Kothrud Sanskrutik Mahotsav organized by Murlidhar Mohol Ex. Mayor of pune 1

Inauguration of 12th ‘Kothrud Cultural Festival’ organized by Sanskriti Pratishthan was done by EX. Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Devendraji Fadnavis. He gave applause to the organizers.

Kothrud Cultural Festival adds to the tradition of Pune. For twelve years in a row, the festival has been a resounding success, with a lot of entertainment and singing concerts. The work done by Murlidhar Mohol as the Mayor is commendable. Veterans come to the festival, perform art, get honored. Punekars have a great cultural excitement.

At this time Pt. Shaunak Abhishek has been honored with this year’s ‘Sanskriti Kala Gaurav Puraskar 2022’. Apart from this, this year’s ‘Maharashtra Kesari’ Prithviraj Patil was also honored with Bajrangbali idol and cash prize. Also, a book based on EX. Mayor Murlidhar Mohol, edited by Milind Rathkanthiwar, was created at the initiative.

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On this occasion, BJP’s Maharashtra state president MLA Shri. Chandrakantdada Patil, famous actor Swapnil Joshi, BJP city president Jagdish Mulik, MLA Bhimrao Tapkir, MLA Siddharth Shirole, Sunil Kamble, MLA Yogesh Tillekar, Monica Mohol, singer-songwriter Dr. Salil Kulkarni, Writer-Actor Dr. Nilesh Sable, etc. were present.

The second half of the first day of the festival was filled with laughter with a special episode of the popular comedy series ‘Chala Hawa Yeu Dya’. Swapnil Joshi, Nilesh Sable, Bhau Kadam, Kushal Badrike, Shreya Bugde, Sarang Karande, Bharat Ganeshpure and other artists were present on this occasion. Artists from Devmanus 2 were present.

The second day of the 12th ‘Kothrud Cultural Festival’ organized by our Sanskriti Pratishthan was inaugurated by Former Union Minister, MP Prakashji Javadekar, BJP State Vice President Chitratai Wagh, Lokmanya Multipurpose Ltd.’s Harshal Zodge, Ideal Colony Ground President Nandkumar Wadhavkar, famous singer Sureshji Wadkar, musician Dr. Salil Kulkarni was also present on the stage.

The people of Pune experienced the foggy journey of those spellbinding days, highlighting the golden age of the songs of Bharat Ratna Lataji Mangeshkar, the singer who is considered to be the Goddess of music.

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The first half of Suranjali was offered through the program ‘Latadidi Ek Smaranyatra’ to recall and respect for Latadidi. At this time, Dr. Salil Kulkarni unfolds the musical journey of three decades from Lata Mangeshkar’s first song. Veteran singer Suresh Wadkar, singer Vibhavari Apte-Joshi, Prajakta Joshi-Ranade, Sharyu Date, singer Anirudh Joshi, famous flutist Amar Oak highlighted the golden age.


On the 3rd day of the 12th ‘Kothrud Cultural Festival’ organized by Sanskriti Pratishthan concluded with a unique juggling program of ‘Talabrahm’ instruments. On this occasion, the audience enjoyed the art of percussionist Ustad Taufiq Qureshi, famous classical singer Kaushiki Chakraborty, famous flute player Rakesh Chaurasia, sitar player Purbayan Chatterjee, senior tabla player Pandit Ramdas Palsule.

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Flute and sitari tunes, while tabla and rhythms enchanted the audience. At this time, nature also rained raindrops and accompanied by free wind. Lezim performed a rhythm on and the atmosphere was exciting. Kaushiki Chakraborty started the song with Raga Yaman and concluded it with Geet Sur Mera Tumhara.

2 thoughts on “Kothrud Sanskrutik Mahotsav; Organized by Ex. Mayor of Pune Murlidhar Mohol”
  1. […] Mamasaheb Mohol, who started this competition, will be a competition to salute and enlighten his memory.  A few days ago, a letter was received from Sanjay Singh, President of the Provisional Committee of the Maharashtra State Kustigir Parishad, regarding the organization of the Maharashtra Kesari Tournament.  This wrestling competition is going to be organized by the end of the year on behalf of Sanskriti Pratishthan.  It was also mentioned that dignitaries in the field of wrestling, as well as wrestling lovers will be invited, said Mr. Murlidhar Mohol. […]

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