According to the RBI bank holiday list, a traditional festival called Tendong Lho Rum Phat will be celebrated in Sikkim on this day, due to which a public holiday has been declared there. This is the reason why all public and private sector banks will remain closed in this state today.

Why banks will remain closed in Sikkim

This festival is celebrated by the Limbu community. In this festival, the mountain ‘Tendong’ is worshipped to express gratitude towards nature. It is believed that once this holy mountain became a refuge for people during a terrible flood. This is the reason why on this day the mountain is worshipped and the earth is thanked.

When will the banks remain closed in August 2025? Know the complete details of the holidays

The month of August is usually full of festivals and holidays. Something similar will be seen this time too . In August 2025, banks are going to be closed for a total of 15 days, out of which some are weekend holidays and the rest are based on the festivals of different states. In such a situation, if you want to do any important work related to the bank, then it would be better to check the bank holiday list in advance.

Banks in India are closed every Sunday . Apart from this, banking services are also not available on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. This time there will be a total of 7 weekend holidays.

• August 3 – Sunday
• 9 August – Second Saturday
• August 10 – Sunday
• August 17 – Sunday
• August 23 – Fourth Saturday
• August 24 – Sunday
• August 31 – Sunday
• When will banks remain closed due to festivals?
• Bank Holiday List for August 2025
• August 8 (Friday) – Tendong Lho Rum Phat
• Banks Closed: Gangtok
• 9 August (Saturday) – Rakshabandhan / Jhulan Purnima
• Banks closed: Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Dehradun, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Shimla, Bhubaneswar
• August 13 (Wednesday) – Patriots Day
• Banks Closed : Imphal
• 15 August (Friday) – Independence Day / Parsi New Year / Janmashtami
• National Holiday – All banks across the country closed
• 16 August (Saturday) – Janmashtami / Krishna Jayanti
• Banks closed: Aizawl, Chennai, Hyderabad, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Gangtok, Chandigarh, Jammu, Srinagar
• 19 August (Tuesday) – Birth anniversary of Maharaja Bir Bikram
• Banks Closed: Agartala
• 25 August (Monday) – Srimanta Sankardev Disappearance
• Banks Closed: Guwahati
• 27 August (Wednesday) – Ganesh Chaturthi / Samvatsari
• Banks closed: Mumbai, Belapur, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Panaji
• 28 August (Thursday) – Ganesh Chaturthi (2nd Day) / Nuakhai
• Banks closed: Bhubaneswar, Panaji

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