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. TOWNSVILLE INC. Registration No. IA 54633, ABN: 58 786 982 872 PO BOX - 1155, Aitkenvale Qld4814, Email – [email protected] www.indiafesttownsville.org President and Coordinator: Mr. Abhishek Singh Vice President Mr. Biju Akkamparambil Secretary Mr. Sam Kadavil Joint Secretary: Mr. Ebby Jacob Treasurer Dr. Abhishek Joshi Joint Treasurer: Mr. Sunil Nair Marketing and Public Relations Mr. Jayhar Harharan Dr. Rahul Dua Cultural Program Coordinators Mr. Chakri Macha Dr. Aman Ahuja Dr. Richa Dua Dr Smriti Krishna Food and Stalls Coordinators Mr. Venu Kadiyala Mr. Kuriakose Philip Mr Gautam Sinha Workshops Committee Mr. Binu Jacob Safety & First Aid Coordinator Dr Dhananjay Pawar Volunteer and Ground Support Coordinators Mr. Santhosh Kesavan Mr. Benny Manglaseril Mr Gaurav Patel IT Support Mr Nihar Bhatt Re-boot Raffle Coordinator Mr Arun Anandamurugan India Fest Advisory Board Chairman: Assoc. Prof. Mohan Jacob General Secretary: A/Prof. Shashidhar Murthy Auditor: Mr. Sunil Dixit Townsville’s 3 rd Adani India Fest was held on the 29 th of October 2016 with an aim to promote cultural integration by showcasing Indian cultural diversity to the local community of Townsville. Once again the majestic Riverway grounds at Kirwan were transformed into all that is Indian from 10.00 am to 9.00pm. Within hours the ground was packed with people eager to have a kaleidoscopic glimpse into all that India has to offer. The morning sessions were primarily workshops like Yoga, Indian dances & music. These served as an apt prelude to the subsequent performances that followed on stage. The 3rd Adani India Fest Townsville celebrated traditional dances with India’s most authentic art forms, like Bharata Natyam, Kathak and fusion of classical and contemperory dances.
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Page 1: President and Coordinator - India Fest Townsville · Townsville’s 3rd Adani India Fest was held on the 29th of October 2016 with an aim to promote cultural integration by showcasing

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TOWNSVILLE INC. Registration No. IA 54633, ABN: 58 786 982 872

PO BOX - 1155, Aitkenvale Qld4814, Email – [email protected] www.indiafesttownsville.org

President and Coordinator:

Mr. Abhishek Singh

Vice President

Mr. Biju Akkamparambil

Secretary

Mr. Sam Kadavil

Joint Secretary:

Mr. Ebby Jacob

Treasurer Dr. Abhishek Joshi

Joint Treasurer:

Mr. Sunil Nair

Marketing and Public

Relations

Mr. Jayhar Harharan

Dr. Rahul Dua

Cultural Program

Coordinators

Mr. Chakri Macha

Dr. Aman Ahuja

Dr. Richa Dua

Dr Smriti Krishna

Food and Stalls Coordinators

Mr. Venu Kadiyala

Mr. Kuriakose Philip

Mr Gautam Sinha

Workshops Committee

Mr. Binu Jacob

Safety & First Aid

Coordinator

Dr Dhananjay Pawar

Volunteer and Ground

Support

Coordinators

Mr. Santhosh Kesavan

Mr. Benny Manglaseril

Mr Gaurav Patel

IT Support

Mr Nihar Bhatt Re-boot

Raffle Coordinator

Mr Arun Anandamurugan

India Fest Advisory Board

Chairman: Assoc. Prof. Mohan Jacob

General Secretary:

A/Prof. Shashidhar Murthy

Auditor:

Mr. Sunil Dixit

Townsville’s 3rd

Adani India Fest was held on the 29th

of October 2016

with an aim to promote cultural integration by showcasing Indian cultural

diversity to the local community of Townsville.

Once again the majestic Riverway grounds at Kirwan were transformed into

all that is Indian from 10.00 am to 9.00pm. Within hours the ground was

packed with people eager to have a kaleidoscopic glimpse into all that India

has to offer.

The morning sessions were primarily workshops like Yoga, Indian dances

& music. These served as an apt prelude to the subsequent performances

that followed on stage. The 3rd Adani India Fest Townsville celebrated

traditional dances with India’s most authentic art forms, like Bharata

Natyam, Kathak and fusion of classical and contemperory dances.

Page 2: President and Coordinator - India Fest Townsville · Townsville’s 3rd Adani India Fest was held on the 29th of October 2016 with an aim to promote cultural integration by showcasing

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TOWNSVILLE INC. Registration No. IA 54633, ABN: 58 786 982 872

PO BOX - 1155, Aitkenvale Qld4814, Email – [email protected] www.indiafesttownsville.org

People participated in the Dance and Yoga workshops to get hand on experience of these

traditional Indian art forms.

One of the highlights of the event was the Cookery Workshop.

Page 3: President and Coordinator - India Fest Townsville · Townsville’s 3rd Adani India Fest was held on the 29th of October 2016 with an aim to promote cultural integration by showcasing

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TOWNSVILLE INC. Registration No. IA 54633, ABN: 58 786 982 872

PO BOX - 1155, Aitkenvale Qld4814, Email – [email protected] www.indiafesttownsville.org

One of the spectacular highlights of the show was Magic Show performed by Mr Reddy a

world famous magician from India.

Page 4: President and Coordinator - India Fest Townsville · Townsville’s 3rd Adani India Fest was held on the 29th of October 2016 with an aim to promote cultural integration by showcasing

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TOWNSVILLE INC. Registration No. IA 54633, ABN: 58 786 982 872

PO BOX - 1155, Aitkenvale Qld4814, Email – [email protected] www.indiafesttownsville.org

Henna Art Workshop and other traditional Indian stalls like Kerala Stall and Rajasthan

hall were at display

The local community enjoyed painting their hands with traditional Indian art.

Page 5: President and Coordinator - India Fest Townsville · Townsville’s 3rd Adani India Fest was held on the 29th of October 2016 with an aim to promote cultural integration by showcasing

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TOWNSVILLE INC. Registration No. IA 54633, ABN: 58 786 982 872

PO BOX - 1155, Aitkenvale Qld4814, Email – [email protected] www.indiafesttownsville.org

The official inaugural ceremony took place at 6.00 pm which was attended on stage by

Mr Abhishek Singh (IFT President & Convener), CFO of Adani Mining Australia Pty Ltd

Mr Rajesh Gupta, Mayor Con Ms Jenny Hill, Mr Nachiketa Jha, Cultural Secretary, Indian

High Comission, Canberra. The dignitaries were welcomed with a traditional Kerala

welcome drums.

Australian and Indian national anthems were followed by speeches by all the dignatories

and lighting of the traditional Indian Lamp “Dia”.

Page 6: President and Coordinator - India Fest Townsville · Townsville’s 3rd Adani India Fest was held on the 29th of October 2016 with an aim to promote cultural integration by showcasing

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TOWNSVILLE INC. Registration No. IA 54633, ABN: 58 786 982 872

PO BOX - 1155, Aitkenvale Qld4814, Email – [email protected] www.indiafesttownsville.org

The evening session from 6:00PM-9:30Pm was pretty much a cultural dance and music

extravaganza by the Natya Bollywood group from Melbourne. Folk Dances like Bhangra,

Garba, also constituted the various performances.

Kids as young as 5 years old also contributed to the stage performances in like the

Rainbow Dance, Silver steppers, Saffron girls and Groovy Boys.

Page 7: President and Coordinator - India Fest Townsville · Townsville’s 3rd Adani India Fest was held on the 29th of October 2016 with an aim to promote cultural integration by showcasing

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TOWNSVILLE INC. Registration No. IA 54633, ABN: 58 786 982 872

PO BOX - 1155, Aitkenvale Qld4814, Email – [email protected] www.indiafesttownsville.org

Perhaps one of the highlights of the evening was the spectacular Silk Air sponsored

Fashion Show. The show highlighted the beautiful Indian Costumes both traditional and

modern depicting the latest in Indian fashion.

Page 8: President and Coordinator - India Fest Townsville · Townsville’s 3rd Adani India Fest was held on the 29th of October 2016 with an aim to promote cultural integration by showcasing

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TOWNSVILLE INC. Registration No. IA 54633, ABN: 58 786 982 872

PO BOX - 1155, Aitkenvale Qld4814, Email – [email protected] www.indiafesttownsville.org

The Indian Food Stalls were a big hit as expected with long ques and the community got

a taste of the diverse Indian Cuisine and for the very first time locals got the opportunity to

relax in the India Fest BAR where the local Indian brew Kingfisher was an instant hit.

Page 9: President and Coordinator - India Fest Townsville · Townsville’s 3rd Adani India Fest was held on the 29th of October 2016 with an aim to promote cultural integration by showcasing

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TOWNSVILLE INC. Registration No. IA 54633, ABN: 58 786 982 872

PO BOX - 1155, Aitkenvale Qld4814, Email – [email protected] www.indiafesttownsville.org

The lucky draw and raffle saw people winning free return tickets to India from Australia,

an ipad, Magnetic Island ferry ride and movie tickets.

Page 10: President and Coordinator - India Fest Townsville · Townsville’s 3rd Adani India Fest was held on the 29th of October 2016 with an aim to promote cultural integration by showcasing

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TOWNSVILLE INC. Registration No. IA 54633, ABN: 58 786 982 872

PO BOX - 1155, Aitkenvale Qld4814, Email – [email protected] www.indiafesttownsville.org

The event culminated with a spectacular fireworks show to highlight the Indian festival of

lights – DIWALI followed by an electrifying bollywood dance routine by Jhoom group

from Melbourne in which the whole ground was turned into a dance floor with each and

everyone present putting on their dance shoes.

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TOWNSVILLE INC. Registration No. IA 54633, ABN: 58 786 982 872

PO BOX - 1155, Aitkenvale Qld4814, Email – [email protected] www.indiafesttownsville.org

More than 20000 people attended the 3rd Adani India Fest on 29th

Oct 2016 making it the

largest attendance in a single day in any cultural community event organized in

Townsville in 2016. This was only possible with the support of all our sponsorers like

yourselves, our volunteers, performers and the community of Townsville who turned up

in unprecedented numbers to support the event. We shall definitely be back bigger and

better next year.

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TOWNSVILLE INC. Registration No. IA 54633, ABN: 58 786 982 872

PO BOX - 1155, Aitkenvale Qld4814, Email – [email protected] www.indiafesttownsville.org


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