Bhubaneswar — Temple City — combines a strong student events ecosystem (KIIT, IIT, XIM) with traditional cultural festivals. Vihaya Events handles ticketing for hackathons, fests, and concerts free.
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Vihaya Events in Bhubaneswar — at a glance
Vihaya Events is an affordable event ticketing platform used by organisers in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, where the events calendar peaks november–February, from Ekamra Utsav at Janata Maidan in early November through the Mukteswar Dance Festival in mid-January. The city regularly hosts KIIT Kaleidoscope, IIT Bhubaneswar Alma Fiesta, Ekamra Utsav, and organisers run college fests, tech events, cultural events at venues such as Idco Exhibition Ground and Kalinga Stadium, alongside campus events at IIT Bhubaneswar and KIIT University. As of 2026-08-26, free events pay nothing and paid events carry a 1.75–4.5% platform fee, with UPI checkout via Razorpay, QR check-in, and payouts on request inside about 2 working days.
Last updated: 2026-08-26
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What Bhubaneswar organisers actually run — november–February, from Ekamra Utsav at Janata Maidan in early November through the Mukteswar Dance Festival in mid-January.
November–February, from Ekamra Utsav at Janata Maidan in early November through the Mukteswar Dance Festival in mid-January.
The temple courtyards are the venues here. The Mukteswar Dance Festival runs 14 to 16 January in the courtyard of an eleven-hundred-year-old complex, exclusively Odissi, in solo, duet and group form. The Rajarani Music Festival is three days in the Rajarani temple grounds, run by Odisha Tourism with the Sangeet Natak Akademi, spanning Hindustani, Carnatic, Sufi and Odissi. Ekamra Utsav takes ten days at Janata Maidan in the first week of November, and KIIT and IIT Bhubaneswar carry the student calendar.
Vihaya Events is not affiliated with these events — they are listed to show the kind of programming Bhubaneswar supports.
Bhubaneswar has an unusually dense student population across KIIT and its neighbours, so student-priced tiers matter more here than in comparable cities.
4 institutions whose unions and organising committees run ticketed events in Bhubaneswar:
Where Bhubaneswar events actually happen, from Idco Exhibition Ground downwards:
Bhubaneswar has an unusually dense student population across KIIT and its neighbours, so student-priced tiers matter more here than in comparable cities.
Six questions, answered for Bhubaneswar specifically. Last updated 2026-08-26.
Bhubaneswar’s calendar peaks november–February, from Ekamra Utsav at Janata Maidan in early November through the Mukteswar Dance Festival in mid-January. Set your event up before it does — about two minutes, and a free event costs nothing to run.