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Behdienkhlam Festival

Government of Meghalaya

Date / ruleAnnual July festival; 2026 government holiday listed on 9 July
ScopePnar/Jaintia cultural and religious festival in Meghalaya
VerificationGovernment Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-06
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Behdienkhlam Festival?

Government of Meghalaya

Date and recurrence

Annual July festival; 2026 government holiday listed on 9 July

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Pnar/Jaintia cultural and religious festival in Meghalaya. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Behdienkhlam in Meghalaya

Classification

Topic and context

Faith, Tradition & Spirituality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Meghalaya Government — Behdienkhlam FestivalState Government Festival Page
  2. Meghalaya General Administration Department — Holiday List 2026State Government Gazetted Calendar
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Behdienkhlam Festival?

Annual July festival; 2026 government holiday listed on 9 July The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: Annual July festival; 2026 government holiday listed on 9 July.

Does Behdienkhlam Festival fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Behdienkhlam Festival an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Pnar/Jaintia cultural and religious festival in Meghalaya. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Behdienkhlam Festival?

The stored designation basis is: Government of Meghalaya. Supporting provenance includes Meghalaya Government — Behdienkhlam Festival. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Behdienkhlam Festival international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Pnar/Jaintia cultural and religious festival in Meghalaya. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-06.

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