Saarang is the annual social and cultural festival of IIT Madras. It is a five-day long event held towards the end of January every year and is attended by approximately 50,000 students. Called Mardi Gras when it was started in the mid 1970s, the fest has gone on to become an integral part of the city culture of Chennai. It was renamed Saarang in 1996.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
