TAMPA, Florida: A performance by popular young singer, Raghav rocked the USF Sundome at the 20th annual India Festival on Saturday, October 27. A record-breaking crowd of more than 12,000 people from all over Florida and even neighboring states attended the day-long festivities in Tampa.

India Festival Chairperson Swapna Shah and the India Festival Committee of the Gujarati Samaj of Tampa Bay did a wonderful job organizing the event which featured several exciting new attractions in addition to Raghav's electrifying performance. For the first time, there was a singing competition called Voice of Florida in collaboration with the Pandit Jasraj School of Music. Six finalists were pre-selected to perform at the event.

The judges named Saagar Daliya of Fort Myers, Florida the winner. His prize was a round-trip ticket to India.A surprise special guest was the evergreen hero himself, Dev Anand. Dev Saab delighted the crowd as he spoke about his autobiography, "Romancing with Life." Also in attendance was Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum.

Another first at this year's festival was four large projection screens installed so that people shopping or munching wouldn't miss the entertainment on the main stage. Vendors selling tasty treats were located in designated food court areas so as not to crowd the shopping areas where the latest styles in fashion and jewelry among other items could be found.

As always, one of the main attractions was the daylong dance competition featuring garba, raas, folk dance, bhangra and classical dance. Specially-designed trophies from India were awarded to the winners in each dance category.