Culture Plus presents Sufi in a new light

The 2nd variation of the Sufi Heritage Festival, powered by Aadyam Handwoven (an Aditya Birla initiative), volition beryllium held astatine Delhi’s Sunder Nursery connected February 28 and March 1. Time: 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Conceptualised by Yasmin Kidwai and Himanshu Anand nether Culture Plus, the festival celebrates Sufism and bhakti successful their entirety done performances, literature, spoken word, immersive workshops, and a bazaar designed arsenic a multi-sensory journey.

The programming unfolds crossed 2 stages — Samaa (main stage) and Bebaak (contemporary stage). Samaa will diagnostic performances by Sona Mohapatra, Daler Mehndi, and Marham Poetry, while Bebaak will spotlight bold reinterpretations and modern expressions with artistes specified as Sonam Kalra, Saumya Kulshreshtha, Aahvaan Project, Shinjini Kulkarni, and the Murad Ali Collective.

“The festival is not conscionable astir performance,” says Himanshu Anand. “It is simply a abstraction for reflection. Our curation draws from the spiritual and poetic traditions of the Mystics — Sufi oregon bhakti — love, surrender, unity, and the dissolving of boundaries. The volition is to make an inclusive taste acquisition wherever creation becomes a bridge, not a spectacle.”

Yasmin Kidwai echoes the sentiment: “The Sufi Heritage Festival has its instauration successful Delhi, but its connection is universal. Sufism has ever transcended borders — of faith, geography, and individuality — and the festival reflects that spirit. It is profoundly section successful its roots, yet planetary successful its outlook.”

Besides this, the festival besides includes a Sufi Bazaar, a curated marketplace featuring implicit 15 artisan-led brands from crossed India. Conceived by Yasmin Kidwai and Manish Saksena, the bazaar brings unneurotic heirloom crafts, textile traditions, and handmade objects, positioning trade arsenic surviving practice shaped by memory, skill, and storytelling.

Tickets at district.in/ events/ sufi-heritage