A large number of college students and professionals from Noida and Delhi are expected for the youth festival Umang : The Festival of Joy and Inspiration is on September 15^th in Noida 5pm onwards. The programme will begin with melodious kirtan followed by a seminar,cultural programmes and sumptuous dinner. His Grace Vedanta Chaitanya Das will be enlightening youths by "Stop Worrying Start Living". Youths from different background, will perform musical drama and fabulous mantra rock show after Seminar. The Umang festival is only for boys (for age group 16 to 32) 

 Like every quarterly, this time as well IYF (ISKCON Youth Forum) Noida is organizing the mega youth festival, Umang : The festival of Joy and Inspiration. As its name suggests, the festival aims to educate youth about the upgrading the lifestyle, values of life to achieve the success in the lives of youths. This festival will be held inside Govind Dham and Bhaktivedant Academy, ISKCON temple Noida, Auditorium, A-5, Sector- 33, Noida.

 As the youths of India are very much looking forward to Westernization. But as much as they are moving towards westernization, they are getting frustrated. This festival is all about realizing and enlightening to the youths of India that they should take up their own culture, values of life and a regulated lifestyle based on the Bhagavad-gita. And this will make them happy, satisfied and successful.

Upon leaving, every youth will be gifted with a small book of value education. Theyll also fill out a questionnaire to let devotees know which of ISKCON Noida ongoing courses on the Values of life and personality development they would like to take in the future.

What is IYF?

IYF, ISKCON youth Forum is a wing of ISKCON, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, which was established by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1966. The aim of IYF is to educate the youth of the society and to spread awareness about our culture and values. Also to establish a youth group of spiritually strong youth and set up a high standard lifestyle.