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The Silver Jubilee celebration of Vadapalani Times was a memorable occasion not only for the young artistes but also for the rasikas who gathered in hundreds. The festivities were held at Kanchi Kamakoti Sankara Matam, West Mambalam on last Sunday. Anandnarayanan, programme executive of D D P o t h i g a i , Chandrasekar, managing director of Kasi Viswanathar Temple and R Balasubramanian, director of IOB Staff Co-operative Credit Society graced the occasion. Anandnarayanan, chief guest of the programme congratulated Vadapalani Times for their novel and innovative way of promoting talent in the field of art and culture. He asked the budding artistes to have positive thinking to reach great heights.
He shared his experiences with the audience and also enthralled the audience with his multi-faceted talents. He mentioned that it is very tough to impart training to children especially in the tradition and cultural heritage. He appreciated Smt. LalithSubramanian, Director of Rasikapriya for her dedication in giving training to kids in music and veena. He also stressed the need for laughter therapy and breathing therapy. Sri Chandrasekar appreciated the selfless, committed and noncommercial attitude of the n e i g h b o u r h o o d newspaper, Vadapalni Times. He said that he hopes and wish that the children, who participated in last 24 weeks of the Music Festival would become
Kalaimamanis and Sangeetha Kalalnidhis in the future. He said that Mr.Vijayakumar, Editor of Vadapalani Times has reached great heights within a short period of time due to his hard work and futuristic thinking. Sri.Balasubramanian, told that the circulation of Vadapalani Times is a testimony to its standard and readers from more than 25 countries are reading the newspaper's web edition. Mr.Vijayakumar honoured the guests and the staff of Vadapalani Times. The dignitaries honoured the participants of the previous 24 weeks with shawl, memento and certificates and it was indeed a sight to behold. Vocalists Sree Chitra and Uttira were selected as the best singers of the Music Festival and were given appreciation certificates.
Cultural fiesta The programme was followed by a cultural fiesta in which students of Rasigapriya participated. 20 students performed Aalaya Darshan, an innovative thematic presentation in the first part, which was very informative. 17 students performed vocal concert in the second part of the cultural programme. Amrutharaj on keyboard and Thirucheyyar Kousik Rajagopal on mridangam provided instrumental support to the vocalists. Aalaya Darshan captivates the audience Suhasini and Sowmya were the center of attraction as narrators of the programme- Aalaya Darshan. Children commenced the programme by bowing to their parents and guru and explained how to do darshan in a temple
according to Aagama Siddhantha. They started with the worship of P i l l l a y a r, M u r u g a n , K a r t h i k e y a , Dakshinamoorthy (Guru), Chandikeswar, Nandi, Lord Siva, Ambal and Navagraha Sannidhi and Durgai in Siva temple. Children dressed as various incarnations of God were a visual treat. They also narrated how one should worship at Perumal Temples and how devotees should visit temples in a responsible manner. The kids highlighted that devotees should have to have the darshan of Perumal Garudan, Sanka Chakram, Lakshmi Thayar, Ramar sannidhi, Krishnar sannidhi and Anjaneyar sannidihi. The details about Sanka chakram, Mahalakshmi Asthoram, Radhe-Krisihna
philosophy and comparative study of Navagraha with science and Thulasi were enlightening. The elders, who graced the occasion, chanted the slokas, while the children presented the programme. Sneha, disciple of Lalitha Subramanian was the master of ceremony. In the second part, 17 rendered swaravali to varnam and keerthanam. Thaniavarthanam by Kousik added richness to the programme. Radha sametha Krishna and the concluding pieces Mythrim Bhajathe and Santhi Nilava Vendum were very impressive. Guru Lalitha Subramanian had designed the settings and the backdrop of Siva and Vishnu temples in all its grandeur appealed to the audience. - Sharma (for more pictures : Page 4 - 5)
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Performing arts such as veena, keyboard, guitar, classical dance, Indian folk dances, classical music and light music classes were also started on the occasion. The advisor Dr.Jaya Venugopal blessed the staff and students for success in activities. The students performed a cultural show on the theme Pancha Bhoothas. Mubeen, chairperson of the evening college was the master of ceremony for the programme. The function came to an end with English Department Professor G.Revathi's vote of thanks. - Sharma
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A concert in the conventional way
Hari Ganesh, grandson of eminent Carnatic musician P.S.Thiagarajan presented a traditional concert at Sankara Matam, West Mambalam as part of the Vadapalai Times Music Festival. Lalitha Subramanian, director of Rasikapriya introduced the artistes to the audience. Hari Ganesh commenced his concert with Patnam S u b r a m a n i a ` s Navaragamalika varnam with swarams. Sambho Maha Deva was presented with panthuvarali raga alapana, swara kalpana and
neraval. Thiagaraja swamy`s Vara raga laya in senji kamboji was good. Bhairavi ragam was choosen as the main item of the evening. Hari Ganesh did a detailed alapana for the main piece. Upacharamuche Nanu keerthanam was impressive. Kapata Nataka the neraval charanam was handled in thisra nadai with kanda purappu. Amma-Amma in revathi ragam gave a melodious feel. The concert concluded with hamsanandi raga thillana. The selection of
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keerthanas reflected P.S.Thiagarajan`s style, taste and tradition. The young Hari Ganesh needs to concentrate more on the voice modulation aspects and raga detailing. The neraval Paramadayala varamuruga could have been better with some more sadhana it felt. Dileep on violin, disciple of M.S.Gopalakrishnan and Sumesh Narayanan on mridangam, disciple of Bhakthavatchalam supported Hari Ganesh in a dedicated manner. - Sharma
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On the occasion of late Sri.B.V.S.S.Mani's 10 t h annual celebrations, L a l i t h a K a l a Ve d i k a secretary Madhavai has organised a divine musical concert of Chaitanya Brothers at R.K.Swamy Auditorium. Smt. Sundari, another daughter of B.V.S.S.Mani introduced V.Venkateswara Sarma and B.Krishnamacharyulu the Chaitanya Brothers. They are disciples of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Nedaluri Krishnamoorthy a n d T i r u p a t h i Ramanajusoori. They had p e r f o r m e d 3 0 0 Annamayya keerthanams in 600 concerts under the guidance of G.Balakrishna Prasad in the name of “ A n n a m a y y a Chaitanyaamrutham,� and has received many awards and purashakars from
different organisations. Sundari, reminisced about her father's achievements. Late Sri.Mani was a graduate of Commerce and Engineering. He had organised a sangham namely Swadharma Swarajya Sangham. He was the president of Krishna Gana Sabha for a period of 20 years. He was passionate about kritis of Saint Thyagaraja, Annamayya and Badhrachala Ramadass compositions. Later, he started his own sabha namely the Lalitha Kala Vedika, a non-commercial organisation for the promotion of fine arts. She announced that the function was organised as a tribute to her father. Krishna Kishore and Ramalingeswarudu, sons of late Mani, honoured the
v o c a l i s t s a n d accompanying artistes. Chaitanya Brothers inspired divinity in the minds of audience by their rendering of Annamayya and Badhrachala Ramadass keerthanas in traditional and bhajan styles. Eminent vidwan Padmabhooshan P.S.Narayanaswamy and music and dance c r i t i c V. A . K . R a n g a r a o graced the occasion. It was a sight to behold as the hall was packed to the capacity with stalwarts from the field of arts. H.Ramachandran o n v i o l i n f r o m Visakapatnam and Saigiridharan.K.on mridangam from Chennai provided excellent instrumental support to the duo.
26th Week Kuchipudi exponent Uma Muralikrishna paid homage to her parents Subramaniam and Susheela by organizing music and dance concerts at RK Swamy Auditorium. Uma is the daughter-in-law of eminent playback singer S.Janaki. Sabarathinam, president of Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan and eminent music and dance critic Nandini Ramani graced the occasion and shared their experiences. Muthukumar`s flute and Bhavani Prasad`s veena
concert kick-started the programme. Danseuse Narthaki Nataraj presented a dance recital. The pushpanjali in bahudari raga set to tisra tala was followed by slokam Manikya Ve e n a a m i n k a l y a n i ragam. Nalayira Divyaprabhandam in ragamalika was chosen as the main item for the evening and it enlightened as well as enthralled the a udience. The kamas ragam Jaavali depicted the srungara rasam and
hamsanandi raga thillana set to roopakam were reflections of her grace. Her abhinayam, dramatisation and narration of dance items stood for matured performance. Pandanallur Rathnasubramanian on nattuvangam, Girija Ramasamy on vocal, Kalyani Sankar on violin and Nagai Narayanan on mridangam gave dedicated support to the artiste.
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