Chennai Holidays

Chennai is a cosmopolitan city and houses people belonging to different religions, regions, castes, and creed. Therefore, in a way, the city celebrates all the festivals celebrated in India. However, the majority of the population is formed by the Tamil speaking South Indian residents, who celebrate their own set of fairs and festivals. As a result, all the offices and business organizations remain closed on these days and observe holidays. For the convenience of the people, the government declares the list of public holidays in a year, beforehand. This facilitates people to schedule their visits and various activities accordingly. Given below is the list of holidays in Madras.

National Holidays

• Republic Day (26 January)
• Independence Day (15 August)
• Gandhi Jayanthi (2 October)

Public Holidays

• New Year's Day
• Pongal
• Thiruvalluvar Day
• Uzhavar Thirunal
• Moharram
• Telugu New Year's Day
• Mahaveer Jayanthi
• Meelad-un-Nabi
• Good Friday
• Tamil New Year's Day
• May Day
• Sri Krishna Jayanthi
• Vinayaka Chathurthi
• Ramzan
• Ayudha Pooja
• Vijaya Dasami
• Deepavali
• Bakrid
• Christmas