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The Sundaram Finance - Mylapore Festival is an annual
event which celebrates heritage and tradition, lifestyle,
art and culture in one of the oldest neighbourhoods
of the city of Chennai. MYLAPORE. The first edition
of the festival was held in 2002 January on a small
scale.
The
THIRD was held from January 6 to 9.held on Jan.6,
7, 8, 9 of 2005.
The venues for all the events are the open spaces,
street corners and the Mada Streets around the world
famous Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple.
The
fest was born out of a small kolam contest that the
weekly neighbourhood newspaper Mylapore Times ( 10
years old now) started almost a decade ago.
To
enlarge the scope of the event, in 2003, the kolam
contest became the Mylapore Festival.
The
weekly neighbourhood newspaper, Mylapore Times, with
a circulation of 28,000 copies and a readership of
nearly 1 lakh, organises the Fest. Sundaram Finance
is the main sponsor.
The
Festival celebrates the unique nature of this area
- whose history is far, far older than the city itself.
And it invites people from all over the city to take
part in it.
Here
is a pictorial essay on the 2005 festival.
Please
send us your feelings / feedback/ memories and ideas.
Mail to editor@kutcheribuzz.com
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