World Sacred Spirit Festival

What:  Set amongst the majes­tic and can­dle lit Nagaur and Mehran­garh Forts, the world sacred spir­it fes­ti­val is not only one of the worlds lead­ing folk fes­ti­vals and a show­case of some of the worlds great­est artists, but a spir­i­tu­al, enlight­en­ing and awak­en­ing fes­ti­val.

Tak­ing place over the course of sev­en days (with three at the exclu­sive Nagaur fort and the next four at the more open Mehran­garh Fort) the fes­ti­val begins each day with a morn­ing tra­di­tion of devo­tion­al songs with­in the fort, before a series of music, dances, poet­ry and reli­gious per­for­mances take place in con­cert venues or by the forts serene lakes fea­tur­ing 100 artists from over 40 coun­tries, includ­ing main­stream inter­na­tion­al artists, before each day of the fes­ti­val con­cludes with a spir­i­tu­al mid­night elec­tric per­for­mance held again with­in the fort.

But what makes this fes­ti­val so spe­cial is its set­ting, with the two forts of Nagaur and Mehran­garh bought to life and offer­ing an inti­mate and inner envi­ron­ment to expe­ri­ence and explore one of the worlds great­est, old­est and sur­re­al cul­tures and expe­ri­ences — which com­bined with the soul­ful music, fas­ci­nat­ing per­for­mance and exquis­ite food, helps you re-con­nect to both bygone and new cul­tures and your spir­i­tu­al self.

When:  The fes­ti­val lasts for a full week tak­ing place over the course of a week in the mid­dle of Feb­ru­ary  — with the first three days being held at Nagaur and the next four days held in Mehran­garh Fort.

Where:  The fes­ti­val takes place in two loca­tions, the first being in the forts of Nagaur and the sec­ond being in the Jodh­pur at the Mehran­garh Fort.

For the first three days at Nagaur fort – the event is incred­i­bly exclu­sive and is only open to indi­vid­u­als who are camp­ing or liv­ing with­in the fort, for the next four days at Mehran­garh Fort the event is much more open and see’s tourists from around the world com­ing to enjoy both the fan­tas­tic scenery of the fort and the fes­ti­val itself.

With each day in Mehran­garh Fort  begin­ning with the sun­rise per­for­mances being held at the Jaswanth Tha­da Tem­ple, before a series of break­out ses­sion take place at venues close to the fort before it’s back to the fort for an evening per­for­mance held at the forts lakes and a mid­night per­for­mance held on the fort embank­ment.

Dura­tion:  The exact dura­tion of the fes­ti­val can vary, how­ev­er typ­i­cal­ly it lasts for sev­en days with each day fol­low­ing a sim­i­lar for­mat and begin­ning with the morn­ing per­for­mance which kicks off at 7am to coin­cide with sun­rise which lasts until 9am.

This will then be fol­lowed by a series of small­er con­certs show­cas­ing the best of cul­tures and music from across the globe held at venues out­side the fort and last­ing all the way to dusk, at which point a more inti­mate and spir­i­tu­al per­for­mances take place down by the lakes of the fort (approx­i­mate­ly 7pm – 9pm).

From here fur­ther con­certs will take place next to the fort until the day con­cludes with a stun­ning mid­night per­for­mance on the embank­ments of the fort which lasts from mid­night till approx­i­mate­ly 1am.

Tick­ets : Tick­ets for the world sacred spir­it fes­ti­val are avail­able at [https://www.worldsacredspiritfestival.org/bookings/] with prices start­ing from $60 and head­ing up to $150 usd (around 4,500 – 9,000 Indi­an rupees).

It’s advised to cen­tre your book­ing and plan­ning around the event in in Jodh­pur at the Mehran­garh fort, and espe­cial­ly make trips to the sun­rise, sun­set and mid­night per­for­mances for a tru­ly mag­i­cal and spir­i­tu­al expe­ri­ence.

Need to Know: For the best and most spir­i­tu­al expe­ri­ence, it’s rec­om­mend­ed to spend at least one full day at the fes­ti­val, to expe­ri­ence a dawn and mid­night con­cert – and enjoy the vari­ety of artists that are on offer over a sin­gle day.

It’s also rec­om­mend­ed to allow your­self an extra few days in Jodh­pur to expe­ri­ence the atmos­phere and take in all the sites, forts and lakes that the fan­tas­tic city has to offer.

More infor­ma­tion: To con­firm the sched­ule, line-up and to book tick­ets, as well as for advice on vis­it­ing the great sites of jodh­pur vis­it the offi­cial fes­ti­val web­site at: https://www.worldsacredspiritfestival.org