puducherry the annual multicultural and literary event mayyazhi mahotsavam popularly known as fete de mahe will begin from february 4 at mahe puducherrys enclave in kerala union minister of state for home affairs mullapalli ramachandran will inaugurate the fiveday festival puducherry home minister e valsaraj told reporters here on tuesday morning the festival which concludes on february 8 includes a variety of cultural and literary events some of the prominent artists who will be performing in the festival include singers sp balasubramanian and srinivas chennai manjari and anwar sadath kerala pankaj udhas and anup jolata mumbai golden wings illusion quick angels russia and cine actor and bharatnatyam dancer uravsi shobhana valsaraj said chief minister v vaithilingam will inaugurate the government ayurvedha medical college named after late prime minister rajiv gandhi at 1030am on february 9 in mahe the college will offer a fiveandhalf year undergraduate degree in ayurvedha medicine and surgery bams with 50 students selected on merit by centralised admission committee the union government had allocated rs 10 crore for the project and has released the first instalment of rs six crore it will release the remaining rs four crore after the first instalment is utilised he said the ayurvedha college established under the perunthalaivar kamarajar medical college society will function in the underutilised campus of mahatma gandhi government arts college the college includes a 100bed hospital valsaraj said vaithilingam will also inaugurate the walkway along the mayyazhi river on the same evening the union tourism ministry has sanctioned rs five crore for the first phase of the project