List of Festivals Organised in India (January-2018)

January 2018

Name of the Festival	Purpose	Organized by	Held at
The 171st Araadhanai Music Festival	Over 1,000 musicians from all over the world are expected to pay homage to Saint Thygaraja	The state governmnet of Tamil Nadu	Thiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu
Karnataka International Travel Expo’ (KITE)	Aims to improve the State’s visibility in the tourism market.	The Karnataka government	Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka
Science Film Festival of Indiatitled as SCI-FFI Goa	Aims to boost the culture of science films.	The state-based Vidnyan Parishad, Goa’s Department of Science and Technology, the Entertainment Society of Goa and the Goa College of Art.	Goa
The 26th edition of New Delhi World Book Fair	Burning environment issues like climate change, global warming, and water pollution will be the main theme for this year’s New Delhi World Book Fair	The National Book Trust (NBT), India, in association with India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO).	New Delhi
International Balloon Festival		Organised by media company Global Media Box and The Slaves, a Pollachi-based restaurant, with the support of the State Tourism Department and Adhiban Fincorp.	Pollachi near Coimbatore.
The seventh edition of the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav,	To promote engagement among the people of different states to enhance mutual understanding and bonding.	organised by the Ministry of Culture	Karnataka
The fourth edition of the India International Science Festival		Union Minister for Science & Technology, Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan.	Lucknow
Ramayana Festival, marking 25 years of the Indo-ASEAN		Organised by Indian Council for Cultural Relations.	New Delhi
Kachra Mahotsav 2018	aimed to increase awareness, use the waste generated in the city creatively, and to showcase multiple techniques for reusing things that are labelled as garbage	The Raipur Municipal Corporation	Chhattisgarh
Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF)	To promote Poetry work	The state government of Rajasthan	Diggi Palace, Amber Fort and Hawa Mahal of Rajasthan