After holding festival for 27 years in the name of King of Fruits – Mango, Delhi Tourism has packaged Annual Mango Festival and Sharbat Mela together into a new avatar – Delhi Summer Festival. 
A three-day Delhi Summer Festival starting June 24 will be held at Dilli Haat in Janakpuri where visitors will witness a number of cultural programmes, mango eating competition, among other activities. The festival promises a lot of entertainment for everyone with fun zones for kids, interactive sessions, a new hashtag decor and selfie zones for young enthusiasts.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will inaugurate the first edition of Delhi Summer Festival at 5pm on June 24. The grand opening with performances by local artists and mascots dressed up in traditional attires of different cultures will be colorful.The cultural extravaganza will have performances by illusionists, dancers, comedians, music band and Qawwals for three days. The second and final day will have slogan contests and quiz based on topics related to Mango and Delhi between 3pm-4pm.
Don’t miss the mango eating competition for men on Saturday and women on Sunday from 4pm-5pm. This is the highlight of the scheduled event — ‘100 hai daam, kitne bhi khao aam’. Visitors will have to pay Rs 100 per entry and could eat as many mangoes as they desire with no time limitation at the festival.
Delhi and food are inseparable and Dilli Haat will have mouth watering food from every corner of Delhi. Besides you can relish myriad varieties of mangoes, yogurts, ice creams to beat the summer heat!
HOW TO REACH (Dilli Haat, Janakpuri from Noida Sector 18)
Nearest Bus Depot: Hari Nagar Bus Depot
Nearest Metro Station: Tilak Nagar Metro Station on Blue Line
Free Olashuttle service available from Tilak Nagar Metro Station to venue.
By Car via Ring Road: Take Tulsi Marg to Captain Vijyant Thapar Marg > Take Delhi Noida Direct Flyway, Mahatma Gandhi Marg/Ring Road, Sri Aurobindo Marg, Panchsheel Marg, Sardar Patel Marg, Cariappa Marg and Jail Rd to your destination in Block C, New Delhi > Turn left your destination will be on the left.
What: Delhi Summer Festival 2016
Where: Dilli Haat, Lal Sai Mandir Marg, Opp Hari Nagar Bus Depot, Janak Puri
When: June 24-26, 2016 | Friday-Sunday | 11am-9pm
Contact: Mr Ashok Gupta, Manager (Events) 91-9810547279; Mr Anudeep S Bedi, Asst Manager (Events) 91-9911149509 Mobile: 91-9213998111
Facebook: Delhi Tourism
Images sourced from organizers Facebook Page
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Kalpanaa M
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Lovely! It's too hot to eat outside though. I've become such a princess lately – I just want to eat in comfort.
Maitreni Mishra
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This seems to be quite a relieving place in these scorching summers. Very well presented dear 🙂
Jyotirmoy Sarkar
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Mango–the only fruit i eat and love a lot, wish i could go there.
rupam sarma
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wow great
Bushra Muzaffar
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Kalpanaa, agree with you last few days were quite hot in NCR but after a good shower temperatures have cooled down a bit now. I hope it remains this pleasant so we can enjoy the fest. 🙂
Bushra Muzaffar
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Mangoes are my favorite too… 🙂
Thanks, Jyotirmoy for stopping by!
Bushra Muzaffar
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Thanks, Maitreni! This annual event is worth looking forward to..now that it is a combined festival of mangoes and sharbat…all the more reason to visit and gorge on those delicious mangoes 🙂
Bushra Muzaffar
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Yep! 🙂
swati bassi
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It's gonna be one such great event, and Mango adds to the excitement.
Mridula
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If I had to go I would take the Metro!
Bushra Muzaffar
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True that, Swati! Mango is after all the king of fruits. 🙂
Bushra Muzaffar
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I also prefer metro especially if attending large format events, Mridula. Metro is very convenient. No hassle of parking.
amsang
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Wow, so nice. I just drove past the place today and dismissed it as some event. But I will visit it tomorrow. Thanks for the info.
Bushra Muzaffar
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Hmm…hope you had a great time on your visit 🙂