Alvas Virasat this year will be more than just a cultural festival, says Chairman Mohan Alva
The Hindu
Alvas Virasat, a three-day fest, will feature seven festivals incl. agriculture, food, handicrafts, art, flower & fruits, artifacts & scouts & guides adventure activities. There will be 750+ stalls & performances by Benny Dayal, Shreya Ghoshal, Mysuru Manjunath, Praveen Godkhindi & Vijayaprakash. Gov. Gehlot will inaugurate & award Alvas Virasat to Manjunath, Godkhindi & Vijayprakash on Dec. 17.
MANGALURU
The 29th edition of Alvas Virasat to be held on Alvas College campus in Moodbidri from December 15 to 17 will not just be about music and dance. It will have seven different festivals namely agriculture, food, handicrafts, art, flower and fruits, artifacts, and scouts and guides adventure activities display centre, said Mohan Alva, Chairman of Alvas Education Foundation.
Talking to reporters in Mangaluru on Saturday, December 9, Mr. Alva said there will be more than 750 stalls related to the seven festivals. This year’s Virasat is dedicated to Captain M.V. Pranjal, who recently died in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu Kashmir, he said.
The agriculture festival will have stalls related to seeds of different fruits and vegetables. There will be stalls displaying saplings for outdoor farming and rooftop farming. It will also feature stalls related to agriculture equipments, organic farming, and about latest agriculture technologie.
The handicraft festival will have about 100 stalls featuring handicrafts, pottery and other material prepared by craftsmen from North Eastern, Eastern, and Northern regions of the country.
Stalls providing authentic coastal food and also dishes from across the country, vegetarian and non-vegetarian will be part of the food festival. There will be stalls related to different food products.
The floor and fruits festival will feature saplings of over 2 lakh flower and fruit varieties, which includes the local and exotic ones. There will also be display of artefacts created from fruits and flowers.
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