From the days it was called Mardi Gras, the annual cultural festival conducted by IIT-Madras on its vast and serene campus sets the standard as far as cultural festivals go. Drawing more than 20,000 people across all ages, Saarang is forgotten by none who attend it. Saarang is characterized by a jam-packed schedule of events and competitions during the day, and then the magical nights when the best professional artistes from India and abroad enthrall the packed Open Air Theater at IIT-M.
Saarang 2009 will be held from the 21st - 25th January, 2009 and as always, promises to be much bigger than ever before. The Professional Shows planned for this year, the biggest of which is Opeth, is a quantum leap in the College festival scene. With new events including The Fourth Estate and Funny Bone, as well as an array of workshops to suit all tastes, Saarang this year reaches out to a larger audience covering varied interest groups. And the fun does not begin only on the 21st, but right now, as the online events including Animation Film Making, Re-Quest, Online Quiz and Creative Writing are up and running.
But few lines like the ones above hardly do justice to the scale of activities and the loads of fun that characterize Saarang. One can only truly know Saarang, by experiencing it.
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