Natya Vaibhava
8 competitions
Dance
Eight competitions on the Main Stage, presented by Nrityalok. Classical and contemporary, solo and group, junior and senior. First prizes to ₹6,000.
- Stage
- Main Stage
- Venue
- Main Stage
- Presented by
- Nrityalok
7th edition · Saturday 12 September 2026
One Saturday.Thirty-six competitions.Your whole school competes.
Thirty-six judged competitions across five stages and seven venues, on one campus, in one day. One entry per institution per competition — so the more of your clubs you bring, the more of the festival you contest.
Entries close Thursday 10 September. It falls on a Saturday, so no teaching day is lost.
Thirty-six competitions. Five stages. One entry per institution, per competition.
- Competitions
- 36
- Stages
- 5
- 7 venues
- Entry rule
- One entry per institution, per competition
That last rule is the one that matters. Because entry is capped per competition and not per school, a school that brings more students contests more of the festival.
Twelve students can contest three hundred championship points. The 2K25 trophy was won on 225.
Twenty of the thirty-six competitions take exactly one participant, and they are spread across the day so that twelve students — none entering more than three — can contest all twenty. Forty-one students covers all thirty-six. Twenty-five covers thirty-one. Fifteen covers twenty-six.
These are not estimates. They are computed from the published timetable, which you can check.
| Students | Competitions contested |
|---|---|
| 41 | 36 — every competition |
| 25 | 31 |
| 15 | 26 |
| 12 | 20 — the eighteen solo competitions, plus both quizzes |
Dr. SSNPS won on 225 points.
The Overall Championship is a rolling trophy. There are 540 points on the table.
- First place
- 15 points
- Second
- 10
- Third
- 5
- Defending champion
- Dr. SSNPS, Davangere
Sambhram 2K25
The fourth edition ran on the same campus on 8 November 2025. These are photographs from that day.
The five festivals
Thirty-six competitions across five stages and seven venues. Each stage is one festival, run by one club, with its own judging panel and its own running order.
Fourteen competitions need no stage at all.
Rangoli, sketching and charcoal, face painting, clay modelling, mehendi and nail art, pot painting, photography, quiz, business presentation — nine categories — plus short film and reels.
- Rangoli
- Sketching and charcoal
- Face painting
- Clay modelling
- Mehendi and nail art
- Pot painting
- Photography
- Quiz
- Business presentation
- Short film
- Reels
Nine students. One hour. One hundred and twenty championship points.
The eight Kalanjali competitions all run between 10:00 and 11:00 across the Gym Area and the two basketball courts. Own materials, no rehearsal, no shortlisting round.
- Students
- 9
- Competitions
- 8
- Championship points
- 120
- Window
- 10:00–11:00
If your school has no dance troupe, this is where you begin.
See what your school can enter
Tell us the grades you teach and how many students you can bring. Every figure below is computed from the published timetable, so you can check it.
Or start from one of the two shortest routes
The Kalanjali hour
9 students · 8 competitions · 120 points
Eight competitions between 10:00 and 11:00. No stage, no shortlisting round, own materials.
Published for institutions teaching grades 5 to 12.
The twenty
12 students · 20 competitions · 300 points
The twenty competitions that take exactly one participant, spread across the day.
Published for institutions teaching grades 5 to 12.
Your delegation
- Competitions you are eligible for
- 36 of 36
- Championship points on the table
- 540
The 2K25 trophy was won on 225 points.
What it costs to enter
There is no entry fee.
Travel and food are your own arrangements. Call us if you want to talk them through.
Mr Umapathi · 91135 34973What a school comes home with
Every competition awards trophies and certificates to the top three. Every competition carries a cash prize. The largest is the Fashion Show at ₹12,000; group first prizes reach ₹6,000.
There is an Overall Championship.
Points across all thirty-six competitions — fifteen for a first, ten for a second, five for a third — and a rolling trophy. Dr. SSNPS, Davangere hold it, on 225 points from 2K25.
Whether schools and PU colleges contest one title or two is being confirmed. Per-competition results stand either way.
Cash accompanies the trophy. It is not the reason to make the trip, and we are not going to pretend it is.
- Largest prize
- ₹12,000 · Fashion Show
- Group first prizes reach
- ₹6,000
- Rolling trophy
- ₹5,000
- Points available
- 540
- Won the 2K25 championship
- 225 points
Everything is published before you enter
Every competition publishes its judging criteria and its tie-break before you enter. Junior Solo Classical Dance is judged on costume, expression, choreography, clarity and impact — and a tie goes to choreography. Classical vocal ties go to alaap. Stand-up ties go to sense of humour.
One entry per institution per competition, so a large school cannot fill a category.
Where entries for a stage competition exceed the time available, a shortlisting round is held earlier in the day and the strongest entries perform on the main stage. The fourteen competitions that need no stage have no shortlisting round.
Logistics and cost
The shape of the day
- 08:00
- Registration opens
- 09:00
- Opening ceremony
- 10:00
- Competitions begin across five stages and seven venues
- 18:00
- Fashion Show
- 19:30
- Valedictory
- 20:30
- DJ
- 21:00
- The day closes
Only first-place winners and the Overall Champion are called to the stage, so that prize distribution finishes early enough for delegations travelling a distance. Second and third collect from the prize desk.
Where
PSSEMR School campusTolahunse / Shivagangotri, beside Davangere University
Davangere 577002, Karnataka
Cost
There is no entry fee for Sambhram 2026. Your costs are travel and food for the day, and both are your own arrangements.
Travel, food and supervision
Travel times, parking, catering and supervision arrangements for 12 September are being finalised. Call the organising team and we will take you through what is in place.
Mr Umapathi · 91135 34973Talk to a person
These are the staff running Sambhram. Call any of them directly — you will not be routed through a switchboard.
Mr Umapathi
Staff Cultural Convenor
91135 34973Mr Siddharth
Staff Cultural Convenor
93535 39017Mr Vinay
Staff Cultural Convenor
88929 74458
Who to call about each stage
On the day, the coordinator for the stage your students are competing on is the fastest person to reach.
- Main Stage
- Mr Vijay Hanchinamani98806 66807
- School Assembly Hall
- Mr Manjunath Khot86183 18628
- Shri S S Ganesh Auditorium
- Mr Santhosh M99161 80093
- Gym Area
- Mr Shankar99644 67619
- Ganapati Statue Lawn
- Mr Girish A N74835 68787
- Gym Area · Art events
- Mr Ghanshyam80731 74825
When entries close
Entries close Thursday 10 September.
We are finalising staged closing dates for outstation, regional and local institutions, so that schools travelling further have longer to arrange approval and transport. Call the organising team and we will tell you the date that applies to you.
Mr Umapathi · 91135 34973Confirm your institution
Seven fields. We do not ask for participant names yet — you will not have held your auditions.
Questions a coordinator usually asks
We have never heard of Sambhram.
Sambhram is an inter-school festival run on the PSSEMR campus in Davangere. The 2K25 edition ran on 8 November 2025 — the photographs above are from that day. The staff running it are named on this page with direct numbers you can call, and the hosts are named at the foot of it.
We do not have a dance troupe.
Fourteen of the thirty-six competitions need no stage at all — rangoli, sketching and charcoal, face painting, clay modelling, mehendi and nail art, pot painting, photography, quiz and business presentation, plus short film and reels. Eight of them run inside a single hour. If your school has never entered a festival like this, that hour is where to begin.
We are too small.
A school teaching grades 5 to 10 is excluded from exactly two of the thirty-six. A middle school teaching only grades 5 to 8 can still contest nineteen competitions and 285 championship points — more than the 225 that won the 2K25 championship.
What does it cost?
There is no entry fee. Your costs are travel and food for the day, and both are your own arrangements. Call the organising team if you would like to talk them through before you commit.
We will lose a teaching day.
You will not. Sambhram is on Saturday 12 September.
My students might be cut.
Every entry is judged. Where entries for a stage competition exceed the time available, a shortlisting round is held earlier in the day and the strongest entries perform on the main stage. The fourteen competitions that need no stage have no shortlisting round at all.
Who supervises my students?
We are finalising the published supervision, medical and travel arrangements for 12 September. Call the organising team and we will take you through what is in place before you commit to anything.
Is it worth the trip?
Twelve students can contest twenty competitions and three hundred championship points. The 2K25 trophy was won on 225. Those figures are computed from the published timetable, which you are welcome to check.
This is where your school's name goes up on the screen.
Thirty-six competitions. Five stages. One Saturday. You do not have to be the best dancer in your school — there are thirty-six ways in.
- Competitions
- 36
- Stages
- 5
- Title to take
- Dr. SSNPS, Davangere, 225
How the day ends
- 18:00
- Fashion Show
- 19:30
- Valedictory
- 20:30
- DJ
Tell your coordinator
Sambhram is entered by schools, not by students — so the next step is a two-minute conversation with your cultural coordinator or class teacher.
Here is a message you can forward:
Sir/Ma'am — Sambhram 2026 is on Saturday 12 September at PSSEMR, Davangere. There are 36 competitions and schools can enter one team in each. Can we go?