which churches are empty and dark. Services are held in the afternoon. 

Eid-ul-Fitr: It is a Muslim festival. It is one of the most important Muslim festivals celebrated across the country.

The word ‘Ramzan’ comes from the Arabic words ‘ramida’ or ‘arramad’. Ramida means scorching heat and dryness of the ground -land. It is a public holiday on this day. Ramadan month is considered a holy and auspicious month by Muslims all over the world. They fast from dawn to dusk. The rituals of the whole month consist mainly of real worship with deep, sincere and constant dwelling on Lord Allah. The followers of Islam read verses of Quran during the Ramadan month. Muslims offer namaz at Jama Masjid on Eid-al-Fitr.