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SAARANG | It is the annual cultural festival conducted by IIT Madras in January on its vast serene campus. From the days it was called Mardi Gras, Saarang, ''a five-day extravaganza'' sets the standard as far as cultural festivals go. | | | | It is one of the very few cultural festivals that is completely managed and organized by students. Like Shaastra, it is run by a similar team consisting of several hundred students which starts working several months in advance! | | With budgets reaching dizzying 8-digit figures, over 50 events and an astounding footfall of over 50000 and attracting the finest talent in the country, Saarang has come a long way to become perhaps the largest college cultural festival not just in India but in Asia!! | | Celebrating Golden Jubilee of the Institute, Saarang 2009 ...Golden Edition had 50 events, 5 pro-shows, attracting over 50000 people spread over 5 extraordinary days! An arena for Paintball, an exhibition of handicrafts sponsors' stalls and Informal events stages were setup. The pro-shows had breath taking performances: classical ones like those of Shobahana's Maya Ravan,Kanyakumari's 50 violin orchestra,popular ones like those by Sonu Niigaam and Benny Dayal. | The rock show was opened by Mother Jane... with the star attraction being the legendary Swedish heavy metal band OPETH, performing for the first time in India!!! | | | | Unlike most college festivals, Saarang is very well rounded, with equal emphasis on music both western and Indian classical, dance of all sorts, fine arts like painting, clay modeling etc, speaking and thespian events, literary events etc and several other events that are characteristic to IIT Madras fabric. | Besides, several workshops are conducted for dance, music, dramatics, blogging, face painting,t-shirt painting etc during the five days which are thronged by huge crowds.
It attracts people from all over the country, inviting people from age eight to eighty. Some people come to participate, while some to have just plain fun ....or in other words to experience SAARANG
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