Birth Anniversaries of Swami Vivekananda (12th January), Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (23rd January), and Rabindranath Tagore (9th May), Saraswati Pujo (5th February), Bengali New Year (15th April), Buddha Purnima (16th May), Durga Pujo (2nd to 5th Oct), Laxmi Pujo (9th October), Kali Pujo (24th October) are some of the holidays specific to West Bengal.