Arts · Karnataka · November

Hampi Utsava

A three-day cultural festival staged amid Hampi's Vijayanagara-era ruins, with dance, music and light shows set against the boulder-strewn landscape.

Art, craft & performance around Hampi Utsava

Hampi Utsava sits inside Karnataka's wider living culture — one date on a calendar that also holds these traditions.

Art & craft

·Stone carving
·Hampi stone-bead craft

Dance & performance

·Yakshagana
·Kamsale
·Dollu Kunitha

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