106: Women's Day Special Episode with Alakhananda Sharma (Bir Music Festival)

About this episode

This episode features Alakhananda Sharma discussing the sustainable practices of the Bir Music Festival in Himachal Pradesh.

Bir Music Festival is one of the emerging music festivals of Himachal Pradesh. With its belief in sustainability, the festival has ensured that work towards upliftment of the community of Bir and ensure an event that gives back. For this episode, we are joined by Alakhananda Sharma, the founder of Bir Music Festival. We talk about the core philosophy of the festival and how many steps have they taken to ensure that the festival happens in sync with local community and nature. Connect with Bir Music Festival https://www.instagram.com/birmusicfestival https://birmusicfestival.com https://www.instagram.com/pahadimommy/ Share your thoughts and feedbacks https://www.instagram.com/theresponsibletravelpodcast/ anshul.akh99@gmail.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DailyPassenger/videos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daily.passenger/ Blog: https://travelwithansh.com

People in this episode

Host: Anshul Kumar Akhoury

Guest: Alakhananda Sharma

Topics covered

• music festival
• sustainability
• community upliftment
• local culture
• interview

Keywords

• Bir Music Festival
• sustainability
• Himachal Pradesh
• community
• music
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bir Music Festival

Places: Himachal Pradesh

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