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Journey of Shekhawati Sahitya Sangam
From a single courtyard in Nawalgarh to five days across three towns — the Sangam has grown edition by edition, gathering writers, performers, and audiences under Shekhawati's painted skies.
2020 — 2026
Seven editions from 2020 to 2026. Each year added new rooms, new languages, and new ways of keeping tradition in conversation with the present.
From the first courtyard to Grand confluence of ideas | platform for discourse | Celebration of Heritage — each edition opened new havelis, welcomed new voices, and kept Shekhawati's literary memory alive in the rooms that shaped it.
Explore Sangam 2026 →यात्रा · 2026 — 2020
Edition by edition
From the first courtyard to Grand confluence of ideas | platform for discourse | Celebration of Heritage
Edition VII · Grand confluence of ideas | platform for discourse | Celebration of Heritage
2026
Grand confluence of ideas | platform for discourse | Celebration of Heritage
The largest edition yet, and the last before the fourth edition of 2027.
17 Sessions - 5 Days - 3 Cities
2025
A festival of lights & letters
Roshni
Three towns, five days. The first children's day at Morarka Haveli. Translation residency placed twelve fellows in haveli libraries.
78 voices · 81 sessions
2024
Jain Bhawan, Sikar
Sangam 2024
Five days in September — book fair, Kavi Sammelan, Dewair Yuddh drama, student competitions, and guests from literature, sport, and culture at Bajaj Road.
12 voices · 15 sessions
2023
Stories of the desert
Kahaani
Oral epic singers from Jaisalmer joined for the first time. The Pabuji ki phad unrolled across thirty feet of fresco wall.
54 voices · 49 sessions
2022
Colours of return
Rang
Two havelis, two languages added. The first translation salon, held under the indigo arch at Aath Haveli.
41 voices · 38 sessions
2021
The first gathering
Pehla Sangam
A single courtyard in Nawalgarh. Twenty-eight readers, one printed programme, and a city that had forgotten what a winter night sounds like.
28 voices · 22 sessions
2020
Where the Sangam began
The first year
The festival started in 2020. Photographs and a fuller record will sit here as they are gathered.
Edition VII · Grand confluence of ideas | platform for discourse | Celebration of Heritage
2026
Grand confluence of ideas | platform for discourse | Celebration of Heritage
The largest edition yet, and the last before the fourth edition of 2027.
17 Sessions - 5 Days - 3 Cities
2025
A festival of lights & letters
Roshni
Three towns, five days. The first children's day at Morarka Haveli. Translation residency placed twelve fellows in haveli libraries.
78 voices · 81 sessions
2024
Jain Bhawan, Sikar
Sangam 2024
Five days in September — book fair, Kavi Sammelan, Dewair Yuddh drama, student competitions, and guests from literature, sport, and culture at Bajaj Road.
12 voices · 15 sessions
2023
Stories of the desert
Kahaani
Oral epic singers from Jaisalmer joined for the first time. The Pabuji ki phad unrolled across thirty feet of fresco wall.
54 voices · 49 sessions
2022
Colours of return
Rang
Two havelis, two languages added. The first translation salon, held under the indigo arch at Aath Haveli.
41 voices · 38 sessions
2021
The first gathering
Pehla Sangam
A single courtyard in Nawalgarh. Twenty-eight readers, one printed programme, and a city that had forgotten what a winter night sounds like.
28 voices · 22 sessions
2020
Where the Sangam began
The first year
The festival started in 2020. Photographs and a fuller record will sit here as they are gathered.
Edition VII · Grand confluence of ideas | platform for discourse | Celebration of Heritage
2026
Grand confluence of ideas | platform for discourse | Celebration of Heritage
The largest edition yet, and the last before the fourth edition of 2027.
17 Sessions - 5 Days - 3 Cities
2025
A festival of lights & letters
Roshni
Three towns, five days. The first children's day at Morarka Haveli. Translation residency placed twelve fellows in haveli libraries.
78 voices · 81 sessions
2024
Jain Bhawan, Sikar
Sangam 2024
Five days in September — book fair, Kavi Sammelan, Dewair Yuddh drama, student competitions, and guests from literature, sport, and culture at Bajaj Road.
12 voices · 15 sessions
2023
Stories of the desert
Kahaani
Oral epic singers from Jaisalmer joined for the first time. The Pabuji ki phad unrolled across thirty feet of fresco wall.
54 voices · 49 sessions
2022
Colours of return
Rang
Two havelis, two languages added. The first translation salon, held under the indigo arch at Aath Haveli.
41 voices · 38 sessions
2021
The first gathering
Pehla Sangam
A single courtyard in Nawalgarh. Twenty-eight readers, one printed programme, and a city that had forgotten what a winter night sounds like.
28 voices · 22 sessions
2020
Where the Sangam began
The first year
The festival started in 2020. Photographs and a fuller record will sit here as they are gathered.
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