Yuvajanotsava to bring youth talent to the fore

The District Administration, Zilla Panchayat, and Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports, Mysuru, will jointly organise the district-level youth festival Yuvajanotsava 2026-27 at Chamundi Vihar Stadium on Thursday. As part of the festival, various competitions will be conducted for the participants in the age group of 15 to 29 years.

Students from schools and colleges, youth associations registered with the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports, and office-bearers of women’s associations (Yuvathi Mandalis) are eligible to participate. Participants must bring documents such as age proof certificates, copy of SSLC marks card, birth certificate and Aadhaar card.

The participants must be the residents of Mysuru district, bring their own musical instruments, stage decorations, costumes and other necessary equipment. Film songs and recorded music are not permitted. Only Indian and Kannada folk dances and folk songs are allowed. There will be no separate competitions for male and female participants; those who have participated in the national-level Yuvajanotsava for three consecutive years or have won prizes at the national-level Yuvajanotsava are not eligible to participate in the district-level festival and only first-prize winners in individual and team competitions will qualify for the State-level Yuvajanotsava.

Winners will receive cash prizes and mementos in recognition of their achievements. The cash prize amount will be directly credited to the bank accounts, according to the details shared by the district administration.

Group competitions to be conducted as part of the Yuvajanotsava are folk dance competitions for which a maximum of 10 contestants are allowed per team. Duration of performance is 5 to 8 minutes. For folk song competitions, only Kannada folk songs are permitted with a maximum of 10 contestants per team. Duration of performance is 5 to 8 minutes and mixing of songs is not allowed.

For street play, a maximum number of 10 contestants are allowed per team with the duration of 10 minutes. Theme for street play is ‘Drug Free Youth for a Developed India’, the note said.

Under individual category, painting and poetry writing competition will be held for the participants. Participants must use an A3-size drawing sheet or poster for painting. For poetry writing, 1,000 is the word limit and language can be Kannada, English or Hindi. For both the competitions, theme will be ‘Drug Free Youth for a Developed India’.