BENGALURU: This Sunday, visitors will get a rare glimpse into the corridors of Vidhana Soudha as the state government has decided to throw open the gates to the public for the ‘Namma Bengaluru Habba’, an event aimed at promoting brand ‘Bengaluru’. The event will seek to promote the food, culture, tradition, history and the cosmopolitan nature of the city to residents as well as visitors.
Announcing the ‘habba’ on Thursday, Tourism Minister Priyank M Kharge said, “The purpose of the event is to promote Bengaluru as a brand like New York, Singapore and Paris. Bengaluru must be seen as a tourist destination which will also contribute to the city’s revenue.” The government is banking on the popular festival method to give a much-needed fillip to tourist visits to the city.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will also release a logo for the ‘habba’ as well as a mobile application The crowdsourced logo was finalised with the help of several institutions in the city. There will also be themed tourist circuits for the convenience of visitors. “We have come up with eight circuits including Lalbagh, Cubbon Park and even a pub circuit. We have also chosen a private cab service which will offer tours of the city,” Kharge said.
The app will have information on Bengaluru’s history, list of tourist places, traditions, culture, information on events and other services like emergency helpline numbers. Sunday’s event will have several zones including a food and shopping zone in the Ambedkar Veedhi zone of Vidhana Soudha. Workshops will be held in the garage and covered parkingarea and all areas will have live performances by musicians and performers. No vehicles will be permitted inside Vidhana Soudha on Sunday.
What’s On Offer
Food zone: Coffee/tea/other beverages, Karnataka specific food, waffles, barbeque, ice creams, rolls, biryani, aloo twister, chaats, Italian food, American food, Chinese food.
Shopping zone: Organic products, hand-crafted products, various types of jewellery, men’s and women’s clothing, beauty products, showpieces, decorative items.
In garage and covered parking area
Workshops on: Bottle Decoupage, Terrarium making, coffee painting, pottery, Tharangini block printing, organic gardening.
Chitra Mela: Hand-painted jewellery, digital print, canvas art, feet paintings, paintings of Gods, various genres of paintings, digital illustrator, caricaturist, abstract modern art.
Movie screening
Old Kannada award-winning movies, animations, environ mental, Kannada short movies, silent movie, movies with social message, water conservation, other short movies
THROUGH THE DAY
7am-7.30am and 7.30-8am- Yoga
8am-8.30am and
8.30-9am- Zumba fitness
9am-9.30am-Classical music
9.30am-9.45am- Police band
11am- Logo launch
11am-11.30am-Dollu Kunitha
11.45am-12.15pm-Nathaneil School of Music
12.45pm-1.15pm- Parade and Gombe Kunitha
2pm-2.45pm-Music - Vyshak Verma Collective
2.45pm-3.15pm- Kamsale
3.15pm-3.30pm-Beat Boxing - Vineeth Vincent
3.30pm-4pm- Pooje Kunitha
4pm-4.30pm-Music - A capella
4.30pm-5.30pm- Drum jam
5.30pm-6.15pm- Choir
6.30-7pm- Hulivesha
7pm-7.45pm- Veena ensemble
7.45pm-9pm- Swarathma music band performance
(Events to be held in Ambedkar Veedhi zone)