Heritage Fest Online 2023
ISKCON Samskriti, the cultural wing of ISKCON Bangalore, presents Heritage Fest 2023!
Heritage Fest is the biggest cultural carnival filled with contests for students from Pre-nursery (Age-3 years) to Class X (Age-15 years), celebrating India’s vibrant culture and traditions. Heritage Fest also provides a wonderful opportunity to children to participate online and showcase their talents and to win rewards and recognition on a global platform. The offline and online competitions include Classical Dance, Vocal Music, Bhagavad Gita shloka recitation, Storytelling, Vedic Chants, Elocution, and more.
Yearly Camps
IKSCON Samskruti, the cultural wing of ISKCON Bangalore aims at enhancing values and life skills in children through educational and culture-related activities. To further this cause it has multiple culture-centric initiatives for the benefit of students. ISKCON Bangalore conducts a 21-day transformational summer camp for children during April May and a 10 day camp during Dasara, both Offline and Online.
Short Term Courses
We offer short term courses that will benefit students to understand he finer truths of life.Quoting from Prahlada Maharaj’s words – śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇam [SB 7.5.23], children should be given the right teachings from a very young age. It is a fallacy that old age is the time to turn to the scriptures. The prescribed practices in our scriptures actually act as a guiding light to lead a regulated, peaceful life and hence have to be followed right from a tender age. We blend these time tested teachings with a touch of modernity to make it more palatable for young ones.
At the heart of this program lies the lofty vision of creating responsible, global citizens, with firm roots in our rich Indian culture and values. Our facilitators use well-mapped lesson plans and activities to make the classes interactive
Personality Plus : A unique Value Education program based on the strong values of the Indian Vedic wisdom.
Gita Quest : A well-planned module of handpicked and age-appropriate Bhagavad-gita shlokas will enhance the quality of thinking of students.
Workshops
Personality Enrichment Workshop
Bhagavad-gita Shloka Chanting: The time tested treatise that helps a human to lead life in the best way. We are pleased to invite participants to chant a few verses from the song of God!
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1. This contest is open for participants of age group 3-15 years.
2. Shlokas to be chanted:
a. Participants from age group 3-5 years can chant any 2 Shlokas from chapter 1 of the Bhagavad-gita
b. Participants from age group 6-8 years can chant any 3 Shlokas from chapter 2 of the Bhagavad-gita
c. Participants from age group 9-11 years can chant any 3 Shlokas from chapter 3 of the Bhagavad-gita
d. Participants from age group 12 – 15 years can chant any 3 Shlokas from chapter 4 of the Bhagavad-gita.
3. Participants from age group 9-11 and 12-15 years should also mention the translation/meaning after each shloka.
4. The participant should close his/her eyes while chanting the Shlokas and translations.
5. The participant should mention his/her name before chanting the Shloka.
6. For translations please refer to Bhagavad gita As It Is by Srila Prabhupada.
Website link: https://prabhupada.io/books/bg
7. Please upload the video recording of the chanting in the submission form of the ISKCON Samskriti website. The video size should not be more than 150 mb. The duration of the video should not be more than 2 mins.
Judgement criteria: Clarity in pronunciation, -fluency, meter, translation (if applicable) & completion.
Vedic Chants: The energy generated during the chanting of any Sanskrit shloka is felt even by the listener. Experience the vibration and capture it on your camera!
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- This contest is open for participants of age group 3-11 years.
- Participants can select and chant any 3 Mantras from the list. Click here for the list.
- The participant should close his/her eyes while chanting the Mantra.
- The participant should mention his/her name before chanting the Mantra.
- Please upload the video recording of the chanting in the submission form of the ISKCON Samskriti website. The video size should not be more than 150 mb. The duration of the video should not be more than 2 mins.
Judgement criteria: Clarity in pronunciation, fluency, meter, translation (if applicable) & completion.
Story telling: It is as sweet as honey when one narrates the pastimes of the Lord. Provide this sweet pleasure to all your listeners and to THE ULTIMATE LISTENER!
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- This contest is open for participants of age group 9-15 years.
- The participants can narrate any story provided in the list. Click here for the list of stories.
- The participant should mention his/her name before narrating the story.
- Please upload the video recording of the story narration in the submission form of the ISKCON Samskriti website. The video size should not be more than 150 mb. The duration of the video should not be more than 5 mins.
Judgment criteria: Voice modulation, Focus on content, Language proficiency, and Overall impact.
Classical Dance: Intense love for God is best expressed through this divine art form! Pay your tribute to Krishna with your dance performance. Register now!
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1. This contest is open for participants of age group 6-15 years.
2. Participants can choose any of the Indian classical dance forms for the performance.
3. Select any theme related to Krishna or Rama or any other avatar of Lord Vishnu.
4. Songs or imitation of dance from movies will not be entertained.
5. The participants should mention their name before beginning the performance.
6. The participants should upload the video recording of the dance in the submission form. The size of the video should not exceed 150 mb. The duration of the video should not be more than 5 mins.
Judgement criteria: Choreography, Co-ordination, Costume and Expression.
Vocal Music -: The time tested way to melt the Lord’s heart is music! In your attempt to melt His heart, stand a chance to impress our judges. Register now!
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- This contest is open for participants of age group 6-15 years.
- Devotional compositions of great Acharyas like Purandara Dasa, Kanaka Dasa, Meera Bai, Vallabhacharya, Surdas, Annamacharya, Jayadeva, Ramdas etc. may be used.
- Rendition can be accompanied by instruments/Shruthi box.
- The participants should mention their name before beginning the performance.
- The participants should upload the video recording of the dance in the submission form of the ISKCON Samskriti website. The size of the video should not exceed 150 mb. The duration of the video should not be more than 5 mins.
Judgement criteria: Voice quality, Raga, Bhava, Rhythm and Proficiency.
Elocution -: A good speech can induce a transformation in the hearts of the listeners. Do you have the skill to infuse power in your words that can change somebody’s life for the better? Here is the opportunity, grab it!
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- This contest is open for participants of age group 9-15 years.
- Please refer the list of elocution passages. Click here for the list
- Duration for Elocution – 2 minutes
Judgement criteria: Fluency, pronunciation, body language, and expression.
Yearly Camps
Culture Camp 2021
Dasara Camp 2021
Short Term Courses
Personality Plus
Gita Quest
Workshops
Personality Enrichment Workshop
Dates to be kept in mind:
Launch date: July 7th, 2023
Last date for registration: August 26th , 2023
Last date for submission of entries: August 30th, 2023
General guidelines
- All characters, situations, performances, dialogues, scripts, costumes etc. should be based on Vedic scriptures only. For authenticity, please refer the books authored by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
- All the online events are SOLO events.
- The registration form is given at the bottom of this page.
- During registration, please select the relevant age category to know the events that you are eligible for.
- Registration Fee is Rs. 100/- per event.
- Participation in multiple events is allowed.
- Once the registration is done, the participant will receive a unique registration ID through email. This registration ID needs to be mentioned in the submission form.
- The performances of the participant should be video recorded and uploaded on the submission page of the Heritage Fest link on the ISKCON Samskriti website.
- The link for the submission page will be sent automatically to your registered email id at the time of registration.
- All participants will get an e-certificate from ISKCON Samskriti.
- Please refer to the demo videos and images to get more clarity on the procedure to submit your entries.
- No submissions will be entertained after the last date.
- The winners for each event will be judged by professionals who are experts in their fields.
- Judges’ decision will be final.
- The results will be announced on our website and the same will be communicated to the participants
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