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New Year Eve


Like in most parts of the world, New Year Eve celebration has grown into a great day of fun n India. This day is celebrated mostly in the urban areas as people welcome the New Year with a lot of enthusiasm. The celebration of New Year Eve is all about forgetting the sorrows of yesterdays and welcoming a New Year with the hope that it is much better than the last year.

Most of the cities in the country are beautifully decorated during the time. The streets are decorated with lights. The restaurants, pubs and the parks remain packed with crowds. People engage themselves in fun and frolic activities. The various night clubs of the cities remain jam packed as people party through out the night to welcome the New Year with fun and joy. There are also a number of other ways of celebrating the eve as people often exchange gifts and wish each other for a prosperous New Year ahead.

New Year Eve is all set to be celebrated on December 31. Indianholiday.com offers online information about New Year Eve.


Festivals in December 2012
Festival Name Festivals Day/Date
World AIDS Day 1 Dec, Saturday
Bundi Utsav 1 - 3 Dec, Saturday-Monday
Hornbill Festival 1 - 7 Dec, Saturday-Wednesday
Vaikathashtami Festival 7 Dec, Wednesday
Goa Liberation Day 19 Dec, Wednesday
Christmas 25 Dec, Tuesday
Vishnupur Festival 27 - 31 Dec, Thrusday-Monday
Rann Utsav 28 - 30 Dec, Friday-Sunday
Winter Festival 29 - 31 Dec, Saturday - Monday
New Year Eve 31 Dec, Monday
Chennai Dance Festival Mid December (Starting)
Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsava (Pune) 2nd weekend of December
Rash Mela December
Lokranjan December
Lumbini Festival December
Geeta Jayanti Samaroh December
Yellamma Devi Fair December
Poush Mela December
Pawl Kut December
Tansen Samaroh December
Tarpa Festival December
Chrysanthemums December
Chumpha Festival December
Ice Skating Festival December
Perumithitta Tharavad December