Khajuraho Dance Festival set to host eminent classical dancers: Check out dates, venue, activities

The first day of this year’s festival will see 1,500 to 2,000 artists take part in Kathak Kumbh, thereby setting a Guinness World Record by presenting a dance together.

During the festival, tourists coming to Khajuraho will be able to indulge in activities like sky diving (February 20-25), camping, trail joy ride, water sports, village tour, e-bike tour, Raneh Fall tour and Khajuraho night tour, among others.

Under the Madhya Pradesh Rupankar Art Award and Exhibition, ten state level awards — established by the state government in the name of famous Rupankar artists of the state — will be given to the selected artists.

Other activities will include a fair of indigenous knowledge and art tradition, a fair of Fine Arts, a Terracotta and Ceramics National Exhibition-Workshop, folk dance presentations and workshop of disciples with great gurus, among others.

The festival is organised every year by the Madhya Pradesh Culture Department, through Ustad Alauddin Khan Music and Art Academy, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department and Archeology Department.

Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture, Tourism and Religious Trusts and Endowments, Shri Dharmendra Singh Lodhi said, “The intent of Khajuraho Dance Festival is not only to preserve the classical dances but also to make the art lovers experience the zenith of art and encourage all the artists associated with it. Apart from the Kathak Kumbh, Layashala will be organised for the first time during the festival, which will be a confluence of adroit gurus of their respective genres of Indian dance styles and their disciples and amazing workshops.”