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Encyclopedia > Saarang

Saarang is the culfest of IIT Madras, Chennai. It is held annually in the third week of January. The culfest was known as Mardi Gras from its inception until 1996, when it was renamed Saarang. Image File history File links Saarang. ... A culfest (short for cultural festival) is an annual event organized by colleges in India. ... The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is a college of engineering located in Chennai, India. ... Chennai (சென்னை in Tamil), formerly known as Madras, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is Indias fourth largest metropolitan city. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...


It is host to around 50,000 students over the five days that it runs. Every evening has a 'pro-show', which refers to a professional music artist or band act. Artists who have performed at Saarang earlier include Indian classical musicians like Yesudas, Ustad Zakir Hussain and Pandit Ravi Shankar, upcoming Indian pop and rock bands like Moksha and Euphoria and international jazz artists like Prasanna and Jeff Coffin. Matmatah, a popular French rock band performed at Saarang in 2005. The origins of Indian classical music (marga), the classical music of India, can be found from the oldest of scriptures, part of the Hindu tradition, the Vedas. ... Dr. Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (born January 10, 1940), is a noted South Indian musician. ... Zakir Hussain (born March 9, 1951), son of tabla maestro Ustad Allarakha, is probably the most famous classical tabla player in India today. ... Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar Maestro © www. ... Moksha is a rock group from Chennai, India. ... Prasanna R. Prasanna is a South Indian Carnatic musician who is one of the very few people who play the south Indian musical art form of Carnatic music on the electric guitar. ... Jeff Coffin (born August 5, 1965) is an American jazz saxophonist. ... Matmatah is a French rock group. ... Rock group (or later rock band) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ...


Students from all over the country compete in various compititions involving dance, theatre, music, literary skills and quizzes. The Saarang Main Quiz has a reputation of being the only one of its sort- It starts at 11 PM and goes on till 6 AM (sunrise) and is held in an open-air auditorium. When students are not competing or watching others compete, they are found partying to loud music or just relaxing in the beautiful campus of IIT Madras (IIT Madras is set inside a national forest reserve).


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SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: To meditate on the Lotus Feet of the Lord of the Universe is heaven for me. In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is the treasure of liberation and the Lord's Ambrosial Name.
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