| ALL INDIA
FESTIVAL OF ARTS & CRAFTS AT SHILPARAMAM |
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| Celebrated In
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14 Kms from Hyderabad |
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| Month :
March |
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| Significance :
Exhibits Arts & Crafts
From all parts of the Country |
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| Shilparamam, a Crafts Village set
amidst lovely rocks, rippling waterfalls and gorgeous lawns, about 14-km from
Hyderabad. Shilparamam plays host to myrid traditions of arts and crafts of
India. |
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| An International
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| It has become internationally famous for the
Annual Crafts Festival that is being organised in the first two weeks of March
every year since 1995. During these Festivals, craftspersons from across the
country come here to display their exclusive creations. |
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| Here buyers come and pick up
objects directly from the makers with out having to deal with middlemen. In the
past six years, the Arts and Crafts Festival elicited tremendous response.
While the first such Arts and Crafts festival attracted people in tens of
thousands the festival now attracts hundreds of thousands of people every day.
Crafts people from all over the country sell their creations for crores. |
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| Every season brings a mood of
festivity and an occasion to celebrate at 'Shiparamam'. Here Indian festivals
are celebrated in the most traditional way. Apart from the annual festival held
here, others festivals celebrated here include the Navaratri, South India
Festival, Sankranti Sandadi, Ugadi, Janmashtami etc. |
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| THE HYDERABAD
HAAT, the crafts fair is organised once a month bringing
exclusive crafts from different States of the Country. And through the recently
started GRIHA BHOJAN Centre, the most diverse of traditional native
delicacies of various cultures are cooked and served by women in the most
traditional way. |
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