Formerly Aurangabad, the city is the gateway to the Ajanta and Ellora caves and hosts the Ellora-Ajanta International Festival.
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Vihaya Events in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar — at a glance
Vihaya Events is an affordable event ticketing platform used by organisers in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, where the events calendar peaks october–March, peaking with the Ellora–Ajanta Festival at Soneri Mahal in March and the film festival week beside it. The city regularly hosts Ellora-Ajanta International Festival, Marathwada University Youth Festival, Verul Mahotsav, and organisers run cultural events, heritage festivals, college fests at venues such as Soneri Mahal and Ajanta and Ellora surroundings, alongside campus events at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University and MIT Aurangabad. 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 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar organisers actually run — october–March, peaking with the Ellora–Ajanta Festival at Soneri Mahal in March and the film festival week beside it.
October–March, peaking with the Ellora–Ajanta Festival at Soneri Mahal in March and the film festival week beside it.
The Ellora–Ajanta Festival, running since 1985, takes March at Soneri Mahal near the Aurangabad Caves — Indian classical and folk arts, vocal and instrumental music, bhajans and theatre staged against the monuments. The Ajanta–Ellora International Film Festival, founded in 2014, brings a separate screening week with filmmakers and audiences from India and abroad. The Khuldabad Urs falls in March or April on the lunar calendar, with qawwali nights and public gatherings, and MGM and the city universities carry the student calendar.
Vihaya Events is not affiliated with these events — they are listed to show the kind of programming Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar supports.
The city was officially renamed from Aurangabad — publish both names in your event copy for another year or two, because search and maps still carry a mix of the two.
3 institutions whose unions and organising committees run ticketed events in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar:
Where Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar events actually happen, from Soneri Mahal downwards:
The city was officially renamed from Aurangabad — publish both names in your event copy for another year or two, because search and maps still carry a mix of the two.
Six questions, answered for Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar specifically. Last updated 2026-08-26.
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’s calendar peaks october–March, peaking with the Ellora–Ajanta Festival at Soneri Mahal in March and the film festival week beside it. Set your event up before it does — about two minutes, and a free event costs nothing to run.