Kashiyatra Explained
Kashiyatra |
Native Name: | काशीयात्रा |
Native Name Lang: | hin |
Dates: | 19-21 January 2024 |
Location: | Varanasi |
Frequency: | Yearly |
Established: | 1981 |
Kashiyatra, also known as KY, is the annual socio-cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi. It is a four-day long mega event held in January every year, and is one of the most prominent[1] college festivals in India. Kashiyatra is one of the largest socio-culture festivals in Asia where 360+ colleges/universities take part.
Kashiyatra witnesses a large number of participants across the country with having a footfall of 90,000+ participation footfall and organises 60+ events with many Celebrities performances. It provides a definite platform for the participants to showcase youths' talents as well as skills. The festival offers an unprecedented opportunity to meet and interact face to face with a large number of potential and targeted competitors across all the events.
Convenor for the 2024 edition is Aryan and co-convenors Harshit Raj and Dhroov Singh.[2]
Marketing Heads for Kashiyatra'24 - Yash Tarwani, Sanskar Gour, Hardik, Saksham, Kashish Agrawal, Rishabh Raj and Saumyajeet Behuria.
History
Kashiyatra had its first edition in the year 1981.[3] It has been named Sparsh and Spandan in the past. Over the years, Kashiyatra has seen the participation of prominent Indian cultural icons like classical singers Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Bismillah Khan, and singers Shubha Mudgal, Shaan, Lucky Ali, Shibani Kashyap and Javed Ali. In 2006, Miss India Earth 2005 Niharika Singh took part in a fashion show organised as a part of it. Well known bands like Parikrama and Indian Ocean too have performed here.
Events
Competitions
- Abhinay (dramatics competition) consists of stage plays, mono-acting, street-play. and mimes[4] [5] [6]
- Bandish (Indian music competition) features singing competitions from across the country including contestants from popular reality shows such as "Indian Idol" and "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa". It encompasses solo, duet and group performance of light and classical Indian and Western vocals.[7] [8]
- Crosswindz (rock music competition) fuses an Inter-College Rock Rock Festival with a Professional Rock Band as the final act. In the past, Crosswindz has seen performances such as Parikrama, Indian Ocean, Orange Street etc.[9] [10] [11]
- Enquizta (quiz competition) consists of multiple quizzes. It has hosted some of India's largest quizzes over the years with participation in excess of 5000, by prominent quizmasters such as Vikram Joshi.[12] [13]
- Mirage (fashion competition) [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
- Natraj (dance competition) comprises solo, duo and group performances[20] [21] [22] [23]
- Toolika (art competition) comprises sculptures, paintings on canvas, mehendi, tattoo and rangoli-making.[24] [25] [26]
- Samwaad (literary competition) comprises debates, extempore speeches, just-a-minute, poetry, and storytelling events.[27] [28] [29]
- Model United Nations has been held every year since 2013[30]
Pronites
- Antarnaad is the final night of Kashiyatra which sees famous artists and bands from the Indian film industry such as Lucky Ali, Javed Ali, Indian Ocean, Underground Authority, Parikrama etc.
- Fusion Nite is a creative amalgamation of classical Western and Indian Music which has witnessed the presence of the Dunes of Rajasthan, Rishi Inc and others.
- Kavi Sammelan is a poetic symposium which has been graced by Kumar Vishwas, Surendra Sharma and others.
- Bollywood Night is the celebrity performances by most renowned artist like Darshan Raval, Raftar, Amit Trivedi
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: Most prominent festival of northern India.
- Web site: Kashiyatra'24 . 2023-12-31 . www.kashiyatra.org.
- Web site: Festival details.
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- Web site: CROSSWINDZ Kashiyatra17! . 17 September 2020. 15 June 2020. unstop.com.
- Web site: Dare2Compete rebrands to Unstop. Unstop.com (formerly Dare2Compete). 2021-05-12.
- Web site: Kashiyatra, IIT BHU Varanasi. 15 June 2020. facebook.com. en.
- Web site: 2 December 2019. Major Chandrakant Nair To Be The Quiz Master at Kashiyatra 2020. 15 June 2020. DU Express. en-US.
- Web site: IIT BHU का वार्षिकोत्सव काशीयात्रा- 2020: द लोकल ट्रैन और ऋत्विज ने मचाई धूम. 15 June 2020. Patrika News. hindi.
- Web site: काशी यात्राः आईआईटी बीएचयू की छात्राओं ने पारपंरिक परिधानों में किया ऐसा रैंप वॉक, आप भी कहेंगे वाह. 15 June 2020. Amar Ujala. hi.
- Web site: IIT BHU का वार्षिकोत्सव : काशीयात्रा-2020 के 38वें संस्करण में 60 हजार लोग होंगे शामिल. 15 June 2020. Dainik Jagran. hi.
- Web site: 24 January 2013. IIT-BHU's 'Kashiyatra' begins today . 15 June 2020. The Times of India. en.
- Web site: BHU IIT में वार्षिक सांस्कृतिक उत्सव काशी यात्रा का आगाज, छात्रों ने बिखेरा जलवा VIDEO. 15 June 2020. livehindustan.com. hindi.
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- Web site: IIT BHU के वार्षिकोत्सव काशीयात्रा 2020 का ऐलान, तीन दिनों तक फुल मस्ती. 15 June 2020. Patrika News. hindi.
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- Web site: IIT BHU annual cultural fest Kashiyatra-13 commences. 15 June 2020. studyguideindia.com.
- Web site: Samwaad. 15 June 2020. Issuu. en.
- Web site: iit bhu varanasi की सबसे ताज़ा खबर. 15 June 2020. Amar Ujala. hi.
- Web site: IIT BHU Kashi Yatra-2020:दूसरा दिन रॉक बैंड्स पर थिरके युवा, डीजे अनइवेन ने मचाया धमाल. 15 June 2020. Patrika News. hindi.
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