The annual Khajuraho Dance Festival began on February 20, 2021. The week-long annual event will end on February 26.
Key Points
- The Khajuraho Dance Festival is an annual festival of classical dances held from February 20 to 26 every year.
- The festival is organized by the Madhya Pradesh Kala Parishad.
- It is conducted beside the Khajuraho temples in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh.
- The festival sees various classical dance forms like Kuchipudi, Kathak, Manipuri, Odissi, Bharathanatyam, and Kathakali.
- This year, it is the 47th Khajuraho Dance Festival.
- Also, the most important thing is that this year almost after 44 years, the ceremony will be held once again in the temple complex of the Western Temple Group.
- The conduction of events in the temple complex was banned by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on account of the destruction of monuments and the defacement of idols.
- But this year, ASI has given permission for conducting the event in the temple complex and has also waived the fee for conducting the festival.
- After the ban by ASI, almost 44 years ago, the event was held in an open-air auditorium.
The Khajuraho dance ceremony will start at 7 pm daily and there is no entry fee for visitors. Various dancers will perform different dance forms on each day till the culmination of the festival on February 26.
