Two month long Patiala Heritage Festival to be grand gala-affair -DC
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ December 6,2023
Once again, Patiala Heritage Festival is back, that was started in the year 2003 till 2007. After a gap of around 12 years it was restarted with much fan fare. Due to Covid it was discontinued. But once again in 2022 it was launched more variety, activities.
Now, once again the district administration has announced that to organize Patiala Heritage Festival in the months of December, January and February with a theme to promote Patiala as a tourism centre.
While divulging details deputy commissioner Patiala Sakshi Sawhney the festival will kick off with Amarud Festival and Guldaudi flower shows to be held at the historic Baradari Gardens on December 15 and 16 ,2023 and conclude in the month of February 2024.
The DC also highlighted the efforts of the Tourism Department to develop Patiala as a centre for adventure tourism, especially through events such as dog shows, photography and painting contests, cultural and dramatic programmes, Patiala Gharana’s singing styles, classical singing, plays, rangoli competitions, flash mobs and a craft fair.
In February, the festival would feature kite flying, air balloon shows, special kite-making programmes for children, the Patiala Military Festival, an Army tank show, medal gallery, literature festival and cultural performances among others.
In this regard, she held a meeting with district officials to chalk out plan, strategy for the pro-public arrangements for the Patiala Heritage Festival, which would see lakhs of visitors from various part of the state along with the neghbouring stat.
Two month long Patiala Heritage Festival to be grand gala-affair -DC Swahney further informed that full proof arrangements would be made for the successful execution of all events at the much awaited cultural festival.
Govt officers from various departments, ADC (G) Anuprita Johal, SDM Samana Charnjeet Singh and Assistant Commissioner (G) Ravinder Singh were present at the meeting.
