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Bengaluru's Freedom Habba to Feature Grand Parade, Vidhana Soudha Tours
Every year on August 15, India celebrates Independence Day to remember when the country became free.
This year, the city of Bengaluru is doing something new and special.
It is holding a big celebration called the Freedom Habba, which means 'Freedom Festival.'
For the very first time, there will be a grand parade with music, dancing, and colorful shows featuring India's culture.
People from many parts of India, speaking different languages, will join the parade to show how different traditions can come together.
Children will get a special chance to visit the Vidhana Soudha, the big government building where leaders make decisions, something that has never happened before.
There will also be fun activities for kids, like games, stories, and art, plus a museum about India's freedom story.
The festival will last all day, from 11 o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock at night, and will end with fireworks.
The minister who planned it hopes every child who visits will remember this special day forever.
Bengaluru will celebrate Independence Day on August 15 for the first time with a citizen-led festival called Freedom Habba, announced by minister Krishna Byre Gowda.
For the first time, children will get guided tours of the Vidhana Soudha, the state legislature building.
A Freedom Parade of nearly 40 contingents will showcase India's cultural diversity, including Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Odia and northeastern communities.
The day-long celebration includes a Living Museum, district-themed pavilions, Constitution Square, a 200-foot public art wall and more than 120 Soul Sante stalls.
Freedom Habba runs from 11 am to 10 pm in front of the Vidhana Soudha, after the official ceremony at the Parade Ground, ending with a fireworks finale.
- Who
- Bengaluru development minister Krishna Byre Gowda, Chief Minister D K Shivakumar (under whose leadership the festival was conceived), and citizens of Bengaluru and India's diverse communities.
- What
- Freedom Habba, a citizen-led Independence Day festival with a cultural parade, music, children's activities and guided tours of the Vidhana Soudha.
- Where
- In front of the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
- When
- August 15 (Independence Day), from 11 am to 10 pm, following the official ceremony at the Parade Ground.
- Why
- To transform Independence Day from a ceremony citizens watch into a festival citizens create together and to celebrate India's unity in diversity.
Key facts
- Event
- Freedom Habba
- Date
- August 15 (Independence Day)
- Time
- 11 am to 10 pm
- Location
- In front of the Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru
- Announced by
- Krishna Byre Gowda, Bengaluru development minister
- Parade contingents
- Nearly 40
- Soul Sante stalls
- More than 120
- Theme message
- Namma Ooru, Nimma Ooru, Nammellara Bengaluru
Quotes
Krishna Byre Gowda
Bengaluru Development Minister
“We are opening the doors of the Vidhana Soudha to our children. I want every child who walks through those doors on August 15 to go home with a memory that lasts a lifetime. Democracy must not remain something children only read about in textbooks. They should experience it in the very institution where it comes alive.”
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“For decades, Independence Day has largely been a ceremony that citizens watch. We want to transform it into a festival that citizens create together. Freedom Habba is not a government event to observe; it is Bengaluru’s festival to celebrate, build and own together.”
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