‘Gokhale – Training an Events Pt LTD will be hosting ‘Malanad Calling’ from 2019.

Till last year this initiative was taken by ‘Namaha Art Community’ a nonprofit art and music community based out of Chikkamagaluru, kanataka, focusing on providing platform for artists, art enthusiasts and nature explorers to come together and experience the glory of Nature , Art & Music.

‘Malanad Calling’ 2018 Took place last year at ‘Kuppe Ashram’, Hassan Dist. At first, we had decided to host the Festival in Sakleshpur, but due to heavy rain fall through out the month we had to move to a different Location, We would like to thank Mr. B.D BAsavaraj, (Ownr, Kuppe ashram) “Gagan Kallapa”(MCD) and his team for providing us the place in such a short notice and ‘Abhijith Bhat’ and his team for their work to bring this to a successful event. We also would like to thank Patrick Bosen (Poi and slack line performer), Smriti Singh( Juggling and fire performer), for their heart-full support to get things moving and for the successful event.

Article about the Festival MC 2018

Pictures From 2018

Kuppe Ashram, Kuppe, Hassan Dist, Karnataka.

Festival Videos 2018

Malanad Calling 2018

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‘Malanad Calling 2018’ will be unfolding again this monsoon. Festival will be spread out in three days from 17th August 2018 to 19th August 2018 first time in Sakleshapura, Karnataka.

Sakleshpura is a hill station town in Malnad region on the hills of the biodiversity hotspot, the Western Ghats. It has a temperate climate surrounded with lofty green hills full of coffee, cardamom, pepper and areca plantations.

As always the festival will focus on Nature, Art & Music in particular with carefully curated workshops & performances (Detailed Itinerary with Artist lineup will be announced soon).

This Malanad Calling… Namaha Art Community is collaborating with ‘Zero Gravity Festival’ in various dimensions and possibilities to create a mind altering experience for the participants.

‘Zero Gravity’ is an initiative to create experiences of collective consciousness traversing multiple dimensions of adventure, art, music & well being.

Past Events

Initially conceptualized by founder Mr. Naveen Gokhale, Malanad Calling over the years has been driven by the selfless contributions of various artists and art enthusiasts and has been growing with each edition.

Malanad Calling 2018 is the 8th Edition of the festival. We thank all the people who have worked till today to make Malanad Calling happen every year and we expect continuous support from all so we can reach more individuals and provide them with the experiences of a life time.

Pictures from 2017

Some Pictures From 2016

Pictures from 2015

Festival videos till 2017

So what is Malanad Calling all about? Read out to know more about the flow of the festival !

A small brief about us:

We are a group of artists who came together, few met by accident, few by luck ,few believing in themselves and many others through their work and profession, have formed a non for profit community/ organisation under art and society, Chikmagalur,Karnataka, and we call it ‘Namaha Art Community‘/ NAC or NAM: .

NAM: NAM stands for nature, art, music and two dots represents (:) aha , we pronounce it as ‘namaha’ ( Namaha is a Sanskrit word that means “not me” or “it is not about me), is a platform for artists who love to perform in nature. Our community’s purpose / vision is to connect with nature, art and music and artists around the globe. The initiative started way back in 2010, in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka from a small bunch of like minded people we have grown to a family of hundreds over a period of 8 years, and we are growing.

Join our hands in creating a chain of celebrations we call ‘LIFE’ , which is fading away slowly in this modern era. This is our place and platform too.

ALL ABOUT NATURE, ART & MUSIC

A gathering of artists from all walks of life who are looking for a platform to perform or present their skillful art and off beat performances. Open for everyone to join and celebrate and feel the artist side in them.

When was the last time you have pitched a tent? If not yet, then this is the right place and time to do so.

Malenadu is a region in the state of Karnataka in India. Malenadu covers the western and eastern slopes of the Western Ghats or Sahyadri mountain range, and is roughly 100 kilometers in width. It is situated between Coastal Karnataka and Bayaluseeme regions of Karnataka.

The mountains of Western Ghat are worth admiring. Photographers can add an amazing collection to their library and nature lovers will never forget this experience Camping in here.

Ever imagined how it would be to be an artist? Here is a platform to explore an artist in you by attending different workshops (painting, juggling, poi, martial arts, hula hooping etc). There is a chance to attend any particular workshop based on your interest . Don’t miss the amazing performances like poi spinning fire poi, juggling etc. Art Gallery will have some of the talented artist’s collaboration.

From Indian genre music to western blues and rock; you’ll get to experience the world music! the music will start flowing. through out the festival from the famous bands of Bangalore and other cities.

Apart from everything Malanad Food is very famous and delicious. Variety of Food stalls(Veg and Non-veg) are available to explore native tastes.

There’s a great reason behind this initiative. In India Art is not considered as a way of living, as very few make it to the limelight. And of-course, artist don’t need only limelight. India has a great cultural background with a lot of categories of art. Every artists believe in what they do and are passionate about it.But in this modern world, very few chooses Art as a career, because society doesn’t consider Art as worth a career we are trying to bring a change, and it is worth telling society that Art is in everyone, we just have to figure it out. Being an artist, we know that one need lot of patience, persistent and hard-work to achieve what he or she is always dreamt about . That has to be artistic in a way itself.

If you want to wake-up the artist in you?, this festival is for you.

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Pablo Picasso

Malanad Calling Festival is organized by Namaha Art Community , Chikmagaluru, Karnataka.

If you are Interested in donating to the community? not only money, it can be anything and everything an art community needs ( musical instruments, art works, paintings, painting materials, etc.) PLEASE DROP A MAIL TO contactcommunitynamaha@gmail.com Privacy Policy