Friday, February 5, 2010

Natyanjali Dance Festival 2010 - Chidambaram

Natyanjali Dance Festival is celebrated every year in Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu. It is a dance festival that is dedicated to Lord Nataraj. He is also called as the lord of dances. This festival takes place during the month of February and starts on Mahasivaratri. The dates for Natyanjali Dance Festival 2010 are from 12 February to 16 February. This is a five day long festival. The venue of this event is Chidambaram Nataraj Temple. This festival is organized by Department of Tourism, Government of Tamil Nadu in association with the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and the Natyanjali Trust, Chidambaram.This festival brings together all the prominent dancers of India together. It is performed at the Prakaram of the temple.

Getting to Chidambaram

Bus routes: Buses are available from Chennai, Pondicherry, Madurai, Tanjavur and other places. It is about 75kms south of Pondicherry.

Railway station: The nearest Railway Station is Chidambaram.

Airport: The nearest airport is tirchy. Its about 160kms

Goa Carnival 2010 - India


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Goa Carnival Festival is held every year during the month of February. It is one of the important carnival in India. Goa Carnival Festival 2010 dates have been announced. It will be held from February 13th to February 16th 2010. This festival was started by Protuguese when they ruled Goa. People from different parts of the country gather at Goa for this Goan Carnival. Eventhough it is a christian festival, people of all religion celebrate this festival. The highlights of this carnival is the colorful floats on the opening day and the red and black dance that takes place on the Club National in Panaji the capital of Goa. Floats, colossal parades, bands, balls and dances, groups of masked revelers dressed in dazzling costumes singing and dancing to the tunes of the renowned musicians are the important events in the Goa Carnival Festival(Goan Carnival)...You can also check out the other carnivals like Rio carnival, venice carnival and Montevideo carnival..

Chennai Science Festival 2010


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The mega Science Festival is now going on in Chennai. The Chennai Science Festival 2010 began on 3rd February 2010 and will continue till 7th February 2010. There are about 125 stalls that explains fundamental principles behind the applications that we use every day. The three main categories in this festival are food and health, climate change and energy. Its a five day long event and some of the important things that are displayed during this event are models of satellites and launch vehicles, modules employed for research in university laboratories and many more... The venue of Chennai Science Festival 2010 is Periyar Science and Technology centre, Kotturpuram, Chennai. The timings for the festival is from morning 10am to evening 6pm