Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Jan 12 (PTI) The Ajanta Ellora Festival will be held from February 2 to 4 in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, an official said on Friday.

Speaking to reporters here, Collector Astik Kumar Pandey said the three-day festival will be held at Soneri Mahel on the campus of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.

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Artistes Kailash Kher, Shreya Ghoshal, and Rahul Deshpande, among other singers and musicians, will perform at the cultural festival, he said.

"The event was organised in 2023 after a gap of seven years. The district administration has now decided to organise it every year in the first week of February," Pandey said.

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"Purvarang" and "Uttarrang" events will also be organised before and after the festival at various venues in the city, where local artistes will perform, chief advisor Dilip Shinde said.

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