The Hindu -Srinagar, India
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Srinagar: Buoyed by the success of the first-ever film festival in Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages is organising a three-day 'Sufi festival' here from tomorrow [Monday, July 2nd].
Internationally acclaimed Sufi singers Begum Farida Khanum, Chand Afzal Qawwal, Adil Barki (Pakistan), light classical vocalist Rita Ganguli, Kathak singer Prema Shirmali, Kashmiri Sufi singer Abdul Rashid Hafiz and folk and dance performers from Egypt are expected to participate in the festival, a spokesman of the academy said here.
He said the academy, in collaboration with Shree Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), is organising the festival in connection with commencement of the Amarnathji yatra*.
Governor and chairman of SASB Lt Gen (retd) S K Sinha will inaugurate the festival while the President of ICCR Dr Karan Singh will preside over the inaugural function.
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad would be the chief guest.
*[Hindu pilgrimage to be done in the month of Shravan (July - August) to Amarnathji.
The holy site stands at 3,888 m/12,755 feet and 141 km/88 statute miles from Srinagar ].
Monday, July 02, 2007
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Monday, July 02, 2007
Three-day 'Sufi festival' Begins in Kashmir
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Srinagar: Buoyed by the success of the first-ever film festival in Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages is organising a three-day 'Sufi festival' here from tomorrow [Monday, July 2nd].
Internationally acclaimed Sufi singers Begum Farida Khanum, Chand Afzal Qawwal, Adil Barki (Pakistan), light classical vocalist Rita Ganguli, Kathak singer Prema Shirmali, Kashmiri Sufi singer Abdul Rashid Hafiz and folk and dance performers from Egypt are expected to participate in the festival, a spokesman of the academy said here.
He said the academy, in collaboration with Shree Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), is organising the festival in connection with commencement of the Amarnathji yatra*.
Governor and chairman of SASB Lt Gen (retd) S K Sinha will inaugurate the festival while the President of ICCR Dr Karan Singh will preside over the inaugural function.
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad would be the chief guest.
*[Hindu pilgrimage to be done in the month of Shravan (July - August) to Amarnathji.
The holy site stands at 3,888 m/12,755 feet and 141 km/88 statute miles from Srinagar ].
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The Hindu -Srinagar, IndiaSunday, July 1, 2007
Srinagar: Buoyed by the success of the first-ever film festival in Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages is organising a three-day 'Sufi festival' here from tomorrow [Monday, July 2nd].
Internationally acclaimed Sufi singers Begum Farida Khanum, Chand Afzal Qawwal, Adil Barki (Pakistan), light classical vocalist Rita Ganguli, Kathak singer Prema Shirmali, Kashmiri Sufi singer Abdul Rashid Hafiz and folk and dance performers from Egypt are expected to participate in the festival, a spokesman of the academy said here.
He said the academy, in collaboration with Shree Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), is organising the festival in connection with commencement of the Amarnathji yatra*.
Governor and chairman of SASB Lt Gen (retd) S K Sinha will inaugurate the festival while the President of ICCR Dr Karan Singh will preside over the inaugural function.
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad would be the chief guest.
*[Hindu pilgrimage to be done in the month of Shravan (July - August) to Amarnathji.
The holy site stands at 3,888 m/12,755 feet and 141 km/88 statute miles from Srinagar ].
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