Nabanna Folk Art and Craft Fair

Santiniketan, West Bengal

27 Feb 2026 to 9 Mar 2026

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Nabanna Folk Art and Craft Fair is a 10-day annual festival held during Basanta Utsav in Shantiniketan, West Bengal. Established in 2006, the fair provides a platform for craftspersons to directly engage with visitors, demonstrate their processes, and sell their work without intermediaries.

Over the years, the festival has grown from featuring a few dozen artisans to hosting around 200 participants in recent editions. It showcases a wide range of traditional and contemporary crafts, including Madhubani and Alpana paintings, Patachitra, Pipli art, pottery, textiles, tribal crafts, silver and copper jewellery, brass and bell metal work, and stone carvings, among others.

The festival opens with Nabanna Earth Weekend, a literary and cultural gathering that brings together writers, researchers, performing artists, and innovators to discuss art, storytelling, social change, and environmental sustainability. In addition to the craft fair, the programme includes cultural performances, workshops for artisans and students, exhibitions, art camps, competitions, a food court, and community-focused initiatives such as health camps.

Organised by the Suresh Amiya Memorial Trust, Nabanna continues to function as a platform that connects artisans, audiences, and ideas within the context of Shantiniketan’s cultural landscape.

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Age: 18 yrs & above, inc Senior citizens

Hosting Type: In person

Frequency: Annual

Genre: Arts and Crafts, Dance, Design, Folk Arts, Food and Culinary Arts, Heritage, Literature, Multiarts, Music, Visual Arts

Fee: Free Entry

Festival Schedule

Festival map, artist-line-up, and the full festival schedule of areas, activities and events.

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How To Get There

How to Reach Kolkata 1. By Air: The Kolkata international airport, better known as the Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, is located at Dumdum. It connects Kolkata with all the major cities of the country as well as the world. 2. By Rail: The Howrah and Sealdah railway stations are the two major railheads situated in the city. Both these stations are well connected to all the important cities of the country. 3. By Road: The West Bengal state buses and various private buses travel to and from different parts of the country at a reasonable cost. Some places near Kolkata are Sunderbans (112 km), Puri (495 km), Konark (571 km) and Darjeeling (624 km). Source: Goibibo hyperlink: https://www.goibibo.com/destinations/kolkata/how-to-reach-kolkata/

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Facilities

Eco-friendly

Family-friendly

Food stalls

Gendered toilets

Non-smoking

Accessibility

Wheelchair access

Unisex toilets

Items & Accessories to Carry

1. Light and airy cotton clothes; Kolkata is typically very hot in March. 2. A sturdy water bottle, if the festival has refillable water stations, and if the venue allows bottles to be taken inside. 3. Comfortable footwear such as sneakers (a perfect option if it’s not likely to rain). 4. COVID packs: Hand sanitiser, extra masks and a copy of your vaccination certificate are things you should keep handy.

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About Suresh Amiya Memorial Trust

Suresh Amiya Memorial Trust

SAMT, the driving force behind Nabanna Folk Art and Craft Fair, was founded in 1985 by late Dr. Sadhan C. Dutt, Founder Chairman, DC Group of Companies in memory of his parents. The Trust promotes art, handicrafts, early childhood education and healthcare. It has organised a number of design development workshops, cluster development programmes and skill upgradation trainings in association with Office of The Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, GoI and Department of Self Help Group & Self Employment, GoWB. These involved crafts like kantha stitch, jute and tailoring for women, terracotta, leather, glazed pottery, dhokra, cane and bamboo, enameling, plaster mould making for the artisans of Bengal, teacher’s training and outreach programmes for school children. It facilitated marketing initiatives for a wider reach of these products. It is building a two-storied, 12500 sq. ft. Art & Craft Museum. The trust patronizes Montessori schools in the brand name of Mongrace in Kolkata, New Town, Kharagpur and Santiniketan. Two of its units run free schools in the afternoon. The Trust has also created a Chair for Environmental Studies at the Benaras Hindu University.

Contact Details

Website

https://nabannamela.com/

Mail ID

samt.nabanna@gmail.com

Address

https://maps.app.goo.gl/HsTuBH89aamQZDsn7

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