Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) is organized at Diggi Palace every year in the month of January in Jaipur. It is touted as the world’s largest free literature festival! Here are a few pictures in this blog on the Jaipur Literature Festival.
JLF is held every year in January. While it started as a literary event in 2006, over the years Jaipur Literature Festival has grown manifolds & has ceased to be merely a literary one! The event draws thousands of people every day to the festival venue. JLF is a five-day event and the sessions are held simultaneously at six locations inside Diggi Palace from 9.15 AM to 6.15 PM. There is a JLF music show as well at a separate location in the evening. JLF after-parties are organized at Rambagh Palace Hotel and Clarks Amer Hotel in Jaipur. Here are a few pictures from the Jaipur Literature Festival:
View of the Jaipur Literature Festival in Diggi Palace 2016Common sit out area inside ZEEJLF – Jaipur Literature Festival 2016Famous Diggipuri Tea at Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur. Served in authentic Rajasthani style! #ZEEJLFEndless cups of Diggipuri Chai being poured into Kulhad one after another, at Jaipur Literature Festival!
Kulhad -Earthen pots used to serve the Diggipuri tea at Jaipur Literature Festival. Eco-friendly and authentic Rajasthani way to sip your “chai” !!Adding something different- Charlie Chaplin at one the restaurants inside ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival.view of one of the restaurants inside the Jaipur Literature Festival.Mural at Jaipur Literature FestivalSelfie point. Most popular place in Jaipur Literature Festival for clicking your selfie.Looking at you…right…YOU!Having fun posing! Who’s the real one?This year’s theme for Jaipur Literature Festival decorations was puppets. #JLFliterary session in progress at Jaipur literature festival in Diggi Palace. #JLFPeople waiting for their favorite author at Samvad in Jaipur Literature Festival.Heritage backdrop of colourful Jaipur Literature Festival, one of it’s kind! #zeejlf
Beautiful Rajasthani Leheriya prints at Jaipur Literature Festival. #ZEEJLFRajasthani Puppets could be seen across the venue in Jaipur Literature Festival
Jaipur Literature Festival has always maintained a very colourful look in true Rajasthani fashion. Many people love this feature -coloured look of the festival in a backdrop of heritage venue, right in the heart of the city. A very difficult combination to replicate!
Yes Somali, the overall mood in the festival was happy. it kind of becomes a place to hang out with your friends, listen to famous authors, get the book signed by them and indulge in some shopping or enjoy food!!! 🙂
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I’m happy you liked it Alok. JLF parties are great platform to interact with famous authors, writers and personas on one to one basis. Kulhad chai is very popular here in Lit Fest too! Partly because of novelty and also because of the cold weather. Kulhad tea is very popular in Kolkatta, as well.
Fun filled literary festival it seems.
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Yes Somali, the overall mood in the festival was happy. it kind of becomes a place to hang out with your friends, listen to famous authors, get the book signed by them and indulge in some shopping or enjoy food!!! 🙂
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I love your photos. Great post on your literature festival!
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Thank you Peter! On the contrary, I don’t think these are exceptional pictures.
🙂
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Fascinating! Hope you enjoyed your time!
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I sure did Melissa. Of course I chose to avoid weekend as it gets crowded. Do you dig books and literature?
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Of course!
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By the way, thank you for checking it out and your comment!
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Beautiful pics 🙂
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Thank you xhobdo
I’m happy that you liked them 🙂
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Looks like great fun! Love the photos!
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It was Johanna!…The fest’s are supposed to be liked that! 🙂
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Yes, it seems Jaipur is the best place for a good festival!
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Every city has some unique aspects…Jaipur has it’s own! 🙂
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Jaipur is so colorful and so many activities! ☺ Love it!
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Majka! Jaipur has a vibrant culture and active art scene too, though in niche segment only.
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I love the all the colors
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Are you on social networking sites as well?
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I am on FB and all of my posts are reposted automatically to FB. ☺
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Okay. I’m not very active on fb though I’m present over there. I use instagram and Twitter as bloggers are pretty active on these two platforms. what name should I search you with on fb?
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Maria Rowe and Captured for needle and thread
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Sure!
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Was in Rajasthan last November. Loved it.
Greetings from Germany.
Sabine
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That’s great sabine! 🙂
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Happy to check this out…especially because it is free and the largest such event!
A great way to socialize too. But why do they have parties?
The chai in kulhad looks so tempting, I had it once somewhere in India 😊
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I’m happy you liked it Alok. JLF parties are great platform to interact with famous authors, writers and personas on one to one basis. Kulhad chai is very popular here in Lit Fest too! Partly because of novelty and also because of the cold weather. Kulhad tea is very popular in Kolkatta, as well.
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Yes, I had it in Kolkata I remember now 😊
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Great! 🙂
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