A number of festivals add color and vivacity to the life of the people in Andhra Pradesh. There are many festivals that are packed within a year and are marked by color, mirth, boundless enthusiasm, feasts, prayers and rituals. Andhra Pradesh is known for its ability to celebrate and observe the festivals of every region and every religion. Each of the festivals is celebrated with gusto and the exuberance of the people seems to spill over. The tourists and the travelers are pleasantly befuddled at the multiplicity of the festivals and the scale of their observance.

The Lumbini Festival is celebrated from the second Friday to Sunday in the month of December every year. It is celebrated in a grand scale in Hyderabad and Nagarjunasagar. Lumbini Festival underlines and celebrates the rich Buddhist heritage of Andhra Pradesh. The other major festivals observed in Andhra Pradesh apart from Lumbini Festival are Visakha Utsav, Deccan festival, Pearls and Bangles Fair, Rayalaseema Food and Dance Festival, Makar Sankranti, Maha Shivratri , Ugadi, Vinayaka Chaturthi, Pongal, Sri Krishna Jayanti and Diwali.