January in Pondicherry

International Yoga Festival

January 4 to 7, annually

Since 1993, the Government of Puducherry has organized a four-day gathering of yoga masters, scholars, and practitioners at the Convention C…

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Pongal

January 13 to 16 each year (Thai Pongal, the main day, is always January 14)

The most important Tamil festival of the year: four days in mid-January, rooted in the harvest cycle, celebrated in courtyards and on doorst…

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Republic Day

January 26 each year

India's Republic Day is marked in Pondicherry with a formal flag-hoisting ceremony on Goubert Avenue, a military and school parade, gallantr…

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