Mandu festival is organized in January month at Mandu destination of Madhya Pradesh state. It is popular heritage and hill station tourism destination in Malwa region. Mandu festival is basically a 05 day long event which offers variety of actions and activities like cycling expedition trips, adventure sports, live music concerts, local art & craft exhibition etc. It is the best time to visit Mandu to understand local art and culture with variety of leisure activities at one place. Due to its huge popularity, it is advised to must do your accommodation booking in advance as good accommodation options are limited and staying at good hotel will enhance your overall travel experience to this festival.
Mandu festival dates and timing are decided by Madhya Pradesh State Tourism & Development Council (MPSTDC) with consultation of MP Tourism Board members. Usually it is held in January month of the year which is winter season of Mandu at Madhya Pradesh in Central India. It is a five day long event in which each day activities with time schedules are pre-decided and shared with visitors online so that they can check and decide there tour plan.
While planning for Mandu festival trip. we should must know about the daily program which are usually offered during this period. Here we have shared basic activitiy program so that you can check and make a plan for this place.
| Day 01: | Day 02: | Day 03: | Day 04: | Day 05: |
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5:30 AM: Inauguration of Hot Air Ballooning |
5:30 AM: Hot Air Ballooning |
5:30 AM: Hot Air Ballooning |
5:30 AM: Hot Air Ballooning |
5:30 AM: Hot Air Ballooning |
| 10:30 AM - Inauguration of Mandu Cycling tours | 6:30 AM - Yoga with morning raga at Chappan Mahal | 6:30 AM - Yoga with morning ragas at Chappan Mahal | 6:30 AM - Yoga with morning ragas at Chappan Mahal |
6:30 AM - Yoga with morning ragas at Chappan Mahal |
| 10:30 AM - Mandu heritage walks & Instagram Tours | 6:30 AM - Mandu cycling tour | 6:30 AM - Mandu cycling tour | 6:30 AM - Mandu cycling tour |
6:30 AM - Mandu cycling tour |
| 11:00 AM to 02:00 PM - Inauguration of Art & Craft district | 8:30 AM - Explore rural tourism | 8:30 AM - Explore rural tourism | 8:30 AM - Explore rural tourism |
8:30 AM - Explore rural tourism |
| 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM - Inauguration of Adventure activities and Shopping activities | 11:00 AM - Mandu heritage walk | 11:00 AM - Mandu heritage walk | 11:00 AM - Mandu heritage walk |
11:00 AM - Mandu heritage walk |
| 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM - Inauguration of Rural tourism excursions | 11:00 AM - Mandu Instagram tour | 11:00 AM - Mandu Instagram tour | 11:00 AM - Mandu Instagram tour |
11:00 AM - Mandu Instagram tour |
| 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM - Inauguration of Food activities | 11:00 AM - Food district opens | 11:00 AM - Food district opens | 11:00 AM - Food district opens |
11:00 AM - Food district opens |
| 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM - Time to have lunch, relax or visit local monuments. | 11:00 AM - Opening of art and craft area | 11:00 AM - Opening of art and craft area | 11:00 AM - Opening of art and craft area |
11:00 AM - Opening of art and craft area |
| 6:00 PM to 6:30PM - Maa Narmada Arti at Rewa Kund | 11:00 AM - Opening of shopping gallery with live demos | 11:00 AM - Opening of shopping gallery with live demos | 11:00 AM - Opening of shopping gallery with live demos |
11:00 AM - Opening of shopping gallery with live demos |
| 6:45 PM to 7:15 PM - Formal Inauguration of Mandu festival at Musical district | 11:00 AM - Opening of adventure activities | 11:00 AM - Opening of adventure activities | 11:00 AM - Opening of adventure activities |
11:00 AM - Opening of adventure activities |
| 07:15 PM to 07:45 PM: Local artists performance | 12:30 PM - Story telling session at Chappan Mahal | 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM - Do local monuments exploration, lunch & relax. | 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM - Do local monuments exploration, lunch & relax. |
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM - Do monuments visit |
| 7:45 PM to 8:00 PM - Fashion activities presentation | 12:30 PM to 7:00 PM - Free time for lunch, relax and monuments visit | 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM - Story telling session at Chappan Mahal | 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM - Free time for personal work | 2:00 PM - Have lunch & relax |
| 8:00 PM onwards - Performance by artist | 7:00 PM - Local musical artists performance | 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM - Free time for personal work | 7:00 PM - Local musical artists performance |
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM - Do personal work |
| 8:00 PM onwards - Performance by Jazba-e-Junoon | 7:30 PM Onwards - Evening musical concert | 7:00 PM - Local musical artists performance | 7:30 PM Onwards - Evening musical concert by artists |
6:00 PM to 6:30 PM - Narmada arti at Rewa Kund |
| 8:00 PM onwards - Night Glow concert | 7:30 PM Onwards - Performance by local artist | 7:30 PM Onwards - Evening musical concert by artists | 7:30 PM Onwards - Performance by known artist |
7:00 PM - Local musical artists performance |
| 10:00 PM onwards: Star gazing activity |
10:00 PM onwards: Star gazing activity |
7:30 PM Onwards - Night glow concert | 7:30 PM Onwards - Night glow concert | 7:30 PM Onwards - Poetry concert |
| 10:00 PM onwards: Star gazing activity | 10:00 PM onwards: Star gazing activity |
10:00 PM onwards: Star gazing activity |
If you have interest in gaining knowledge about art and craft of Malwa region of central India, then you need to visit many destinations of this region like Maheshwar, Dhar, Burhanpur etc. If you have time, you may visit but if you are in Mandu festival, you will get collective knowledge at one platform. Here MPSTDC offers potential platform for local artists to showcase there art and craft knowledge. This helps them to gain popularity, exposure and chance to grow and spread knowledge. At the same time it gives wonderful opportunity for touists to get all the information and knowledge at one visit at one place which not only enhances travel expeience but also gives exposure to various arts and craft work at one platform. It saves our valuable time and money. Thus Mandu festival serves the aim to bring artists and knowledge seekers in one platform which benefits both sides.
Mandu festival is also a food festival. It is just 90 kms from Indore city which is very popular for variety of dishes thus often referred as food capital of Madhya Pradesh. Mandu festival offers optimum platform to get taste of various unique dishes of Malwa region. Here dishes like Daal baati, Dal pani, Dahi bade, Garadu, Sabudana Khichadi, Bhutte ki kees, Dal Bafla, Palak Poori, Malpua, Jalebi rabdi, Khopra Pak etc can be seen at one place. Thus it is best opportunity for foodies to attend this festival.
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