School children taking part in a Street Play organised as part of the Pondicherry Heritage Festival on Eswaran Koil Street in Puducherry.

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The Pondicherry Heritage Festival is back for its 12th year, bringing together music, crafts, traditional games and community experiences under the theme Heritage of Education. Running from August 18 to 30, this year’s festival explores education beyond classrooms, looking at how culture, arts, Nature, and spirituality shape generations. Among the highlights this year is a concert by Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna on August 20, from 7pm onwards, at Gratitude Heritage, 52 Rue Romain Rolland. Krishna will be accompanied by Praveen Sparsh on mridangam, Sayee Rakshith on violin and N Gurupasad on ghatam, bringing together an ensemble for an evening of classical music in a heritage setting.

Delegates releasing the poster of 12th Pondicherry Heritage Festival, at a media conference held at Alliance Française in Puducherry

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