Kalagaon (Arts Village), Anora,Lucknow

"Kalagaon (Arts Village), Anora,Lucknow's goal is to provide awareness to the people for village tourism, country life, folk tradition, folk art & craft, culture, music, and the festivals of the country life."
Indian culture and philosophy inspires us to become congenial understandings and tolerant in all diversities and social contrasts and value a peaceful co-existence promoted by our thinkers, poets, philosophers, sages and even a common man who practices values in every day life miles away from greed & glut. This concept of peaceful co-existence and unity in all diversity was conspicuously exposed and depicted in printings, sculpture and artifices such as pottery, handicraft etc.
It is a true fact beyond every doubt that the India lives in villages but breath in cities. It enjoys a global recognition invoking massive interest and curiosity of the foreigners who scrambles in million to visit India as explorer of the Indian culture, philosophy and art.
In Kalagaon (Arts Village), Anora, you can enjoy the village life without going any village. It is a very interesting place, where you can see how the villagers of India enjoying there lifes in village with all the latest technology like mobile,television,etc and also how Indian farmers grows there crops with the mixture of technology and traditional culture. 

Cultural Activities

There are many cultural,traditional and folks activities performs.Indian people remains involved in innumerous cultural activities connected with seasons such as

• Spring       - Kag Chaiti
• Summer - Nautanki
• Monsoon - Kajri
• Autumn - Alha
• Winter - Story Tellings
• Kalbelia (Rajasthan)
• Bhopa songs (Rajasthan) Dhumar
• Bullock Cart Riding
• Horse Riding
• Raee dance (Bundelkhand)
• Flower holi

You can visit any home in any village, adequate of art & culture can easily be seen on walls, doors, entrance and in specific places in the premises. This is the subject matter of the Kala Gaon namely a panoramic exposure of true India, dresses, ornaments, music, handicraft, routine life activities, agricultural tools, weaving, painting (rangoli) etc. and keep them alive in thoughts & in behavior through a systematic presentation.The guests are also served with traditional meals (Jeyee-Leyee), sitting on the 'patas'- on the ground, so that they enjoy the traditional Indian village life. It was a beautiful place where people comes from all over world and enjoying the traditional lifestyle of Indian village.