Bank Holiday: Today, Wednesday, 26 February, the festival of Mahashivratri is being celebrated across the country. Due to Mahashivratri, most people feel that banks will be closed everywhere today. This is not so. Banks will not be closed across the country due to Mahashivratri
Bank Holiday: Today, Wednesday, February 26, the festival of Mahashivratri is being celebrated all over the country. Due to Mahashivratri, most people feel that banks will be closed everywhere today. This is not so. Banks will not be closed all over the country due to Mahashivratri. Regular work will be done in bank branches in some states of the country. At the same time, all private and government banks will remain closed in states like UP, Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan. Check here which states have been given Mahashivratri holiday by the bank and which have not been given.
Today is Mahashivratri on 26 February
On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, banks will be closed in many states on the occasion of Mahashivratri. On this day, the festival of marriage of Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati is celebrated. On the day of Shivratri, people keep fast and worship by offering water and Belpatra on Shivling.
In which states will banks remain closed due to Mahashivratri?
According to the instructions of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks will remain closed on Wednesday in Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Bengaluru, Belapur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram.
Banks will remain open in these states today on Wednesday
Apart from this, banks will also open in Goa, Bihar, Agartala, Imphal, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, Kolkata, Gangtok and Tamil Nadu. Banks will work normally in those states where there is no holiday on Mahashivratri. If you have to settle any important work related to the bank, then first get information about the bank holidays of your state. If your bank remains closed, then net banking, mobile banking and ATM services will remain operational, using which you can easily do your bank related work.
