The popularity of Father's Day has skyrocketed in the last few years. Though the concept of celebrating this day is still new to the country but the concept has got a lot of mileage in the last few years. The time of observing Father's Day is third Sunday of June. This is a day dedicated to the father. The day plays a lot of significance as one gets to display his/her affection towards his/her father.
Celebration of Father's Day involves a number of practices. It may be gifting him with someone special or may be organizing a special party for him. Schools and cultural societies also take this opportunity to strengthen the bonding between child and the father. They organize a number of cultural programs which provides great platform to the students to pay their respect to their fathers.
Father's Day is all set to be celebrated on June 19, this year. Indianholiday.com offers online information about Father's Day.
| Festivals in June 2012 |
| Festival Name | Festivals Day/Date |
| Hazarat Ali's Birthday | 4 Jun, Monday |
| World Environment Day | 5 Jun, Tuesday |
| Gayatri Jayanti | 11 Jun, Monday |
| Shab E Miraj | 17 Jun, Sunday |
| Father's Day | 17 Jun, Sunday |
| World Sun/ Solar Day | 21 Jun, Thursday |
| Jagannath Rath Yatra | 21 Jun, Thursday |
| Sao Joao Feast of St John the Baptist | 24 Jun, Sunday |
| Bankim Chandra's Birthday | 27 Jun, Wednesday |
| Hemis Festival | 29 - 30 Jun, Friday-Saturday |
| Devshayani Ekadashi | 30 Jun, Saturday |
| Start of Chaturmaas period | 30 Jun, Saturday |
| Shimla Summer Festival | 1st Week of June |
| Sindhu Darshan Festival | June |
| Mahesh Navmi | June |