The Directorate of Culture in joint collaboration with Swaraj Sansthan and Sadguru Kabir Smarak Shodh Sansthan, luniyakhedi is organising 18th Kabir Mahotsav from February 23 to 28.
During the last two days, the event would be organised at Ravindra Bhavan’s Open Air Auditorium i.e. here on February 27 and 28. While talking to the media persons here on Friday in a conference, the organiser and a renowned Kabir folk singer Padam Shree Prahlad Singh Tipanya said, “Though by profession I am teacher but since my childhood I have an attachment with Kabir and his sayings.” Elaborating about the event, he said, “For past 17 years we are continuously organizing Kabir Mahotsav and this we have the privilege to end our one week tour at Bhopal. It would be an enthralling experience to perform before the Bhopalites.”
The event would be organised in various cities of the State. The Malwa Kabir Yatra is being organised under the Mahotsav that will start from luniyakhedi town, district Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh and will later move to Ujjain, Bhaklay,Khargon district,Indore, Gulana, shajapur and conclude in Bhopal. Various artists from across the country would perform at these venues on scheduled dates, Tipanya further informed.
Besides, on concluding at Ravindra Bhavan artists like Bindu Malini, Vedant, Vasu, Anuradha Shriram and Parshuram from Chennai, Shabnam Virmani from Banglore, Samarjeet Randhawa with State artists like Gurucharan, Devnarayan Saroliya, Vijay and Dharmendra Tipaniya will perform on February 27. While on February, 28 Padmashri Prahlad Tipaniya, Bharti Bandhu from Raipur, Bhanvri Devi and Kishan Kumar from Churu, Rajasthan and Moora lala from Kutch, Gujarat along with host of local artist Vikram Singh Gangoliya would give a performance.
later, Director Culture, Shriram Tiwari and Pralhad Tipaniya asserted that this festival of Kabir Mahotsav attracts audiences including villagers, cults, scholars, students from all over India and even abroad.