Fadnavis to open Ellora-Ajanta festival next week

The three day international Ellora-Ajanta festival will be inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the Ellora caves here on October 14.
A total of 250 artists are going to perform in this prestigious festival.
"In all 108 activities are going to be held and the programmes would be organised at three places. Besides artists of international and national repute, an audition was conducted to select the local performers. About 50 to 60 people were selected from the 1000 participants," Divisional Commissioner Umakant Dangat told reporters here.
The festival had been organised by the Ellora-Ajanta International festival committee in collaboration with the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC).

Dangat said that artists like Uddhav Apegaonkar, Gracy Singh, Adnan Sami, Kanika Kapoor, Nishigandha Wad, Ajay-Atul, Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawalla, Abhijeet Sawant, Sonali Kulkarni and Makrand Anaspure among others are going to present their recitals in the three-day fest.
Also, various cultural competitions for children, youth women and senior citizens are organized on this occasion.
Consulate Generals of 100 nations have also been invited to the event. We have started a website www.Elloraajantafestival.Com and an app has also been launched in this regard, he said.