IANH Vasant Festival 2026 Celebrates Culture, Talent, and Community Spirit 

The India Association of New Hampshire (IANH) successfully hosted Vasant Festival 2026 on May 24 at Nashua High School South, bringing together approximately 750 attendees for a vibrant celebration of Indian culture. 

The festival featured music, dance, and visual arts competitions and performances across all age groups, showcasing exceptional creativity, dedication, and cultural excellence in Classical and Non-classical categories. Highlights included classical Bharatanatyam and Kathak performances, productions inspired by Indian mythology and contemporary themes as well as Bollywood performances in multi-language cultures of India.  

The Live Art and Display Art competitions showcased the talents of nearly 40 artists ranging from young children to adults. Through themes such as Festivals of India and Rural Life in India, participants demonstrated remarkable artistic expression. 

IANH extends its sincere appreciation to its distinguished panel of judges—Siva Santhanakrishnan, Valli Amaravadi, Prashant Soni, Padmini Athmaram, Jeyanthi Ghatraju, Dhanashree Karmarkar, Swathi Subramanium, Shikha Vashishta, Priti Shokeen, Sunanda Sahay, and Nitya Dhakar—for their expertise, encouragement, and thoughtful evaluations. 

Special thanks are extended to our sponsors and partners, including Grand Sponsor Hira Asnani of Expedia Cruises, and supported by DJ Sam, Tarana Om Creator, The Curry House, Street Magix of Nashua, Devkumar Chhatriwala and Rahul Panda for amazing photography, and all participating Vasant Bazaar vendors. 

The success of the festival was made possible through the dedicated efforts of the IANH Executive Committee, Committee Chairs, IANH Youth Group, and dedicated community volunteers. The current IANH Executive Committee includes- Manoj Chourasia, Balaji Radhakrishnan, Dr. Tej Dhakar, Anand Thippeswamy, Jyoti Sharma, Prasad Dabbi, Vandana Dhakar, Chandana Karthik, Ashish Bhardwaj, Sivani Puvvala, Pawani Sanapala, Aravind Patlolla, Jayahar Aruchhamy, Nagendra Bhanu, and Anmol Wadhwa. 

IANH extends heartfelt gratitude to all performers, participants, teachers, judges, sponsors, volunteers, vendors, and attendees whose collective efforts made Vasant Festival 2026 a grand success. The complete list of winners along with the Teachers and their schools is available on this link as well as on www.IANH.org along with more event photographs. 

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