Week-long Patiala heritage festival from Feb 3

Patiala, Dec 22: The fifth Patiala Heritage Festival will be organised from February 5-10 here next year in collaboration with INTACH at Quila Mubarak, Old Moti Bagh Palace and Sheesh Mahal.

Patiala Heritage Society secretary Rakesh Kumar Verma disclosed the week-long festival would comprise a series of performance by some of India's finest exponents of classical music, dance and theatre including Asad Ali Khan (Rudra Been), Fahimudin Khan Dagar (Dhrupad), Pt Brij Narain (Sarod), Manjari Chaturvedi (Sufi-Kathak), Pt Laxman Krishna Rao (devotional music) and others.

The festival would include sufi qawwali by Sher Miandad and Javed and Babar Niazi of Kapurthala Gharana (both from Pakistan). A kavi durbar, equestrian events, cricket and a seminar on Punjab art would also be held. Art and handicraft exhibition would be an added feature of the festival.

A fashion show featuring one of India's most famous designers would be held during the festival.

Like every year, the festival would coincide with the 15-day-long Craft Mela being organised in the precincts of historic Sheesh Mahal from February 4.

UNI