The fourteenth
Sanskrit chaturdasha: fourteenth.
The fourteenth lunar day of a fortnight. Naraka Chaturdashi and Maha Shivratri fall on one, and so does Narasimha Jayanti.
Diwali is a five-day season at the Kartika new moon (October-November). This sets out the days, the Padma Purana and al-Biruni, and which stories are later.
Ganesh Chaturthi keeps the bright fourth of Bhadrapada with a clay image and immersion. This article sets out the days and what the texts and later practice say.
Maha Shivratri is the dark fourteenth night of Magha, kept with a fast and vigil. The article sets out the Shiva Purana's rite and which stories came later.
Narasimha Jayanti marks the appearance of the man-lion on the bright fourteenth of Vaishakha. This article sets out the day, the Bhagavata story, and what is custom.
Kundalpur in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, is a Digambara Jain pilgrimage with the 15-foot Bade Baba image of Rishabhanatha and many hill temples.
Nine sacred samadhis of Dvaita Vedanta saints in the Madhvacharya lineage, enshrined on a Tungabhadra island near Hampi.