Alva’s Virasat, a National Cultural Festival, is held in January of every year from the year 2000. The performance, every day during the Virasat, comprises of classical music concerts in the first session and a variety of classical & folk dance performance in the second. A number of artistes of national & international repute from different parts of India are invited for performing such components which engulf the entire spectrum of the art forms both classical & folk. It is a strong conviction of Dr. M. Mohan Alva , the Chairman of Alva’s Education Foundation, that the classical art forms can please & educate the youth, and systematically enable them to develop a better taste & attitude to life. The classical dance & music provides a magic potion to the people indistinct of old or young.