World Sweet fest from Jan 13

Secunderabad: Food lovers will be in for a delight as they would get a chance to savour around 1,000 sweets from India and other countries at the 'World Sweet Festival to be held here from January 13. "The sweet festival is being organised to showcase the cosmopolitan nature of Hyderabad in a sweet way," Tourism and Culture secretary B Venkatesam said.

The three-day festival would be organised in association with various cultural, language and region-based associations of people, including those from foreign countries living in Hyderabad, since many years, he said. The women from these region-based associations would make the sweets. 

"No hotels, no shopkeepers, no caterers, no commercial representation," Venkatesam said,  A website and a mobile app have also been launched for the event, Venkatesam said.