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Music lovers relish a delightful treat at Coimbatore Margazhi Vaibhavam

Soulful performances in the morning hours by Carnatic vocalists Nithyashree Mahadevan and Ashwath Narayanan offered a delightful treat to music lovers in Coimbatore on Saturday at Chinmaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, the venue of Coimbatore Margazzhi Vaibhavam. Organised by Bam Events and Studios, the concert marking the auspicious Margazhi season is presented by Mount Housing Infrastructure. Ramesh Bafna, Managing Director …

KADAPA: Former Chief Justice of India NV Ramana appealed to the State government to withdraw policies discouraging education in Telugu. Speaking as chief guest at the ‘Telugu Vaibhavam’ programme held at the CP Brown Library in Kadapa on Saturday, he emphasised the need to preserve Telugu language. Justice Ramana lauded CP Brown, a British official who dedicated his life to …

CHENNAI: The Vijayashri Margazhi Vaibhavam 2024, marking its fifth year, was an evening of culture and tradition held at Vani Mahal. The ceremony began with the lighting of the kuthuvilakku and the Veda Gosham and the prayer song — Yamunashtakam, followed by Premika Stothram by the Vijayashri Balabodham students. The team supporting love argued that success often comes with stress …

Acharyas lead us to Lord Narayana, said Kazhiyur B. Devarajan in a discourse. They are Purushakara Vaibhavam, Sadhanasya Gauravam, Tadadikari Krityam, Satguroopa Sevanam, Haridayam Ahetukeem and Gurorupaayataam. Gurorupaayataam elaborates on the role of the preceptor in enabling us to cross the ocean of samsara. In chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna tells us about the easiest way to …

Known as Omalloor Krishi Vaibhavam, the fair is believed to be more than 800 years old What started as a cattle fair, is at present, a market for agricultural produce and products from cottage industries Offering a variety of produces from tubers to Kerala’s famous spices, the month-long fair commences in the Malayalam month of Meenam, around March-April Besides agriculture …

Omalloor Krishi Vaibhavam, the biggest agrarian fair in South Kerala, is a powerful reminder of our roots

Tubers in myriad shapes, colours and size fill up every available space at Omalloor Krishi Vaibhavam market, just behind the panchayat office at Omalloor, about five kilometres from Pathanamthitta. “Chena, paal chembu and mutta chembu, kaachil, madhura kizhangu, valli kizhangu, nana kizhangu, koorkka, manjal, kooravu, inji, manga inji, kappa.” Explaining the profusion of tubers in the market, Gopalakrishnan says that …

In the series ‘Vaadhya Vaibhavam’ hosted by Mathangi Chamber Music, J.B. Sruthi Sagar presented an impressive flute recital, where he brought out the sahitya bhava through the instrument. With neat medium-paced swaras appended, Sruthi Sagar presented Tyagaraja’s ‘Teliyaleru rama’ with pleasing touches. While for the slow-paced ‘Hechchariga rara’ Sruthi Sagar included a short melkala swarakalpana, he chose to present just …

Hyderabad to host five-day Venkateshwara Vaibhavam fete

In December 2019, violinist A. Kanyakumari began showcasing Tyagaraja’s ekaika raga kritis on the violin, releasing one every Friday on her Facebook handle. Recently, a ticketed online programme, ‘Shatha ekaika raga vaibhavam’, organised by Singapore-based organisations Chethas and Apsaras Arts Dance Company, celebrated the rendition of the 100th kriti. The 100th kriti, the highlight of the event, was ‘Nagumomu’ in …

Well-known as ‘Sangeeta Sisters’ of Carnatic music, Sangeethakala and Rajyalakshmi, are organizing a three-day “Vaggeyakara Vaibhavam Festival” comprising music composers. Given the pandemic situation, we will have a limited audience — about 30 young students will participate in this festival, whom we are teaching Devi avarna kritis,” says Rajyalakshmi. Dancing to the times Kathak dancer Mukti Shri has been busy …