Great Indian Octoberfest

Gallons of Beer.....loads of women in tight jeans and short tees, revealing midriffs and backless tops....herds of men with long flowing and sometimes curly locks of hair (mostly not brushed)......a hazy atmosphere created thousands puffs of cigarette smoke....all this put together is christened as the Great Indian Octoberfest!!!!!!

The Venue, Gayatri Vihar , Palace Grounds. A giant entrance in the form of two beer barrels welcome you. As you enter,there is a small drive that leads you to a vast parking area.Then, as you move to the main event area you are greeted to different forms of art work portraying the Octoberfest.

As you walk further down the red carpet towards the exhibition area, you just cannot go by without noticing the beauty in all in splendour.The Kingfisher Toyota F1 car. This is one stall where you would find the most pictures being taken.Men and Women alike. This is perhaps the closest you could get to an F1 car Bangalore.


As you move further, you happen to notice a stall to your left with a row of neatly parked vintage cars in different shades. Among the line of beautifully assembled cars ,you just happen to spend that extra minute at one car. The all white VW beatle. Oh! isn't she a beauty.

As you tread further into carnival area you definitely happen to notice to line of stalls...some selling weird pieces of antiques and art work.....with items ranging from hair clips made from bird feather(i just hope the birds weren't killed for a..... hair clip!!!!)and head gear made from wool. Ofcourse, there is this tattoo guy trying to promote his works of art on skin.A few stalls trying to entertain the folks with games usually associated with circuses.

As you walk through the crowd you just cannot miss the beer tents placed specifically at regular intervals.These beer tents literally brewing out countless litres of beer every hour as men and women of all ages, shapes and sizes seemed to quench their thirst in the only possible way. The king of all fluids, Draught Beer!!!!!!!

As you move further to the right of the carnival area you happen to notice rows of stalls dishing out any array eatables. This ranging from plain simple pani puri to cheese topped pizzas.Anything from veg rolls and french fries to juicy chicken kebabs, from roasted masala dosa to spicy mexican. It was all there, making your taste buds wander in thorough delight at the sight of these exotic food items.

Visible from any part of the carnival area is the Colosseum of a stage, sporting a galaxy of bright colored lights.The stage draped all black, the lights shown themselves as stars in a cloudless night. Various rocks groups performed,some in competition and others trying to make a living (some groups launching their maiden albums). In all, it was treat for the audience present.



Finally, the performances were backed by a grand fashion presentation courtesy wrangler. Models took to the ramp, giving the audience a glimpse of what is called the glamorous world of Fashion.

This sums it up for what is called the Great Indian October Fest.