Background: Fine-needle aspiration (FNAC) cytology is well established and widely used to evaluate palpable lesions and, with imaging studies as an adjunct, is equally applicable to deep-seated lesions. Although FNAC is considered quite a reliable procedure for diagnosing salivary gland lesions, one comes across frequent diagnostic challenges in diagnosing salivary gland lesion. Methods: 180 patients were enrolled in the study from January 2014 – august 2016 .Out of these 69 samples had histopathology samples. Special stains (PAS-D) and cell blocks were prepared wherever necessary. Results: Benign neoplastic lesions were (68.1%) found to be the most common with pleomorphic adenoma being predominant of all. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma was the most common malignant lesion followed by adenoid cystic carcinoma. Conclusion: Diagnostic dilemmas are commoner in certain lesions such as basaloid neoplasms, oncocyte lesions, mucus containing cysts and lesions with squamous cells or lymphocytes, spindle cells. These pitfalls can be reduced to minimum by adequate sampling by multiple passes from different areas along with thorough clinical and radiological examination.