The 7th Global Indian Festival comes alive with colour and excitement @ Mid Valley Exhibition Centre, KL

The 7th Global Indian Festival comes alive with colour and excitement @ Mid Valley Exhibition Centre, Kuala Lumpur.

The event held over 10 days from May 29 – June 7, 2009 at the Mid Valley Exhibition Centre in Kuala Lumpur present the Indian community and others with an opportunity to celebrate the rich Indian culture with various activities such as cultural dance performances, fashion shows, games and colouring competition, mock weddings and 225 booths selling goods ranging from handicraft, textiles, bridal wear, cookies to jewellery and home décor.

Shopping delights, cultural extravanganza, fashion fiesta, a mock wedding, a tourism fair, fun activities for children, etc. they have it all here at the 7th Global Indian Festival, Kuala Lumpur – a truly ‘one-stop shopping and cultural centre’.

Enjoy the photo gallery.

Mesmerizing outfits from these two dancers in traditional Indian dance attires. They captivate visitors to the festival with traditional dance performances and other entertainment programmes scheduled throughout the 10-day festival.


A cheerful young dancer ready to perform traditional dances for visitors to the festival.

A large crowd watching performances and other entertaining programmes held on stage.

A fashion show promoting Shahnaz Herbals beauty care and therapeutic products.

The 7th Global Indian Festival 2009 attracts a large crowd of shoppers and visitors.


There are 225 booths selling goods ranging from handicraft, textiles, bridal wear, cookies to jewellery, home décor and carpets.


Exciting things to buy from the shopping festival.


For this year, there are traders from Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Mumbai and other Indian cities setting up booth selling an assortment of products from India.


A booth selling home decor products for your home.


A booth selling statues of deities and other unique items.


A booth here providing couple wedding packages that include studio photography sessions, wedding attire, wedding invitations bridal make-up and wedding dais.


These two pretty women dressed in Indian bridal wedding sarees at a booth promoting wedding packages.


These graceful sarees come in an impressive combination of striking colours.


A mock-up wedding dais on display.


Director of Greeno Valley Marketing Sdn Bhd R. Vijayakumari (centre, in blue blouse) posing with models and event officials in front of her Shahnaz Herbals booth. The models had earlier paraded in a Shahnaz Herbals products fashion show sponsored by the company.


Spotted at the 7th Global Indian Festival were Neesha (left), and Sathia, both 18, who said they enjoyed the various programmes for visitors.


A trader at a booth selling jewellery.


Exquisite and unique pieces of jewellery desired by every woman on display at a booth.


Shoppers are spoilt for choice with lots of colourful and pretty bangles to choose from.


A booth selling attractive handicraft and home decor items.


Innovative design gifts and handicraft on sale here.


Sweet delights: Varieties of delicious and irresistible Indian sweetmeats and coconut candies on sale.


At the Rev Henna Creations booth, Henna artist Revathi Seelan make exotic and exquisite designs for clients. The paste used to stain the hands traditionally for festivals or celebrations is made from leaves of Henna plant in most middle eastern countries such as Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Egypt, Morocco and India.


At the Nabila Mehendi Design booth, Mehendi artist Nabila (left in white blouse) and her clients are happy showing off the Mehendi decoration on their palms and hands.


A booth offering free advice and meditation on Sahaja Yoga. The pictures of the founder of Sahaja Yoga Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi is on the booth and wall.


A display of creative fine art collections at this booth operated by a trader from Argentina who is married to a Malaysian.


A collection of nickel plated pin art on display at this booth. Nickel plated pin art is a new form of art. These are literally pins that form an art that is hand done. It is created using thes pins which are 0.6 mm in diameter, pin heads and 2 inches in length.

Portraits as seen above:

Penang Chief Minister YB Lim Guan Eng, Size 66 cm x 87 cm, Price RM3,000

YB Dato' Seri Ir. Haji Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, Size 27 in x 37 in, Price RM7,500

YB Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu, ADUN Tronoh, Size 20 in x 28 in.

Mona Lisa, Size approx 30" x 40", Price RM55,000

A visitor admiring at the nickle plated pin art portraits of elected representatives.

Portraits as seen above:

YB Ngeh Khoo Ham, ADUN Sitiawan, Size 61 cm X 80 cm, Price RM3,000

YB Lim Kit Siang, MP Ipoh Timur, Size approx 61 cm X 80 cm, Price RM3,000

Menteri Besar Kelantan Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (Tok Guru), Size 60 cm X 76 cm, Price RM3,000

YB. Nurul Izzah Anwar, member of parliament for Lembah Pantai visiting the booths at the 7th Global Indian Festival 2009.


Owner of NicoleKing Pin Art Creation Nason Ponniah with YB Nurul Izzah Anwar at his nickle plated pin art booth. In the middle is the pin art portrait of her father, YB Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim who is the MP for Permatang Pauh and Parliamentary Opposition Leader.


YB. Nurul Izzah Anwar exchanging greetings with a visitor at the festival.


Pretty damsels at a booth promoting slimming programs by Bizzy Body.