MLA Narendra Babu will inaugurate the festival which will be held on the premises of the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath.

The festival brings some of the most important Tibetan institutions together to showcase the Tibetan refugees' accomplishments in community-building, education and cultural preservation.

It will also showcase a film festival with documentary films such as Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion, Tibet: Murder in Snow and Unwinking Gaze. There will also be a panel discussions on India-Tibet relations, and talks by well known scholars on Tibetan Buddhism, medicine and Tibet's environment. Traditional Tibetan songs and dances will be shown at the Open Air Theatre.

The festival will also showcase a photo exhibition, thangka paintings, Tibetan carpets and organic produces from the Tibetan settlements.