List of literary festivals in India

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This is a list of notable literary festivals in India. The list consists only of those festivals that already have an article on Wikipedia.

Ongoing Festivals

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State / Union Territory City Festival name Organised by Month First held
Andhra Pradesh Guntur Guntur International Poetry Festival (GIPF) June-July 2008
Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh Literati Chandigarh Literary Society November - December 2013
Delhi New Delhi Jashn-e-Rekhta Rekhta Foundation December 2015
Goa Panaji Goa Arts and Literature Festival International Centre, Goa December 2010
Gujarat Ahmedabad Ahmedabad International Literature Festival IKON Education Foundation November - December 2016
Gujarat Ahmedabad Gujarat Literature Festival December - January 2014
Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar Kashmir Literature Festival
Kerala Kollam Thirunalloor Kavyolsavam May 2007
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters Mathrubhumi newspaper group January - February 2018
Kerala Kozhikode Kerala Literature Festival DC Kizhakemuri Foundation January - February 2016
Kerala Kochi Kochi International Book Festival AntharashtraPusthakotsava Samithi, Kochi December 2000
Maharashtra Mumbai Gateway Litfest Passion 4 Communication & Kaakka, Mumbai February - March 2015
Maharashtra Pune Pune International Literary Festival September 2013
Odisha Bhubaneswar Kalinga Literary Festival June 2013
Rajasthan Jaipur Jaipur Literature Festival January 2006
Rajasthan Udaipur The Great Indian Literary Festival January - February 2017
Tamil Nadu Chennai Lit for Life The Hindu newspaper January 2010
Tamil Nadu Chennai Queer LitFest, Chennai Queer Chennai Chronicles September 2018
Telangana Hyderabad Hyderabad Literary Festival Hyderabad Literary Trust January 2010
Telangana Hyderabad Verba Maximus BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus January - February 2011
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Lucknow Literary Festival Lucknow Society February - March 2013
Uttar Pradesh Aligarh AMU Literary Festival Aligarh Muslim University March 2015
Uttar Pradesh Gorakhpur Gorakhpur Literary Fest 2017
Uttar Pradesh Jhansi Bundelkhand Literature Festival 2020
Uttarakhand Dehradun Dehradun Literature Festival January - February 2016
West Bengal Kolkata Chair Poetry Evenings Chair Literary Trust November 2018
Various Various The Great Indian Film and Literature Festival 2012
Various Various Kitab Festival
Gujarat Ahmedabad Kite Festival Gujarat Tourism January 2024

Now defunct events

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State / Union Territory City Festival name Organised by Last held
Delhi New Delhi Indian Languages Festival India Habitat Centre 2019
Delhi New Delhi Kaafiya The Poetry Festival 2015
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Viswa Malayala Mahotsavam 2012 Kerala Sahitya Akademi 2012