Kolkata: Even in this age of digital banking, online banking and near saturation of ATMs, a lot of customers visit the branches of banks to conduct their business. Therefore, the list of holidays in a bank is a matter of significance to many. November will see several regional bank holidays across the country. Banks will be closd for as many as 13 days, including second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays. However, during all holidays, customers will be able to use banking apps, online services and ATMs as much as they wish. Let’s check the list of holidays in November:
November 1: Kannada Rajyotsava and Igas-Bagwal. Banks will be closed in the states of Karnataka and Uttarakhand. Kannada Rajyotsava marks the formation of Karnataka in 1956. Igas-Bagwal is celebrated in Uttarakhand and is the festival of lights of the gods.
November 5: Guru Nanak Jayanti, Kartika Purnima, Rahas Purnima. The birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev is observed on Guru Nanak Jayanti. Banks will remain closed in many states such as Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya, Delhi, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Kerala, Nagaland and Mizoram.
November 6, 7: Nongkrem Dance and Wangala Festival. Banks will be closed in the state of Meghalaya. On November 6 Nongkrem Dance Festival (Khasi harvest ritual) will be celebrated. The next day (November 7) banks will be closed in the state for the Wangala Festival which is called the 100 Drums Festival (of the Garo tribe).
November 8: Kanakadasa Jayanti. Banks in Karnataka will be closed to celebrate this day. Kanakadasa Jayanthi marks the birth anniversary of saint and poet Sri Kanakadasa.
Besides the above-mentioned days, banks will also be closed on all Sundays and November 8 and November 22, since these two days are second and fourth Saturdays. However, one can conduct the following transactions in banks: cash withdrawal and other services from ATMs, bill payment on digital and online banking, all transactions on UPI for transferring funds to anyone, investments in PPF etc through the online and digital process, making FDs online, cheque deposits in kiosks.
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