Taj Mahotsava
18 Feb, 2009 - 27 Feb, 2009
This festival is held in Agra, Uttar Pradesh |
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One of the best times to travel to Agra is during the grand Taj Mahotsav or the Taj Festival. The annual festival of Taj Mahotsav is held during 18th to 27th of February every year. The venue is Shilpgram, near Taj Mahal. The festival is an ode to the rich cultural heritage of Uttar Pradesh. Lasting for 10 days, the festival is an everlasting experience. The festival is a continous 10 days celebration, with artists from all over India showcasing there talent. Taj Mahotsav is one of the spectacular festivals in India and is organized by Uttar Pradesh Tourism. Spring time is the time of the year when nature dawns all its colorful grandeur and Agra bursts into colourful celebrations. For 10 days there is a sheer celebration of Uttar Pradesh's rich heritage of arts, crafts, culture, cuisine, dance and music. It is the time of Taj Mahotsava. There are festivities all around and Agra truly puts on the colures of joy and gets modified into one non-stop carnival. It is one of the major attractions for tourists, as it draws thousands of visitors to Agra from India as well as abroad. During the festival, Agra and Taj comes to a new life with heaps of activities. The whole place looks like a mini Uttar Pradesh market.
The festival invites best artists from all over India. The folk artists, musicians, dramatists and other artisans gather at the 10 days celebration and enliven the environment. Throughout the Taj Mahotsav, one can experience a profusion of folk music and dances of Bundelkhand, 'Nautanki' (Drama), 'Sapera' dance of Rajasthan, Lavani of Maharashtra, Kathakali of Kerala and other folk dance.
The whole place becomes a small market, where one can get handicrafts, antiques, woodwork, ivory work and other speciality items of Uttar Pradesh. Exquisite crafts like marble inlays, wood carvings from Saharanpur; brass and other metal-ware from Moradabad; handmade carpets of Badohi; the blue pottery of Khurja; the Chikan work of Lucknow; the silk of Banares are exhibited during the Taj Festival. |
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