Hare Krishna Movement–Hyderabad’s cultural wing, SUMEDHASA (intelligence through culture), is delighted to announce the commencement of “Heritage Fest” Telangana’s Biggest Cultural Carnival for children, starting from July 2023.
With the noble vision of nurturing a strong and confident future generation, free from anxiety, depression, inferiority complex, and self-pity, Sumedhasa presents the Heritage Fest event. This event is specifically designed for students from LKG to 10th class, offering a series of activities where children can learn about India’s rich culture, glorious history, and enhance their talents and skills.
Heritage Fest is an annual cultural extravaganza that celebrates India’s vibrant culture and traditions, while also promoting our Vedic culture and universal ethical values. Labeled as a festival of “enlightenment, creativity, and entertainment,” Heritage Fest stands out as a unique event, covering a wide spectrum of activities and witnessing massive participation from school children. Over the past eight years, we have reached out to 40,000 students across 2000 schools, which serves as a testament to the overwhelming response received towards the event.
This year, we anticipate the enthusiastic participation of around 30,000 students from more than 300 schools in Telangana state alone.
Heritage Fest serves as a platform not only for cultural contests but also as an endeavor to bridge the cultural divide in this era of technology-driven lifestyles, increasing juvenile delinquency, and heightened stress levels among children. The event will feature a variety of contests, including coloring, painting, Gita-Sloka chanting, puranic costumes, classical dance, vocal music, cookery, pushpalankara, rangoli, drama, folk dance and storytelling. These competitions aim to tap into children’s creativity, intellect, and artistic inclinations.
The contests will be conducted at different locations including Feelkhana, Banjarahills, Ghatkesar, Kukatpally, Dilsukhnagar, Chaitanyapuri, Kachiguda, Secunderabad, Shamshabad, Kothapet, Mehdipatnam, Bachupally, Erragadda, and Kandi, on various dates as mentioned below.
A tentative schedule of the event:
Launch of the Heritage Fest event: Friday, 14th July 2023.
Inter-School Competition schedule:
ZONE 1 to 3: 4th and 5th weeks of July 2023 (Feelkhana, Bachupally & Secunderabad)
ZONE 4 to 12: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th week of August 2023 (Banjarahills, Shamshabad, Kachiguda, Erragadda, Kukatpally, Kandi, Sangareddy)
ZONE 13 to 20: 1st, 2nd, 3rd week of September 2023 (Chaitanyapuri, Dilsukhnagar, Ghatkesar)
ZONE 21 to 22: 1st, 2nd week of October 2023 (Mehdipatnam, Attapur)
Quarter Finals: 2nd and 3rd week of November 2023
Semi-Finals: December 2023
Finals: January 2024
Registration is completely FREE, and interested parents, children, and school managements can contact: 8639273465 for further details.
All participants will receive attractive certificates. The winners of the contests will be awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals, as well as mementos and trophies. A total of 30,000 certificates, medals, and over 100 trophies will be presented during the prize distribution ceremony. Additionally, an impressive “Champion Trophy” will be bestowed upon the school with the best overall performance, and a runner-up trophy will be awarded to the second-place school. The next top three schools will also receive special mementos. Furthermore, the school with the highest number of entries in the Fest will receive a unique memento. All teachers who have trained the winning students will be honored with Citation Certificates.
The prizes and certificates will be handed over by the esteemed President of Hare Krishna Movement- Hyderabad, His Grace Sri Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa Prabhuji, at a specially held Prize Distribution event. We invite all the children of Hyderabad, along with their parents and school managements, to actively participate in these events, fostering the development of self-confidence, leadership, teamwork, and more.
Today, In a specially organized ceremony, His Grace Sri Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa Prabhuji, President of Hare Krishna Movement (HKM), unveiled the poster & schedule for the Heritage Fest 2023. He stated, “HKM aims to instill spiritual and cultural principles and practices in young minds through its Heritage Fest competitions. By promoting the rich Indian heritage, cultural diversity, and spiritual values of our esteemed civilization, HKM has been conducting the Heritage Fest Cultural competitions for many years. We request all parents, teachers, and school managements to encourage children to actively participate in such events and contribute to building strong and confident individuals and also receive the divine blessings of Lord Sri Krishna”.
