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Chennai Margazhi sabha canteens: A guide
6 days, 1 hour ago

Chennai Margazhi sabha canteens: A guide

The Hindu  

The Music Academy, Sastha Catering Services For RK Venkatesan of Sastha Catering Services, planning the lunch menu for the Margazhi sabha canteen begins two months ahead. “We take pre-bookings, and customers can avail our parcel service this year,” says Venkatesan, who has been catering at sabha canteens for the past eight years.Though his canteen functions from 7am serving filter coffee …

Coffee Traditional Sabha Lunch Menu Canteen Venkatesan
All set for the Season
1 week, 4 days ago

All set for the Season

The Hindu  

Each passing Season is a moment of reckoning for the musicians as their learnings and refinements over the previous 11 months culminate in a challenging showcase at the end of the year. Every Season is new, because our music keeps evolving every year. Amritha Murali Look back, look ahead: For me, every year the Season is a time for introspection …

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The Hindu brings out AI Chatbot for Margazhi Sabha schedule
1 week, 4 days ago

The Hindu brings out AI Chatbot for Margazhi Sabha schedule

The Hindu  

This Margazhi, The Hindu has introduced an AI Chatbot that will pull out the concert schedules of around 30 sabhas and hundreds of artistes performing during the season. The Hindu Margazhi Sabha Schedule AI Chatbot, as it is called, can help the discerning sabha hopper to get details of over 1,400 concerts, dance and drama performances, lecture-demonstrations and all other …

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‘Sringaram’ set to re-release for Margazhi: Why this Tamil film on the devadasis is relevant
1 week, 6 days ago

‘Sringaram’ set to re-release for Margazhi: Why this Tamil film on the devadasis is relevant

The Hindu  

Madhura shuts the door. While it marked the debut of both its director and lead actor, Sringaram was packed with heavyweights in the technical team, boasting names like choreographer Saroj Khan, art director Thota Tharani, cinematographer Madhu Ambat and musician Lalgudi Jayaraman. After the script changed, Aditi became the lead, something that overwhelmed her initially, but then things fell in …

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A fashion symphony
3 weeks, 3 days ago

A fashion symphony

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: A part from being the holiday season, December is the month to celebrate family, friendship, and life. So we wanted to showcase this sartorial splendour on the ramp.” Taking this discussion and innovation onto a larger stage, Event Arts in association with Radisson Blu Hotel and Suites GRT Chennai held Marvellous Marghazhi last year. “Seeing her walk the ramp …

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Chennai Sangamam — A cultural confluence in Chennai where classical and folk art meet
11 months ago

Chennai Sangamam — A cultural confluence in Chennai where classical and folk art meet

The Hindu  

December is the month of festivals, and music fills the air in Chennai, the actual and cultural capital of Tamil Nadu. Despite the clear divide between “classical” and “folk” which is also drawn on the lines of caste and location, the Chennai Sangamam created a platform for the coming together of classical and folk art performers, and offered a continuity …

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The making of the Chennai Margazhi Dance Season
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The making of the Chennai Margazhi Dance Season

The Hindu  

During the Season, halls big and small, reverberate to the sounds of anklebells, sollukattus, cymbals, mridangam strokes and music. Classical dance – Natyam, is an integral part of Chennai’s Margazhi Season, the scope of which has expanded from November to January, thereby providing more performance opportunities mainly to youngsters. Over the year, many dance programmes started being staged under the …

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Margazhi music without modern trappings
2 years, 11 months ago

Margazhi music without modern trappings

The Hindu  

It is a pleasant Margazhi morning. “I wanted something more intimate, where artistes and audiences alike could enjoy music and feel the divine vibrations,” he says. What better time to perform and listen to music?” Everyday during the month-long Ekantha Sangeetha Sevai festival, Murari arrives at the temple by 5.30 a.m. with his family and students. It’s an ambience that …

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Chennai revels in the return of the Sabha canteen
3 years ago

Chennai revels in the return of the Sabha canteen

The Hindu  

Sri Sasthalaya Catering, Narada Gana Sabha After two years, catering contractor Ramesh Krishnan and his team are back: and they are determined to make it a memorable Margazhi. “Sabha canteens are an opportunity for caterers like us to find new customers that may bring in business for the rest of the year,” says Ramesh. Sastha Catering Services, Mylapore Fine Arts …

Sabha Ramesh Lunch Serve Canteen Srinivasan Margazhi
The missing Margazhi moments
3 years, 11 months ago

The missing Margazhi moments

The Hindu  

As the Margazhi music season winds to a close, one saw it take on a brave new digital avatar this time to leap over the hurdles that the pandemic created. The dishes on offer, the mind-boggling speeds of ingestion, the palpable tension of choosing between Mysore Bonda and Keera Vadai, the last-minute capitulation to a Badam Halwa, the race to …

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