Taj Mahotsav 2011 18th – 24th February 2011
Taj Mahotsav is an annual 10 day event at Shilpgram in Agra, just a stone throw from the majestic Taj Mahal. This festival invokes the memories of old Mughal era and nawabi style prevalent in Uttar Pradesh in 18th and 19th centuries. Artisans from different parts of India display their exquisite works of arts. The festival starts with a grand road procession with decorated elephants and camels like victory processions of Mughal Emperors and warlords. Drum beaters, trumpet players, folk dancers, skilled crafts men and artisans also join the procession to make it a grander affair. Apart from the exquisite craft work you can experience the majestic and magnetic performances by artistes from every walk of life. This year the festival is scheduled at two locations.
Venue: Shilpgram Agra & Sursadan Agra
Entrance for foreign visitors: Not applicable
TAJ MAHOTSAV-2011 (18TH Feb to 27th Feb)
PROGRAMME LIST (Daily 7.00 PM Onwards)
VENUE – OPEN STAGE, SHILPGRAM AGRA
Day & Time Name of Artists Program/ Date Presantation 18th Feb 7.00 Sudhir Narain & Group Chorus based on theme of Jashn-e- Friday Virasat Murari Lal Sharma, Charkula Art Academy, Braj Folk Dance Mathura Shweta Mishra Kathak 8.00 Shri Mat Srijan Art & Culture Buddha Ballet New Delhi 7.00 Vandana Shukla, Folk Song 19th Feb Lucknow Krishna Nand, Ghazal Saturday Lucknow Anisha Sharma Kathak Dance Canada Payal Ramchandani, Kuchipudi Dance New Delhi 8.00 Richa Sharma Bollywood Night 20th Feb 7.00 Rakesh Upadhyay, Bhojpuri Songs Gorakhpur Sunday Tulika Kirtiman Kathak Bharath Boochoon, Vocal Miyami U.S.A. Deboleena Paul, Manipuri Dance Lucknow 8.00 Dona Ganguly Odissi Dance
M.A. Musical Academy, Classical Dance New Delhi 21st Feb 7.00 Shobhi Mathur, Vocal Agra Monday Sandeepa Palit, Odissi Dance New Delhi Adwitiyaa Ashtt, Bharatnatyam New Delhi 8.00 Indu Sonali & Ravindra Singh Jyoti Bhojpuri Evening Vidup Agrahari, Vocal Allahabad 22nd Feb 7.00 Tanmay Chaturvedi, Vocal (Devotional Tuesday Lucknow Songs) Shringarmani Gaurav Sharma Kathak Lucknow Sangeeta Mishra, Vocal Lucknow 8.00 Shubha Mudgal & Rock Fusion Aryan Band 23rd Feb 7.00 Hemant Mishra, Bhajan Songs Wednesday Kanpur Nikolina Nikoleski,, Kathak Delhi Nalini-Kamalini, Kathak New Delhi Kumud Jha Diwan, Vocal (Semi- New Delhi classical) 8.00 Aslam Sabri Qawwali 24th Feb 7.00 Shaukat Sharafat Hussain (Agra Gharana ) Ahmedabad Classical Songs Thursday Amit Arya Classical Songs Toronto, Canada Acharya Ram Krishna, Braj Folk Dance Vrindavan 8.00 Raju Srivastava, Raj kumar Rancho & Mubeen Laughter Show Saudagar
25th Feb 7.00 Gaurie Dwivedi, Odissi Dance Friday Lucknow Kumkum Adarsh, Kathak Lucknow Shail Bala Mishra Vocal Varanasi 8.00 Sunidhi Chauhan Mega Star Night
7.00 Mithilesh Kumar, Ghazal 26th Feb Lucknow Dr. Hari Om & Smt Malvika , Lucknow Ghazal Saturday Vijaya Godbole , Vocal Dehradun Ajay Mishra Folk songs Azam Garh Ranjana Chakrabarty Vocal Classical 8.00 Padmshree Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Grammy Award Mohan Veena Winner) Recital
27th Feb 7.00 Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, Varanasi Shehnai Recital Sunday 8.00 K.K. & Raktima Mukerjee K. K. Mega Night
VENUE – SURSADAN AGRA (Daily 9.00 PM Onwards)
Day & Date Name of the Program / Name of the Artist
18th Feb Drama- Roshoman Friday Friends Theatre Group, Agra
19th Feb International Mushayara, Meer-o-Ghalib Saturday
20th Feb Akhil Bhartiya Kavi Sammelan Sunday Dedicated to Mahakavi Sur Das & Nazeer Akbarabadi
21st Feb Drama, Swastik Monday Mohan Swarup Bhatia, Vrindavan
22nd Feb Drama -Fandi Tuesday Sanskar Rang Mandal Agra
24th Feb Punjabi Evening Thursday Guru Darshan Singh Malwa Samyacharak Club, Patiyala
25th Feb Nazeer Shah Faqir Friday IPTA, Agra
26th Feb Tabla Vadan - Sani Niyazi Badaun Saturday Bhagat-Anil Shukla & Group
Drama- “Bahadur Shah Zafar” - By Faisal Hussain