The vibrant confluence of Maharashtra’s folk traditions and Hindustani classical music took center stage at Kothrud Surotsav 2025, a two-day cultural festival organized by former corporator Harshali Dinesh Mathawad at Ideal Colony Ground. The event drew an enthusiastic response from Kothrud residents, celebrating Pune’s deep-rooted cultural spirit.

The festival opened with ‘The Folk Aakhyan’, a powerful theatrical-musical presentation showcasing Maharashtra’s living folk traditions. The performance traced the state’s rich socio-cultural journey — from the saint poets Dnyaneshwar, Tukaram, and Namdev to the eras of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the Peshwas, the freedom struggle, and the Samyukta Maharashtra movement. Artists representing various folk forms such as Vasudev, Gondhali, Shahiri

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