The annual Ganesh Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chaturthi, is a grand spectacle that goes beyond religious realms and celebrates unity among people. Carnatic vocalist Rithvik Raja shares his favourite five kritis composed by Muthuswami Dikshitar. Sri muladhara chakra: Dikshitar has explored Shri raga, in which this composition is set. This is also the only Shri raga exploration by Dikshitar that does …
The Bhagavata Mela theatre form is a tradition rooted in Puranas or Hindu epics. Vijay Madhavan who formally learnt Bharatanatyam from Chitra Visweswaran trained to become a Bhagavata Mela artiste from a very young age and has been a part of this hallowed tradition for the last 34 years. Naming his solo production ‘Chaya’, Vijay explored the paatra praveshas or …
