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The upcoming programmes successful and astir Hyderabad coinciding with Sakranthi festival generated involvement among people. Telangana Tourism Department announced the dates and venues of the International Kites & Sweets Festival, Hot Air Balloon and Drone Festivals to beryllium organised betwixt January 13 and 18.
| International Kite & Sweet Festival | Parade Grounds, Secunderabad | January 13 to 15 |
| Hot Air Balloon Festival (Morning) | Three tentative locations identified | January 16 to 18 |
| Hot Air Balloon Festival (Evening) | Parade Grounds, Secunderabad | January 16 to 18 |
| Drone Festival | Gachibowli Stadium | January 13 & 14 |
Kite and Sweets festival
Various kinds of immense size kites volition instrumentality to the skies implicit Parade Grounds successful Secunderabad during the International Kite and Sweets Festival 2026 festival from January 13 to 15. Special night-flying lawsuit is scheduled connected the 3 dates. Handloom and handicraft stalls and nutrient courts with Telangana and different cuisines would beryllium acceptable up astatine the venue. The International Sweets festival volition beryllium organized successful relation with Culture Language Indian Connections (CLIC) wherever ample fig of assorted sweets prepared by residents of Hyderabad — natives of different States and countries — would beryllium showcased. Around 40 planetary and 55 nationalist kite flyers from 15 States would participate.
Hot Air Balloon Festival 2026
The festival, to beryllium held from January 16 to 18, would diagnostic 15 International modular balloons which volition get from European countries. The greeting league would beryllium organised connected Hyderabad outskirts and the evening league with nighttime glow balloons astatine Parade Grounds, arsenic per a property enactment from the Tourism Department. It was reported successful The Hindu earlier that the Department has identified 3 tentative locations, including Jalamandalli Park adjacent Gandipet and different country adjacent Himayatsagar.
Done Festival 2026
It would beryllium held astatine Gachibowli stadium connected January 13 and 14, with high-tech drones, multi-colour LED lights and aerial manoeuvres, representing India’s leap from taste practice to modern innovation successful aerial sports. “The lawsuit volition diagnostic a afloat LED-lit racecourse spanning the stadium tract with FPV (First Person View) video feeds connected elephantine screens for immersive viewing, shot playing by drones and Telangana destinations volition beryllium showcased,” arsenic per the property note.
