Summer Fest begins in Shimla today

Tribune News Service

Shimla, June 2

The district administration is geared up to welcome tourists with a plethora of events and activities for the Shimla Summer Festival from June 3 to 6 with the participation of tourism stakeholders.

Shimla DC Amit Kashyap today said the festival would be inaugurated by Governor Acharya Devvrat. He said artistes from Assam, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh and Telengana would perform in their traditional attire. Folk artistes from Rajasthan and Haryana too would present their performances.

“The festival will be a perfect blend of folk, classical and pahari culture and schoolchildren and local artistes will be given an ample opportunity to showcase their talent,” said Kashyap.

The Tourism Industry Stake Holders Association will organise a heritage tour on June 4, which will cover one of the best places of tourist interests in Shimla -- Annandale Army Heritage Museum, HP State Museum and Indian Institute of Advance Study.

Mohinder Seth, president of the association, said this tour would be organised twice a day. The guided Heritage Walk would be organised on June 6 that would start from Scandal Point and culminate at the IIAS.

The district administration is also organising a food festival during the summer festival, which is aimed at popularising Himachali cuisine for which a stall, Himachali Rasoi, has been set up.