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Indradhanushya Maharashtra State Inter-University Youth Festival — A State Inter-University Youth Festival, 27 Items Across Music, Dance, Literary, Theatre and Fine Arts, Entered One Per University

Indradhanushya Maharashtra State Inter-University Youth Festival: Maharashtra state inter-university youth festival run under the Chancellor: 27 events...

e By Luke Justin October 21, 2026 4 min read

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Youth Festival · University

Maharashtra state inter-university youth festival run under the Chancellor: 27 events across Music, Dance, Literary, Theatre and Fine Arts, one entry per university, for students under 25.

Sets up an Indian state-level inter-university youth festival for students under 25: 27 items covering classical, light and Western music, folk and classical dance, quiz, elocution and debate, theatre and eight on-the-spot fine arts, with solo and team groups.

This template rebuilds the 2023 guidelines of a state-level inter-university youth festival in Maharashtra. It sits above the college and zonal rounds: each university in the state sends its best performers, one entry per event, and the festival ranks them against one another. A coordinator opens an event that already carries two groups and twenty-seven items, instead of typing a long programme in by hand before the universities send their entries.

The programme runs to five families. Music has ten printed events, of which this template installs nine solo and group items: Indian classical vocal, classical percussion (taalvadya), classical melodic instruments (swarvadya), natyasangeet, Indian light vocal, Indian group song, folk orchestra, Western vocal, Western instrumental and Western group song. Dance has two, Indian classical dance and Indian folk dance. Literary events are elocution, debate and quiz. Theatre has mimicry, one act play, skit and mime. Fine arts has eight, from on-the-spot painting, collage and poster making to clay modelling, cartooning, rangoli, spot photography and a team installation.

Entrants are bona fide full-time students under 25 on 30 September of the festival year. Only that upper limit is printed, so the 17 to 24 span is a working band used to build two groups: Solo, with seventeen individual items, and Team, with ten team items. Every item is scored out of 100 as a platform default, because the guidelines name the qualities each panel weighs, such as raga, taal and general impression, but print no marks. Time limits are the printed maximums, from 5 minutes for elocution, mimicry and mime up to 30 minutes for the one act play and 150 minutes for each fine arts event.

Two printed ideas shape how a coordinator should run it. Entry documents are handed in 20 minutes before each event under a slot number so that judges never see the university name, and the guidelines print team sizes: 4 to 6 for group song, skit and mime, 6 to 9 for folk orchestra, 8 to 10 for folk dance, 2 for debate, 3 for quiz and 3 to 4 for installation. The template carries the groups, items and time limits; the entry-count and contingent rules remain the organiser’s own to enforce.

Where this event comes from

Indian university youth festivals form a ladder from the college and zonal rounds up to a state round and then a national festival, and each state sets its own rules. This template follows one state festival’s 2023 guidelines.

Where this event is run

India, among university students, at the state rung of the university youth festival ladder, where each university enters one performer or team per event. The structure suits any organiser staging an inter-university or large inter-collegiate fest that mixes classical and Western music, folk and classical dance, quiz and debate, theatre and on-the-spot fine arts. It is less suited to a school festival, or to an event that needs printed per-criterion marks and championship points.

India (Maharashtra; state-level inter-university round)

Key facts

Two groups: Solo (seventeen individual items) and Team (ten team items), both working-banded at 17 to 24
27 items across music, dance, quiz, elocution, debate, theatre and fine arts
Every item is marked out of 100; no per-criterion marks are printed, so the panel sets its own weights
No placings with points are printed, so no ranks or grades are installed
Printed maximums run from 5 minutes (elocution, mimicry, mime) to 30 minutes (one act play); each fine arts event runs 150 minutes
Team sizes as printed: 2 for debate, 3 for quiz, 4 to 6 for group song, skit and mime, 6 to 9 for folk orchestra, 8 to 10 for folk dance

Age groups: 2
Competition items: 27
Competitions: 27
Grade bands: 0
Rank awards: 0

Age groups

Every candidate is placed into one of these groups by age, and competitions are run per group.

Solo

17From

–

24To

Candidates aged 17 to 24 compete in this group

Team

17From

–

24To

Candidates aged 17 to 24 compete in this group

Competitions by group

The full schedule matrix, sectioned by age group then category — which item runs for whom, and for how long.

Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Solo
Music
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Indian Classical Vocal Solo	Individual	—	—	100	10 min
Indian Classical Instrumental Percussion Solo	Individual	—	—	100	10 min
Indian Classical Instrumental Non-Percussion Solo	Individual	—	—	100	10 min
Natyasangeet Vocal Solo	Individual	—	—	100	7 min
Indian Light Vocal Solo	Individual	—	—	100	6 min
Western Vocal Solo	Individual	—	English	100	6 min
Western Instrumental Solo	Individual	—	—	100	7 min
Classical Dance
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Indian Classical Dance	Individual	—	—	100	15 min
Literary
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Elocution	Individual	—	—	100	5 min
Drama
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Mimicry	Individual	—	—	100	5 min
Art
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
On the Spot Painting	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Collage	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Poster Making	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Clay Modeling	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Cartooning	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Rangoli	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Spot Photography	Individual	—	—	100	150 min
Team
Music
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Indian Group Song	Team	—	—	100	10 min
Folk Orchestra	Team	—	—	100	10 min
Western Group Song	Team	—	English	100	10 min
Literary
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Debate	Team	—	—	100	5 min
Quiz	Team	—	—	100	—
Drama
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
One Act Play	Team	—	—	100	30 min
Skit	Team	—	—	100	10 min
Mime	Team	—	—	100	5 min
Art
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Installation	Team	—	—	100	150 min
Dance
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Indian Folk Dance	Team	—	—	100	10 min

Grades and ranks

How scores turn into grade bands, and how many points each placing is worth.

Grade	For	Condition	Score	Points

Rank	For	Points

Frequently asked questions

Can I change this template after installing it?

Yes — installing it creates a fully configured, live event, not a locked package. Every age group, competition item, rule and scoring setting can be edited afterwards to match exactly what your event actually needs.