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Pravāha 2026
The Body as Space: A Journey Through the Senses
Born from a vision to unite masters and experimentalists on a single stage, Pravāha debuted in 2024. The second edition of this festival, The Body As Space, explores how we experience the world through sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.
Over eight days, the festival becomes a journey through sensation. Classical melodies meet olfactory landscapes. Contemporary dance transforms into tactile dialogue. Installations immerse you in sound, scent, and memory itself. Conversations uncover India’s forgotten sensory archives and trace the origins of instruments that changed how we listen.
We invite you to tune into what you’ve always carried: the intelligence of your body, the stories held in your senses.
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Festival Schedule:
| Date | Event | Artist | Nature | Timings |
| Feb 22 – Mar 1 | Histories of Indian Perfume On a Scented Trail | The Marg Foundation | Exhibition | 11am – 9pm |
| Feb 22 – Mar 1 | First-Hand A Multisensorial Pause for Rest, Attention, and Care For Ages 15+ | Nitish Jain | Paticipatory Immersive Experience | Feb 22 – 11am, 3pm, 7pm Feb 23 – 3pm, 7pm Feb 24 – 3pm, 7pm Feb 25 – 3pm, 7pm Feb 26 – 3pm, 7pm Feb 27 – 3pm, 7pm Feb 28 – 11am, 3pm, 7pm Mar 1 – 11am, 3pm, 7pm |
| Feb 22 | Vāsané Olfactory Archives of Bangalore | Indu Antony | Lecture Demonstration | 11:30am – 1pm |
| Feb 22 | Grounded: A Food and Body Coffee Lab A Sensorial Exploration of Coffee, Memory, and Land | Shubhra Chatterji | Workshop | 4pm – 6:30pm |
| Feb 22 | THOL Reconstructing Tamil Antiquity Through Revived Instruments and Contemporary Songwriting | Urupaanar | Performance | 7pm – 8:30pm |
| Feb 23 | Call of the Flute A Coming Together of Pichwai Paintings, Kuchipudi Dance, and Flute | Amrita Lahiri, Shan Bhatnagar & Hrishikesh Majumdar | Performance | 7pm – 8:30pm |
| Feb 24 | Notes That Linger Sounds and Scents Mingling in the Evening Air | Karl Lutchmayer | Immersive Performance | 7pm – 8:30pm |
| Feb 25 | The Far Post Physical Theatre With Masks, Puppetry and Music For Ages 12+ | Yuki Ellias, Priyanshu Gupta, Sumaiya Merchant, Mati Rajput, Arnob Bal, Phalguni Vittal Rao, Priyanka Babbar & Sanket Parkhe | Performance | 7pm – 8:30pm |
| Feb 26 | Navrasa and I Reliving the Rasas Through Raagas | Indrayuddh Majumdar & Roopak Kallurkar | Performance | 7pm – 9pm |
| Feb 27 | A Woman Or Not to Be A Bold Reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet Through the Eyes of a Woman For Ages 12+ | Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre Art Research | Performance | 7pm – 8:30pm |
| Feb 28 | The Percussive Pathway A Brief Foray into the Wondrous World of Percussion | Rahul Vanamali | Interactive Performance & Workshop | 11am 12:30pm 2:30pm 4:30pm |
| Feb 28 | Making the Ephemeral Histories of Indian Perfume | James McHugh, Giti Datt & Ahalya Matthan | Discussion | 11:30am – 1pm |
| Feb 28 | Kadahin Milandaasin | ڪڏهن ملنداسين A Jazz Quartet Weaving Memory into Music | Tarun Balani, Sonja Ott, Siddharth Gautam & Luke Marantz | Performance | 7pm – 8:30pm |
| Mar 1 | Future Food Taste Test What’s in Our Climate Pantry? | Edible Issues | Workshop | 4pm – 6pm |
| Mar 1 | Abhijñānaśākuntalam: The Circle of Love A Kūṭiyāṭṭam Performance Where Love Blossoms | Nepathya | Performance | 7pm – 9pm |
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