Festivals Name Day / Date
1.    Mamallapuram Festival ·         Dec 25, 2011 to Jan 25, 2012
2.    New Year’s Day ·         January 1
3.    Dr. Sampoornanand Jayanti ·         January 1
4.    Rashtriya Balika Diwas ·         January 3
5.    Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti ·         January 5
6.    Putrda Ekadashi ·         January 7
7.    Island Tourism Festival ·         January 5
8.    National Youth Day ·         January 12
9.    Lohri ·         January 13
10.  Makara Sankranti / Uttarayan ·         January 14
11.  International Kite Festival ·         January 14
12.  Pongal ·         January 15
13.  Pattadakkal Dance Festival ·         January 14
14.  Magh Bihu (Assam / Bengal) ·         January 14 – 16
15.  Army Day ·         January 15
16.  Kerala Village Fair ·         Mid January
17.  Bikaner Camel Festival ·         January 18 – January 19
18.  Agni Utsav (Orissa) ·         January
19.  Mumbai Kabir Festival ·         January
20.  Modhera Dance Festival ·         January 20 – January 22
21.  Jaipur Literature Festival ·         January 20 – January 24
22.  Netaji Subhash Chandra Jayanti ·         January 23
23.  Desh Prem Diwas ·         January 23
24.  Swami Vivekananda Jayanti ·         January 16
25.  Republic Day ·         January 26 – Thursday
26.  Kolkata Festival ·         January
27.  Lala Lajpat Rai Jayanti ·         January 28 – Saturday
28.  Vasant Panchami / Saraswati Puja ·         January 28 – Saturday
29.  Hampi Festival ·         January 18 – Wednesday
30.  Mahatma Gandhi’s Assassination ·         January 30 – Tuesday