India was the focus of IDF's World Diabetes Day 2012 awareness-raising activities. The blue lighting campaign kicked off in early November, reaching people throughout India and providing a powerful symbol of solidarity for the World Diabetes Day cause.Numerous landmark national monuments were lit up in blue for diabetes, including the Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple, Qutb Minar and Humayun Tomb (all in Delhi), the Sidhuvunayak Temple in Mumbai, the Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata and Shaniwada Fort in Pune.