Butter Festival

This high-altitude Butter, Holi Festival of Dayara Bughyal, is one of its kind.  The butter festival, locally known as Anduri Utsav, is held on the slopes of the alpine meadow every year during the auspicious occasion of Sankranti. Anduri is a festival of expressing gratitude to mother nature. The locals flock with their cattle to the grassland of Dayara. They are seen expressing their love for the Dayara meadows, which provide fodder for their cattle. The eventful proceeding starts with some 500 villagers, who are seen playing Holi with buttermilk on the slopes of Dayara. Seeing the locals singing, dancing and rejoicing with butter-smeared faces is a happy sight. After this, local children are seen presenting cultural programs. They do elaborate skits of Lord Krishna with full costume and make-up.