Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha

Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Pioneering Webcast of Tamil Play for the First Time

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Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha presents

Prayatna’s Thodarum

Written and Directed by K. Vivekshankar

At Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall

TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai

on 25th February 2012 at 7 PM

Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha in pursuit of nurturing fine arts for the first time of Tamil Stage Play history is pioneering an innovative way of presenting this tamil play, Prayatna’s Thodarum for the benefit of theatre lovers all over the world. The play is scheduled to be webcast live on February 25th 2012 at 7 PM IST. Click here to convert to your standard time.

The webcast will begin at 6.45 PM with the inauguration of the webcast by Shri.Dr.Nalli Kuppusami Chetti, President of the sabha.

The webcast on February 25th at 6.45 PM can be viewed here. Please bookmark this post for easy access to the webcast.

We solicit your presence either in the sabha or in the web.

The Fiery Discus

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Kousalya Sivakumar delineated the qualities of Sudarsana.

The topic for Kousalya Sivakumar’s musical discourse at Parthasarathy Swami Sabha on December 21, was Lord Narayana’s Sudarsana Chakra. Resource material is abundant for the subject and Kousalya quoted from the pasurams of Azhwars and also Vedanta Desika’s works, besides including verses from the Ahirbudhnya Samhita, wherein Ahirbudhnya (Siva) extols Sudarsana.

She delineated how the Lord’s weapon is synonymous with the Lord Himself. Lord Narayana is known as Purusha, because of certain attributes of His. Sudarsana has all these attributes too, and so Sudarsana too may be referred to as Purusha. When one is on the first step of the ladder of bhakti, the Lord’s weapons appear as weapons. As one progresses to the next step, His weapons appear as ornaments.

To see the Lord’s weapons as the Lord Himself is the epitome of bhakti. Kousalya quoted a verse from Kooranarayana Jeer’s Sudarsana Satakam, in which Sudarsana is seen as representing every numeral because of His various attributes. Thus He is synonymous with two, because He gets rid of the twin traps of sin and virtue. He is synonymous with three, because Lord Siva the three-eyed One worships Him; He is five because He gets rid of the temptations that our five senses lead us into; He is the numeral nine, because He nullifies the effects of planetary positions on our lives and so on.

Kousalya pointed out that Sudarsana had accompanied the Lord during each of His avataras. In the Narasimha avatara, for example, Sudarsana took the form of the Lord’s nails.

Verses from ‘Shodasayudha stotram’ and ‘Sudarsanashtakam’ were rendered in ragas Naattai, Varali, Valaji, Kalyani, Hamsanandi, Dhanyasi, Sahana, Begada, Kiravani, Khamas, Atana, Saranga, Kuntalavarali and Surutti. Kousalya had chosen ragas that suited the meaning and meter of the verses.

Namagiri Ramesh gave a solo rendering of Nammazhvar’s ‘Kaisina Paravai’ pasuram in Shanmukhapriya, the 100th verse in the Sudarsana Sataka in Dhanyasi, Tirumazhisai Azhwar’s ‘Punpula vazhi adaithu’ in Ananda Bhairavi and Periyazhvar’s ‘ Naazhigai Koorittu’ in Vasantha. Her voice has a rich timbre.

On Vedanta Desika’s refrain ‘Jaya Jaya Sri Sudarsana,’ Kousalya observed that Sudarsana’s consort is Jayasri, also known as Vijayavalli. In this, as in other interesting interpretations, the guiding hand of scholar Dr. M.K. Srinivasan, whose help Kousalya acknowledged, was evident.

Courtesy : The Hindu

An Ethereal Concert from a Noted Maestro

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Some concerts have a way of rendering your ignorance of the nuances of Carnatic music irrelevant. It is a little like coming face to face with a pristine and peerless diamond. It enraptures you, and all you need is the human ability to recognize and respond to its dazzle. T.M. Krishna’s concert at the Parthasarathy Swami Sabha turned out to be a similar experience. Virtuosity and deep emotiveness combined to elevate the audience.

The first piece, ‘sujana jIvana’ in Khamas evoked images of an ethereal beauty being adorned in a hundred different ways. The well-known composition (as the novice in me subsequently learnt) was a garland in the artist’s hands, and each line and phrase revealed to the artist and the audience, beauty in yet another form.

This was followed by a composition of Shri. Muthuswami Dikshithar. TMK with his characteristic wit, made it a point to tell the audience that while the ragam may sound slightly different from what they might usually hear, it was nevertheless Anandabhairavi!

We learnt that this was owing to the treatment of the ragam by Shri. Muthuswami Dikshithar, distinguished from the approach of the other two great composer-musicians of the trinity. TMK’s treatment of Anandabhairavi through the composition was expansive, and you felt that if the concept of justice could be applied to the exploring of a composition, it couldn’t have been done better.

The heavy and slow-paced rendition, followed by a brisk ‘dinamani vamsa tilaka lavanya’ of Shri. Thyagaraja in Harikambojhi, saw the artist switch from one tempo to another with alacrity. The audience needless to say, was delighted with the variety.

The high point however, was yet to come. TMK’s Thodi was nothing short of extraordinary. His delineation of the ragam spread like an unstoppable current of water, leaving no crevice in the landscape untouched. Challenging himself more and more, he explored every single imaginable nuance of the ragam.

His voice did not escape his exacting nature, and as he constantly pushed it to touch inconceivable thresholds, a truly spectacular range emerged. You were left wondering if all of this could originate from one single human being, one voice. Truly, Krishna was here to reveal to us, new limits of the human imagination and capability.

Akkarai Subbulakshmi rose admirably to the challenge, and it was interesting to watch TMK inspire and be inspired by her violin. Just as the Thani Avarthanam began, several people including myself slipped out. TMK for a few minutes virtually brought the concert to a halt, sending around hushed whispers on how insensitive the audience could be. Feeling a little sheepish, I argued with myself but found no moral basis to support my somewhat ill-mannered exit.

I wondered however, if this is the feeling TMK really wanted to create. Was his move capable of inspiring introspection, on the respect that we accord to accompanying artists? Or would it be counter-productive and viewed as a reactionary move of an artist who is as well known for his strong opinions, as his musical excellence.

Only time will tell, but something told me that walking away with the guilt of an errant school child could seldom create an environment for meaningful introspection.

Courtesy : Deccan Chronicle (By Preeti Mohan)

Melody-laced meeting

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It was the meeting of North and South in terms of the music and, that of East and West as regards the instruments. Curiosity was writ large on the faces of the rasikas as Kadri Gopalnath shared the dais with Pravin Godkhindi. The saxophone and the flute or bansuri together created mesmerising effects as was evident from the rounds of spontaneous applause from the audience.

Both instruments demand total dedication and rigorous practice to achieve mastery. For Kadri, son of a nagaswaram vidwan, it was a chance presence at a band performance that drew him to the vibrant tone of the brass instrument. As for Pravin, his father Pandit Venkatesh Godkhindi, is one of the senior most flautists of Karnataka, and has been performing for over 40 years.

The musicians commenced their jugalbandi with Hamsadhwani. Kadri’s alapana was majestic, while Pravin’s was mellifluous. In ‘Vatapi Ganapathim,’ they merged wonderfully well, creating a hypnotising impact. The kalpanaswaras, especially the concluding kuraippu and korvai were musically rich.

B Harikumar (mridangam), Kiran Godkhandi (Pravin’s brother) on the tabla and B. Rajasekar (morsing) made significant contribution. To the credit of Pravin, it should be mentioned that he deliberately chose a submissive role in the interest of overall harmony.

The Kapi by Kadri and ‘Enna Thavam Seythanai’ of Papanasam Sivan, showed the extent to which he has tamed his instrument. Similarly, after alap in Pilu, Pravin offered two short pieces, one in khemta taal and other in teen taal, both of which were soothing all the way.

Then Kadri took up RTP in Surya and Pravin rendered it in Suryakauns. The pallavi was ‘Parthsarathy Paripahimam, Sridhara Kesava Madhava.’ While Kadri added Bhupal Todi, Vasanthi and Brindavana Saranga, Pravin rendered Marwa and Amrithavarshini in the ragamalika swaras.

The thani by the trio was awe-inspiring. If Harikumar was majestic, Kiran was melodious while Rajasekar was sugary. The concluding korvai and the way Kadri joined it in the third avarthanam showcased the skill of the artists.

A Meera bhajan (‘Payo Re Mein Ne’) and ‘Krishna Nee Begane Baro’ created an ambience that was charged with devotion. Bharatiyar’s ‘Chinnanjiru Kiliye’ was lilting. The other pieces in the repertoire included a Marathi abhang, ‘Theertha Vittala Kshetra Vittala,’ Purandara devarnama ‘Tamboori Meetidava’; Tiruppugazh ‘Muththaiththaru’ and ‘Bhagyada Lakshmi.’

Perhaps ‘Chinnanjiru Kiliye’ and Tiruppugazh could have been avoided as Pravin could not join Kadri on these two numbers. Overall, the audience had a rich and varied fare.

Courtesy : The Hindu

The glory of Rama in many languages

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Sriram Parasuram and Anooradha Sriram’s in-depth musical knowledge came to the fore in their raga enunciations.

In a thematic concert, at Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, celebrating the glory of Lord Sri Rama in nine languages, Dr. Sriram Parasuram and Anooradha Sriram, presented a satisfying show.

Without the facility of proper acoustics the singers and the accompanists – Parur Ananthakrishnan on the violin, K.V Prasad on the mridangam, Umakant Puranik on the harmonium and Paynadath Jain on the tabla – had to contend with high decibel levels.

The presentation itself had several good ideas. Catchy tunes and languages we rarely hear on the South Indian stage such as Gujarati and Malayalam were highly interesting as was the core theme which never fails to draw – singing the glory of Lord Sri Rama throughout an evening. The crowd certainly enjoyed the Rama namam.

The depth of the two singers’ musical knowledge and the training under gurus such as T. Viswanathan were reflected in the raga enunciations. One must particularly mention Anooradha’s Sahana alapana that had attractive phrases in true classical style. It’s rare that a light music singer singing in a high pitch can handle the true classical flavours of Sahana. Anooradha would do well to lower the pitch for classical concerts as the phrases in the higher octaves sung at a high pitch can be disturbing.

The duo began with ‘Jaya Jaya’ in Nattai raga and quickly followed it up with an Ahirbhairav bhajan, ‘Ramaka Guna’ (Shuddha Hindi) to set off the meditation on Rama’s calmness and qualities. Sriram sang a good Bhairavi and followed it with Tamizh composition ‘Yaro Evar Yaaro.’ Violinist Parur Ananthakrishnan essayed a crisp Bhairavi. Arunachala Kavirayar created ‘Yaaro’ as Rama wondering “Who is this beautiful lady?” and not what is generally felt that it was Sita wondering at the sight of the handsome Rama. A kalpanaswara at ‘Chandra Bimba Vadana’ added to this rendering.

Anooradha’s voice lends itself to Revathy, a raga she brought out competently to couch the ‘Bhakti Kandaal’ verse in Malayalam. Sriram sang Bhairagi , raga Revathy’s Hindusthani version, followed by a bhajan. One wished for more coordination between the two singers at many points during the concert.

To praise Rama in Sanskrit, there was ‘Rama Kalita’ in raga Ramkali composed by Muthuswami Dikshitar. Anooradha began sketching raga Sahana as a prelude to the Telugu ‘Vandanamu Raghunandana,’ an utsava sampradaya creation by Tyagaraja. Violinist Parur Ananthakrishnan matched it with some good phrases in his raga outline.

Tulsidas never fails to tug at heartstrings as he did in the Brijbhasha song from Ramacharita Manas ‘Rama Pada.’ Ahalya regains the human form when the pollen from Rama’s feet touches her. Tulsidas extols ringing in the virtue of Rama. Sriram and Anooradha followed this with a Bengali song ‘Rathodi’ in Chandrakauns beautifully rendered. ‘Marukelara’ was fast paced and high on the decibel level to be enjoyed.

The Gujarati song in praise of Rama came in with a ‘Chaithi’ praising the Chaith season. A melodious Kannada creation and a Marathi abhang rounded off Rama’s praise in several languages. The accompanists rendered a neat thani.

Courtesy : The Hindu

112th YEAR – DANCE FESTIVAL (From 19-1-2012 to 11-3-2012)

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SRI PARTHASARATHY SWAMI SABHA (Estd. 1900)
(Address for communication : 100, T.P. Koil Street, Triplicane, Chennai-5)

112th YEAR – DANCE FESTIVAL (From 19-1-2012 to 11-3-2012)
at R.K. SWAMY AUDITORIUM (Sir Sivaswamy Kalalaya S.S. School)
5, Sundareswarar Street, Mylapore, Chennai – 600 004.

Festival in Memory of Late P. OBUL REDDY and Late P.GNANAMBA,
with the support of Sri. P. Vijayakumar Reddy and Smt. Preetha Reddy

INAUGURATION OF DANCE FESTIVAL on 18-1-2012 Wednesday at 6.00 p.m.
at MYLAPORE FINE ARTS CLUB HALL, MYLAPORE

Dr. K. ROSAIAH His Excellency the Governor of Tamil Nadu
Inaugurates and confers the title
“Natya Kalasarathy” on Smt. RAJESWARI SAINATH
(Cash Award Instituted by Sri P. Vijayakumar Reddy & Smt. Preetha Reddy)

6-45 p.m. Bharatanatyam by HARINE JEEVITHA (Disciple of Guru Sheela Unnikrishnan)

For Full Dance Festival Schedule, please

Dance Festival at R.K.Swamy Auditorium, 5 Sundareswar Street, Mylapore, Chennai

19-1-2012 Thursday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SWETHA VIJAYARAGHAVAN (Disciple of Guru Adyar K.Lakshmanan)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By JANAKI RANGARAJAN (Disciple of Guru Padma Subramanyam)

20-1-2012 Friday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By ANJANA JOHN (Disciple of Guru Urmila Sathyanarayana)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By L.S. TEJASHREE (Disciple of Guru Urmila Sathyanarayana)

21-1-2012 Saturday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By B. PRAVATHIKA (Disciple of Guru Malini Balaji)
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By U. BHAVANI (Disciple of Guru Urmila Sathyanarayana)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By S. ASHWINI PRIYANKA (Disciple of Guru Urmila Sathyanarayana)

22-1-2012 Sunday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SHRUTHI BALAMURALI & SRIDHANYA HARIHAR (Disciple of Guru Deepa Balaji)
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By ARCHANA NARAYANAMURTHY (Disciple of Guru Pandanallur S.Pandian)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By AISHWARYA SUBBARAMAN (Disciple of Guru Urmila Sathyanarayana)

23-1-2012 Monday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By S. VADEHI, VIDHYADHARINI, VANDANA, DIVYA LAKSHMI
(Disciples of Guru Binesh Mahadevan)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SAKTHI KANNAN (Disciple of Guru Narmatha Ravichandran)

24-1-2012 Tuesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By JOYTSNA VAIDEESWARAN (Disciple of Guru C.V. Chandrasekaran)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By DRUPADHI PRAVEEN (Disciple of Guru Lavanya Ananth)

25-1-2012 Wednesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By NRITHYA PILLAI (Disciple of Guru Jayakamala Pandiyan)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By AISHWARYA BALASUBRAMANIAN (Disciple of Gruru Anitha Guha)
Festival Dedicated to “Natyakalasarathy” Smt. K.J. SARASA

26-1-2012 Thursday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By D. RAKSHA (Disciple of Guru L.R. Nidheesh Kumar – Kalashethra)
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SARAYU SAI
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By LAVANYA ANANTH (Disciple of Guru K.J. Sarasa)

27-1-2012 Friday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By Dr. DIVYATHA ARUN (Disciple of Guru K.J. Sarasa)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By GAYATHRI JAYAKUMAR (Disciple of Guru Malathi Thothadri)

28-1-2012 Saturday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By KASI AYSOLA (Disciple of Guru Viji Prakash)
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By Students of ANANTHARA CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTIST GROUP
(Disciples of Guru Sreelatha Vinod)
7.15 p.m. Kuchipudi By Sri ADARS NAIR & Kum. ASHRITHA REDDY (Disciples. of Guru Vedantham Satya Narasimha Sastry)

29-1-2012 Sunday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By S.R. JANANI (Disciple of Guru Madhumathi Prakash)
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam ByAPARAJITHA RAO (Disciple of Guru Sudharani Raghupathi)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By VIDYA VALLI (Disciple of Guru K.J. Sarasa)

30-1-2012 Monday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By T.A. VIRRAJA & T.A. VASUDHA (Disciples of Guru Ranganayaki Jayaraman)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By G.V. SUBBHASHINI (Disciple of Guru Saikripa Prasanna)

31-1-2012 Tuesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By PRANATHI RAMADORAI (Disciple of Guru Rhadaa)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By PAVITHRA MADHURAM (Disciple of Guru R. Mutharasi)

1-2-2012 Wednesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By KEERTHANA DAMODARAN (Disciple of Guru Deepa Balaji)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By V. HEMA (Disciple of Guru P.B. Krishna Barathi)

2-2-2012 Thursday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By G. APARNA (Disciple of Guru Chinnamannur J. Krishnakumar)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By MEDHA HARI (Disciple of Guru Anitha Guha)

3-2-2012 Friday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SAMYUKTHA SWAMINATHAN (Disciple of Guru Sheela Unnikrishnan)
7.15 p.m. Mohini Attam By DEEPA CHAKRAVARTHY (Disciple of Guru Gopika Varma)

4-2-2012 Saturday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SWARNA LATHA (Disciple of Guru Sarayu Sai)
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By B. SRIVIDYA (Disciple of Guru Sudha Vijayakumar)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SREELATHA VINOD & ATHENA MADHU (Disciples of Guru Shantha & V.P.Dhananjayan)

5-2-2012 Sunday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By VARSHA ANAND (Disciple of Guru Srekala Bharat)
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SHRUTHI & R. DIVYA (Disciples of Guru Sudha Vijayakumar)
7.15 p.m. Oddissi By RADHIKA SAMSON (Disciple of Guru Dilip Malhotra, New Delhi)

6-2-2012 Monday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SMITHA MADHDAV (Disciple of Guru Rajeswari Sainath)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By N. KRITHIKA (Disciple of Guru K.J. Sarasa)

7-2-2012 Tuesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By G. SREESHA (Disciple of Guru Sheela Unnikrishnan)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By AARABI VEERARAGHAVAN (Dis. of Guru M.V.Narasimhachari & Vasantha Lakshmi Narasimhachari)

8-2-2012 Wednesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By LALITHA HARIKRISHNAN (Disciple of Guru Srekala Bharath)
7.15 p.m. Kuchipudi By HITHAISHY DHANAN (Disciple of Guru Uma Muralikrishna)

9-2-2012 Thursday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By S. DEEPAMJALI (Disciple of Guru Binesh Mahadevan)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By KIRAN RAJAGOPALAN (Disciple of Guru A. Lakshman)

10-2-2012 Friday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SULAKSHNA JAYARAMAN (U.S.A)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By CHANDRIKA SRINIVAS, Australia (Disciple of Guru Narmatha & Bhanumathi)

11-2-2012 Saturday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By RENUKA DEVI (Disciple of Guru Deepa Balaji)
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By S. PAVITHRA (Disciple of Guru Madhumathi Prakash)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By Disciple of Guru A.Lakshman

12-2-2012 Sunday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By C. PRIYANKA (Disciple of Guru Madhumathi Prakash)
5.45 p.m. Kuchipudi By ROSHINI RAJU (Disciple of Guru Uma Muralikrishna)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By KAVYA GANESH (Disciple of Guru Meenakshi Chittaranjan)

13-2-2012 Monday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By V.M. SUPRIYA (Disciple of Guru A. Lakshman)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SITHARA BALAKRISHNAN (Disciple of Guru A. Lakshman)

14-2-2012 Tuesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By S. APURVA (Disciple of Guru Lakshmi Kannan)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By INDHUVADANA MALLI (Disciple of Guru Adyar K. Lakshman)

15-2-2012 Wednesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By ANUGRAHA SRIDHAR (Disciple of Guru Padma Subramanyam)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By MEGHNA VENKAT (Disciple of Guru Adyar K. Lakshman)

16-2-2012 Thursday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By HARINI VENKATARAMAN (Disciple of Guru Pandanallur S.Pandian)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By GAYATHRI VAIDYANATHAN (USA) (Disciple of Guru Kripa
Bhaskaran)

17-2-2012 Friday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By APOORVA RAMAN (Disciple of Guru Sujatha Mohan)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam Ballet by STUDENTS OF DIVYANJALI (Disciples of Guru Divyasena)

18-2-2012 Saturday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By Disciple of Guru Vijaya Madhavan
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SUBHASHINI GOPALASWAMY (Disciple of Guru K.J. Sarasa)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By Chinnamannur A. CHITRA

19-2-2012 Sunday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By MEERA (Disciple of Guru Radhaa)
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By RAKSHA SRINIVASAN (Disciple of Guru K.J. Sarasa)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By LAKSHMI RAMASWAMI (Disciple of Guru Chitra Visweswaran)

20-2-2012 Monday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By T. N. SARANYA (Disciple of Guru Roja Kannan)
7.15 p.m. Oddissi By SHALINI PATNAIK (U.S.A)

21-2-2012 Tuesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SNIGDHA VENKATRAMANI (Disciple of Guru Rama Vaidyanathan)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By PRIYADARSHINI RAJENDRAN (Disciple of Guru Muttharasi)

22-2-2012 Wednesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SWETHA BHARADWAJ (Disciples of Guru Ranganayaki Jayaraman)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By DIVYA LAKSHMANAN (Disciple of Guru Chitra & Madurai R.Muralidharan)

23-2-2012 Thursday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By EMI MAYURI (Disciple of Guru Udipi Lakshminarayan)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By R. SUDHA LAKSHMI (Disciple of Guru Sudharani Raghupathy & Padma S. Raghavan)

24-2-2012 Friday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SAUMYA HARIHARAN (Disciple of Guru Lavanya Shankar)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By JANANI SURESH (Disciple of Guru Lavanya Shankar)

25-2-2012 Saturday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By VAISHNAVEE RAMESH TITTI (Disciple of Guru Lakshmi Ramaswami)
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By R. MADHURIKA (Disciple of Guru Madhumathi Prakash)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By PAVITHRA SRINIVASAN (Disciple of Shantha & Dhananjayan & Kalanidhi Narayanan)

10-2-2012 Friday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SULAKSHNA JAYARAMAN (U.S.A)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By CHANDRIKA SRINIVAS, Australia (Disciple of Guru Narmatha & Bhanumathi)

11-2-2012 Saturday

12-2-2012 Sunday

13-2-2012 Monday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By V.M. SUPRIYA (Disciple of Guru A. Lakshman)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SITHARA BALAKRISHNAN (Disciple of Guru A. Lakshman)

14-2-2012 Tuesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By S. APURVA (Disciple of Guru Lakshmi Kannan)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By INDHUVADANA MALLI (Disciple of Guru Adyar K. Lakshman)

15-2-2012 Wednesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By ANUGRAHA SRIDHAR (Disciple of Guru Padma Subramanyam)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By MEGHNA VENKAT (Disciple of Guru Adyar K. Lakshman)

16-2-2012 Thursday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By HARINI VENKATARAMAN (Disciple of Guru Pandanallur S.Pandian)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By GAYATHRI VAIDYANATHAN (USA) (Disciple of Guru Kripa Bhaskaran)

17-2-2012 Friday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By APOORVA RAMAN (Disciple of Guru Sujatha Mohan)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam Ballet by STUDENTS OF DIVYANJALI (Disciples of Guru Divyasena)

18-2-2012 Saturday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By Disciple of Guru Vijaya Madhavan
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SUBHASHINI GOPALASWAMY (Disciple of Guru K.J. Sarasa)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By Chinnamannur A. CHITRA

19-2-2012 Sunday

20-2-2012 Monday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By T. N. SARANYA (Disciple of Guru Roja Kannan)
7.15 p.m. Oddissi By SHALINI PATNAIK (U.S.A)

21-2-2012 Tuesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SNIGDHA VENKATRAMANI (Disciple of Guru Rama Vaidyanathan)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By PRIYADARSHINI RAJENDRAN (Disciple of Guru Muttharasi)

22-2-2012 Wednesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SWETHA BHARADWAJ (Disciples of Guru Ranganayaki Jayaraman)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By DIVYA LAKSHMANAN (Disciple of Guru Chitra & Madurai R.Muralidharan)

23-2-2012 Thursday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By EMI MAYURI (Disciple of Guru Udipi Lakshminarayan)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By R. SUDHA LAKSHMI (Disciple of Guru Sudharani Raghupathy & Padma S. Raghavan)

24-2-2012 Friday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SAUMYA HARIHARAN (Disciple of Guru Lavanya Shankar)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By JANANI SURESH (Disciple of Guru Lavanya Shankar)

25-2-2012 Saturday

26-2-2012 Sunday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SHREYA SINGH (Disciple of Guru Radhaa)
5.45 p.m. Kuchipudi By NANDINI NITIN
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By NARENDRA KUMARAR (Disciple of Guru Dhananjayans)

27-2-2012 Monday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By MEENAKSHI RAGHAVAN (Disciple of Guru Chandra Dhandayudhapani Pillai)

28-2-2012 Tuesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SRI DEVI, Bangalore
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By KAVYA LAKSHMI (Disciple of Guru Chitra & Madurai R.Muralidharan)

29-2-2012 Wednesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By C.R. PRASANTHI (Disciple of Guru Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By S. SINDUJA, B.V. DIVYA, R. SRUTHI MEERA, S.R. AISHWARYA
(Disciples of Guru Ranganayaki Jayaraman)

1-3-2012 Thursday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SWETHA SANKARAN (Disciple of Guru Lavanya Ananth)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By KRITHIKA RAMACHANDRAN (Disciple of Guru Meenakshi Chittaranjan)

2-3-2012 Friday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By PAVITHRA BUTT (Disciple of Guru Deepa Mazumdar & Anitha Guha)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By L. MURUGA SUNDARI (Disciple of Guru Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala)

3-3-2012 Saturday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By ROSHINI NATARAJAN (Disciple of Guru Malathi Thothadri)
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By ASHRITHA KESAV (Disciple of Guru Kishore Moshala Kamath)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SANJANA ARUN (Disciple of Guru Mythili)

4-3-2012 Sunday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SANJANA BALAKRISHNAN (Disciple of Guiru Deepa Balaji)
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SHRUTHA RAMESH (Disciple of Guru Malathi Thothadri)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By RADHIKA RAMANUJAM (Disciple of Guru Kiran Subramaniyam and Sandya Kiran)

5-3-2012 Monday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By R. PREMALAKSHMI (Disciple of Guru Gopinath)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By Students of TAPAS ACADEMY (Disciples of Guru Mahalakshmi Aswin)

6-3-2012 Tuesday

5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By R. VAISHNAVI (Disciple of Guru K.J. Sarasa)
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By AKSHYA PRASAD (Disciple of Guru Sarada Sethuraman)

7-3-2012 Wednesday

7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By Students of NUPURA SCHOOL OF ARTS (Disciples of Guru Lalitha Ganapathi)

8-3-2012 Thursday

7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By NUPURA SCHOOL OF ARTS (Disciples of Guru Lalitha Ganapathi)

9-3-2012 Friday

7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By JAYANTHI SUNDAR (Disciple of Guru Chitra Visweswaran)

10-3-2012 Saturday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By SHRUTHA RAMESH (Disciple of Guru Malathi Thothadri)
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By J. DEVIKA
7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam By ANURADHA RAMESH (Disciple of Guru Roja Kannan)

11-3-2012 Sunday

4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam By STUDENTS OF NRITHYAARPANA (Disciples oif Guru Dhakshayani Ramachandran)
5.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam By VASUDHA ANIL SHARMA (Disciple of Minal Prabhu)
7.15 p.m. Kuchipudi By Dr. YASHODA THAKORE of Hyderabad

Dr. NALLI KUPPUSAMI CHETTI
President

M. KRISHNAMURTHY
Hony. Secretary

M.P. Varadan, Treasurer

Festival supported By : UNITED INDIA INSURANCE, INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK

Programme Co-ordinator: P.S. Padmanabhan

Awards for Sowmya, T.N. Krishnan and Prasanna Venkatraman

Admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:42:28 +0000

“It is unfortunate that Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, one of the oldest in the country and which has been the abode of some of the greatest Carnatic exponents, does not have its own building,” Tirumala Tirupathi Ilayakoil Kelvi Appan Govinda Ramanuja Chinna Jeeyar Swamigal lamented here on Thursday.

Inaugurating the 111th December Music Festival of the sabha, the Jeeyar pointed out that the sabha was established in 1900 and had a glorious heritage. It has promoted every genre of fine arts like music, drama and dance, he added. He urged the president of the sabha, Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti, to initiate immediate steps to construct a building and promised that he would declare it open too.

Earlier, he conferred the ‘Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ title on Carnatic musician Sowmya and presented the Palghat Mani Iyer Centenary Award to violinist T.N. Krishnan and the Dr. M.L.V. Award to budding musician Prasanna Venkatraman.

Guru of Carnatic music

Sudha Raghunathan lauded T.N. Krishnan as the “guru” of the entire Carnatic fraternity. As her guru M.L. Vasanathakumari used to say, he is not only a great instrumentalist but also a person of character and humility.

She commended Sowmya as a child prodigy whose repertoire was enormous. “Her concerts give you fulfilment,” she added.

Nithyasree Mahadevan, commended Sowmya’s “mastery over handling rare ragas”.

Even as a child Sowmya had “extraordinary maturity”, she observed. She was “tradition bound” in her musical journey, she added.

Geetha Ramanthan Bennett lauded Sowmya as one “who never gave up tradition”.

At the same time, she is making use of state-of-the-art technology to spread music all over the globe by founding Carnatica, an organisation with this noble objective.

Sowmya said “music is divine” and she also believed, like her guru S. Ramanathan, that “music should be first of all enjoyed.” Like him, she also advocated “art for art’s sake” theory.

T.N. Krishnan said Triplicane had been the abode of music for ages.

He recalled with nostalgia how great Carnatic exponents like Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar and Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer used to sing in the halls overflowing with rasikas that included eminent vidwans.

President of the sabha Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti and Secretary M. Krishnamurthi explained the activities of the sabha.

As reported in The Hindu dated 16th December 2011