The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - PATIALA HERITAGE WEEK

Tuesday, February 25, 2003, Chandigarh, India

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	February 24, 2003 ‘Ghungroos’ cast magic spell on audience Convincing win for Quila Mubarak
	February 23, 2003 Pandit Jasraj mesmerises audience Patialvis witness fashion show Patiala XI beat Rest of India by 93 runs Quila Mubarak: Celebration of Patiala’s cultural heritage
	February 22, 2003 ‘Ghasi Ram Kotwal’ visits Patiala Dedicated to Kalpana Heritage cricket tie today
	February 20, 2003 Jagjit, Hans enthral audience Works of contemporary artists on display Wichhre Pani — music, songs score over portrayal Patiala to have Urdu academy A tribute to Polo Tigers
	February 19, 2003 Ustad Vilayat Khan weaves magic
	February 17, 2003 Sonal Mansingh casts a spell
	February 16, 2003 Dying art forms liven up fest CM for Taj Hotel in Patiala
	February 15, 2003 Patiala heritage fest opens
	February 14, 2003 Punjabi ambience for Crafts Mela Tent city coming up
	February 13, 2003 Maharaja’s dream forgotten
	February 9, 2003 Heritage Festival to put Patiala on tourist map

P A T I A L A H E R I T A G E W E E K

Patiala fest ends at Dil Se number

Patiala, February 24
The Patiala Heritage Festival concluded with Sukhwinder singing the “Dil Se” number “Chaiya Chaiya”. Patialvis danced along with their favourite Punjabi pop stars despite a brief spell of drizzle. If Sukhwinder’s “Chaiya Chaiya” brought people on their toes, Jasbir Jassi’s “Kudi Gujarat di” made them sway with the number.

Satinder Satti and Mink Singh hum with Punjabi singer Jasbir Jassi

Amritsar festival next

Patiala, February 24
After highlighting the heritage of Patiala at the Heritage Festival, which concluded yesterday night, the Punjab Government has now decided to focus on the Harmandar Sahib in Amritsar. Announcing this at the concluding function of the Patiala Heritage Festival at the Quila Mubarak yesterday evening, the Cultural Affairs Minister, Mr Ashwani Sekhri, said steps to get the Harmandar Sahib declared a World Heritage site had already been taken. Mrs Preneet Kaur, Patiala MP, honours Sunita Rani on the concluding day of the Heritage Festival in Patiala

Mrs Preneet Kaur, Patiala MP, honours Sunita Rani on the concluding day of the Heritage Festival in Patiala on Sunday.

Patiala fest ends at Dil Se number
Tribune News Service

Patiala, February 24
The Patiala Heritage Festival concluded with Sukhwinder singing the “Dil Se” number “Chaiya Chaiya”. Patialvis danced along with their favourite Punjabi pop stars despite a brief spell of drizzle.

If Sukhwinder’s “Chaiya Chaiya” brought people on their toes, Jasbir Jassi’s “Kudi Gujarat di” made them sway with the number. Jassi enthralled the audience with a vast repertory of songs. Comedians Jaswinder Bhalla and Bal Mukand Sharma added spice to the show with their wit.

Rain tried to play a spoilsport, but Patialvis braved the brief spell of drizzle to see their favourite singers.

The programme started with Jasbir Jassi taking to the stage with his famous Punjabi numbers. He began with “Ek tara vajda ve” and went on to sing “Kuri kuri” and “Kuri Gujarat di”.

After Jassi’s performance, Sukhwinder took to the stage with “Chhan chhan chanakti yeh kaisi bijuria”. He followed this up with “Kambakth ishk”. Sukhwinder bound the audience together despite drizzle. He provided a rich milieu of songs on his maiden performance in the city.

Jaswinder Bhalla and Bal Mukand Sharma interspersed the programme with clean comedy items. Other artistes also performed at the function, which was specially organised at the YPS stadium to accommodate a large audience. The show was compered by Satinder Satti and Mink Singh.

Amritsar festival next
Jangveer Singh

Patiala, February 24
After highlighting the heritage of Patiala at the Heritage Festival, which concluded yesterday night, the Punjab Government has now decided to focus on the Harmandar Sahib in Amritsar.

Announcing this at the concluding function of the Patiala Heritage Festival at the Quila Mubarak yesterday evening, the Cultural Affairs Minister, Mr Ashwani Sekhri, said steps to get the Harmandar Sahib declared a World Heritage site had already been taken. Mr Sekhri said besides this, steps would be taken to target non-resident Indians to visit the Harmandar Sahib and farm tourism facilities could be provided to them.

Mr Sekhri said the fact that Maharaja Ranjit Singh had contributed to the present splendour of the Harmandar Sahib would be highlighted during a programme scheduled to be held in Amritsar later this year. He said a Rs 5 crore project depicting the life of Maharaja Ranjit Singh through paintings and other works would be a highlight of the Amritsar festival.

The Patiala MP, Mrs Preneet Kaur, said besides Amritsar, the state government had similar plans for Kapurthala and Anandpur Sahib. She said while Kapurthala would be projected as a city of unique architecture, Anandpur Sahib would be introduced as the birthplace of Khalsa. She said efforts were on to get the Khalsa Heritage Project completed by September, 2004.

Meanwhile, a cheque for Rs 15 lakh was handed over to Sunita Rani for her performance during the Asian Games. Also cheques for Rs 1 lakh each were given to the kin of theatre artistes Manjit Kaur, Harpreet Kaur and Daljit Singh who were killed in a road accident along with noted theatre personality Harpal Tiwana last year.

The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Tejveer Singh, said though the Heritage Festival had formally ended, the craft mela at the Sheesh Mahal would continue till March 2.