MELKOTE UTSAV
2025
Community Festival Led by Compassion & Action
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About Melkote Utsav
About Melkote Utsav
Melkote Utsav is a celebration of culture, compassion, and community action, bringing together people from all walks of life to create meaningful impact.
A Festival with Purpose
A Festival with Purpose
Melkote Utsav began as a small community gathering and has grown into a transformative annual event that combines cultural celebration with social impact initiatives.
Each year, we bring together volunteers, donors, and community members to address pressing local needs while honoring the rich cultural heritage of Melkote.
The festival serves as a platform for education, awareness, and direct action—creating lasting change in the lives of thousands.
About Melkote
About Melkote
Discover the rich cultural heritage and historical significance of Melkote, a temple town in Karnataka.
Nestled in the Mandya district of Karnataka, Melkote is a historic temple town known for its rich cultural heritage, traditional crafts, and architectural marvels.
The town is home to the ancient Cheluvanarayana Swamy Temple, a significant pilgrimage site dating back to the 12th century, and the Academy of Sanskrit Research, which preserves ancient manuscripts and promotes Sanskrit education.
Melkote is also renowned for its traditional handloom weaving, particularly the Melkote Panche (dhoti) with its distinctive temple border design, and for puliyogare (tamarind rice), a local culinary specialty.
Heritage
Heritage
Ancient temples and historic architecture
Crafts
Crafts
Traditional handloom weaving and handicrafts
Culture
Culture
Rich traditions, festivals, and performing arts
Key initiatives at Melkote Utsav 2025
Key initiatives at Melkote Utsav 2025
Our initiatives focus on education, health, and community development—creating lasting impact for the people of Melkote.
Our initiatives focus on education, health, and community development—creating lasting impact for the people of Melkote.
Library Setup at Nook Center
Library Setup at Nook Center
Supporting in Setup of a 3rd library at Melukote after support with library books to Janapada Seva trust & Moraji Desai Residential School Uligere.
This time we will be setting up at Nook Centre - a community learning space with 1000+ Library books, fostering education and knowledge sharing, in collaboration with Project Defy,Puttannaiah foundation and Maharani college
Menstrual Awarness Campaign
Menstrual Awarness Campaign
Distributing 10,000 sanitary pads and conducting awareness workshops for local girls and women.
Notebook Distribution Drive
Notebook Distribution Drive
Providing 1,500 notebooks to 4 government schools for the academic year 2025-26, supporting education for children in Remote areas.
International Documentry Film
International Documentry Film
After Completing our First documentary film on Abandoned Babies, we will now be doing 2nd Documentary film on Dhanushkodi rock clean up led by Dr.Rashmi Jeta and team who have won Several awards on international platform for the documentary film done by them on social causes
Abandoned Babies Project
Abandoned Babies Project
Affectionate hands team Led by Suhaib,Hema,Jaya& Rashmi have successfully completed an abandoned baby's project at Janapada Seva trust- Melukote. In This project we did an artistic Painting of the baby's room, Water proofing, Flooring, window Mesh & provided the centre with essential toys & clothes
Dhanushkodi Rock Clean-up
Dhanushkodi Rock Clean-up
Along with Puttanaiah foundation & Explore Nation team we look to clean the names written at Dhanushkodi rock by using non corrosive materials. With this initiative we look to inspire the young generation to take up small initiatives like this at tourist places
From Affectionate Hands
From Affectionate Hands
"We believe in the power of community to create sustainable change."
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