Ujaan Festival is a 3 day event comprising of Music and Art. This event brings together popular musicians, travelers, thinkers and Fund raising organisations. The main purpose of this event is to help raise funds in aid of the people and ecology of the Sundarbans, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which is facing a major threat of disappearance due to climatic change. This festival attempts to unite people with same passion for a cause- to help preserve this highly fertile delta Sundarbans, which is the largest mangrove forest in the world, spreading across parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal, is home to app. 4 million people and is immensely rich in Flora and Fauna.
Ujaan Festival is held at Frasergunj-Bakkhali, away from the Forest Reserve in the Sundarbans,district, West Bengal. It is a 7 Km stretch of Beach lined with Casurina trees. For more information on accommodation and events, please visit the festival website :http://www.ujaanfestival.org/index.html
Festival dates 2011 :10th, 11th and 12th of March.
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