Jaipur Literature Festival 2024 - Dates Programme, Schedule

The “Jaipur Literature Festival” is shortly called JLF conducted every year in January in the city of Jaipur. It was founded in 2006. The world’s largest literary festival is open to all and free. Freedom of speech and expression is the basis of any civilized and progressive society. So here this year the “Jaipur Literature Festival” is going to happen in Jaipur city of Royal Rajasthan, India.

Jaipur Literature Festival is one of the largest and best literature festivals in the world. Jaipur Literature Festival is known as JLF. It was started in 2006 and at that time was a very small number of speakers and an audience. It was a very small event, but now has the title of one of the most famous events the literature.

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Highlights of the Jaipur Literature Festival

Aspect	Details
Festival Name	Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF)
Founded	2006
Frequency and Location	Annual, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Dates for 2024	1st February to 5th February
Speakers	Around 300 speakers including Nobel, Man Booker, Pulitzer, Padma Vibhushan, and Sahitya Akademi Award winners
Venue	Diggi Palace
Features	– Engaging conversations with speakers over tea or lunch – Focus on literary and other art forms – Democratic nature of the festival – Multimedia performances and narratives on early Indian Silent Cinema – Jaipur Bookmark platform for publishers, translators, and literary stakeholders – Heritage walking tours by Vedic Walks with special discounts for attendees – Local Rajasthani delicacies and handicrafts available
Why Jaipur is Ideal	– Rich heritage and culture – Gathering of like-minded literature enthusiasts – Experience the grandeur of Jaipur’s heritage
Local Attractions	Traditional Rajasthani food like Dal Baati Churma, Bajre ki roti with Lahsun chutney, Gatte ki Sabji, and sweets like Rabri, Ghewar, Phini – Jaipur’s pink city charm with markets like Johari Bazaar, Bapu Bazaar, near Hawa Mahal
Significance	– Promotes freedom of speech and expression – Attracts a global audience – Unique among world literary events – Encourages new plans and discussions on civil, administrative, and ethical issues – Represents a summit of knowledge, wisdom, and harmony
Related Places in Jaipur	Albert Hall, Hawa Mahal, City Palace, Jal Mahal, Amer Fort, Nahargarh Fort, Govind Dev Ji Temple, Birla Temple, Galta Ji Monkey Temple
Impact on Other Festivals	Inspires similar festivals across India, focusing on Indian writing style and culture

Dates of Jaipur Literature Festival

The Jaipur Literature Festival 2023 is going from 01st February to 05th February 2024 Around 300 speakers are expected to present at the Festival. Diggi Palace is the venue for this festival which was a palace for the royal family of Jaipur princely state. The name of this festival is very high in the class of laureates. The aces from various fields of writers, authors, lawmakers, artists, journalists, academics, columnists, filmmakers, and archaeologists, find this platform suitable to showcase the intellect. The immaculate speakers scheduled to deliver at the festival this year include the Nobel, Man Booker, Pulitzer, Padma Vibhushan, and Sahitya Akademi Award winners. Being in the presence of such distinguished personalities is an experience of its own, getting to hear them is a new level altogether.

One of the best attractions of the festival includes the simplicity of engaging in conversations with your favorite speakers over tea or lunch. This exceptional benefit of the festival is responsible for alluring quite a demographic into its play.

This festival should not be ignored because this gives importance to both literary art forms as well as other art forms that cover all forms of art. It also takes pride that within five days all of these are exposed to people around the world. The democratic nature of the festival has been the biggest attribute of the fair making it such a grand success. Witness this democratic exchange of ideas as you attend the festival.

Details about the Jaipur Literature Festival

Presented by the Akademi, The Troth is going to be a multimedia performance, which is sure to enthrall the audience with its poignant narrative of the era of early Indian Silent Cinema which further grows into the origin of the black and white films in the country.

The platform of the Jaipur Bookmark brings together the publishers, translators, agencies, writers, literary agents, and all stakeholders of the industry under one roof.

By conducting this, exposure is high in reaching people like new or beginners in this field.

When you are in a city with as rich a heritage as Jaipur, you would have to experience the grandeur of the same firsthand. Vedic Walks is arranging heritage walking tours during the festival in the mornings and evenings. These walks will be at a special discount for the festival attendees. You can avail yourself of the opportunity to buy these exclusive pieces at the festival stalls as there would be quite a grouping of handicraft sellers.

In addition to the handicrafts, the festival is sure to host the attendees with utter grace and offer them some of the most lip-smacking delicacies of their local land. Different Rajasthani dishes are prepared for food lovers. This festive is full of your mind, heart, and stomach too. New visitors will fall for the food arrangement and the taste stays in their minds for a long.

As this festive usually falls between November to February, you can also enjoy the weather that attracts you and would be a pleasant experience. Read Also: Off Beat Experiences In Rajasthan

Why Jaipur is the perfect place?

The Pink City is opening up its gates to the best from around the world and is doing so in a fashion that stands parallel to none. Understanding and experiencing the grandeur of the heritage of a place like Jaipur is something that remains on everyone’s bucket list.

But when you get to do the same in the company of like-minded people who consider literature a religion rather than a mere skill, the experience is exceptional in more than one way. Come to the Mecca of book lovers within the only city that can match up to this image of perfection.

Rajasthan is one state of the Indian subcontinent famous for its exceptional handicrafts. The Traditional Food of Rajasthan: – Dal Baati Churma – This is the state’s classic signature of the food menu. Bajre ki roti and Lahsun chutney, Gatte ki Sabji, Lal Maans, Ker Sangri, Papad ki Sabji, Pyaaj kachori, and sweets like Rabri, Ghewar, Phini, etc.

Meeting to generate new plans over civil, administrative, and ethical issues in the spirit of this celebration. The food, beverages, and entertainment exercises here define the concept of the worldwide society, individuals from various communities, religions, and beliefs are gathered under a solitary summit of information, intelligence, and concordance.

While attending the Jaipur literature festival you can enjoy a Jaipur visit. Jaipur is known as the pink city of India to feel the pink city go to the Old City market and enjoy shopping at Johari Bazaar, Bapu Bazaar, market near Hawa Mahal.

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Due to this festival, many other small festivals like this have been conducted all over the country. Eventually, more readers and creators will appreciate this kind of event. But still, everything is within India and the Indian style of writing. But, this Jaipur festival stands unique around the world. It is not just a festive, it is a world-famous event.