Archive · 15 Jan 2026
Bachpan Manao partners with Makkala Habba
Bachpan Manao, a project by EkStep Foundation, has teamed up with Unboxing BLR to organize Makkala Habba, a big festival for children in Bengaluru.
From January 16 to 25, Freedom Park will become a fun and creative place for kids to play, learn, and explore.
The festival wants to show that childhood is important and should be celebrated in public spaces.
There will be cool installations that mix art, nature, music, and stories.
It's a chance for children to see the city in a new way and imagine how it can be even better.
Bachpan Manao, an EkStep Foundation initiative, partners with Unboxing BLR's Makkala Habba to promote childhood as a public responsibility in Bengaluru.
Makkala Habba will transform the Hospital Block at Freedom Park into an immersive world for children from January 16 to 25.
The festival aims to create a sensorial world for children, blending play with learning through art, ecology, sound, movement, and story.
Freedom Park, once a site of confinement, will become a space of liberation, exploration, and collective creativity during the festival.
Makkala Habba invites children to see the city anew and dream of its potential through immersive installations and community-led celebrations.
- Who
- Bachpan Manao (EkStep Foundation) and Unboxing BLR
- What
- Partnership for Makkala Habba (Children's Festival)
- When
- January 16 to 25
- Where
- Hospital Block at Freedom Park, Bengaluru
- Why
- To reclaim childhood as a shared public responsibility and transform public spaces through play and community-led celebrations
- Initiative
- Bachpan Manao
- Organization
- EkStep Foundation
- Event
- Makkala Habba (Children's Festival)
- Location
- Hospital Block at Freedom Park, Bengaluru
- Duration
- January 16 to 25