India Celebrates In January 2013 !!!

In your busy days ... did you find any time to celebrate ?
You missed these festivals and holidays .. you workaholics .... home-sitters ...... dushbags !!!

    Festivals Name                                 Day / Date

    New Year's Day                                               January 1
    Dr. Sampoornanand Jayanti                              January 1
    Rashtriya Balika Diwas                                    January
    Island Tourism Festival                                     January 5 - January 15
    Saphala Ekadashi                                             January 8

    National Youth Day                                       January 12       
    Swami Vivekanad Jayanti                                January 12
    Lohri                                                                January 13
    Makara Sankranti / Uttarayan                    January 14*
    International Kite Festival                                January 14

 
    Ganga Sagar Snan                                          January 14
    Pongal                                                           January 15
    Mamallapuram Festival                                  Mid January
    Magh Bihu (Assam / Bengal)                        January 14 - 16
    Army Day                                                    January 15

 
    Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti                      January 18
    Kerala Village Fair                                        Mid January
    Agni Utsav (Orissa)                                      January
    Pausha Putrada Ekadashi                              January 22
    Mumbai Kabir Festival                                 January

 
    Modhera Dance Festival                              January
    Jaipur Literature Festival                             January 24 - January 28
    Netaji Subhash Chandra Jayanti            January 23
    Desh Prem Diwas                                       January 23
    Pattadakkal Dance Festival                         January 25

 
    Milad-Un-Nabi / Id-E-Milad                   January 25
    Republic Day                                            January 26
    Thai Poosam                                              January 27
    Bikaner Camel Festival                              January 26 - January 27
    Kolkata Festival                                         January

 
    Paush Purnima                                          January 27
    Maha Kumbh Mela                                 January 27 - February 25
    Lala Lajpat Rai Jayanti                         January 28
    Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom            January 30
    Sakat Chauth                                             January 30

    * In some parts, Makar Sankranti may be celebrated on January 13