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Vol.18 No. 12 December - 2017

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The 16th convocation of

‘Kala Bharathi’ - A five yeardiploma course was held onNov 12, 2017. This event everyyear is celebrated to pay homageto Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurti who

was the Director of Bhavan’sBengaluru Kendra. Theprogramme began with aninvocation by students ofKalabharathi under the directionof Vidushi. H.V. Gayathri,

KALABHARATHI CONVOCATION : 2017

Sri. Manandi N. Suresh, Hon. Secretary, Vasavi Educational Trust, going round the art work doneby the students of Kalabharathi under the direction of Smt. Insha Ummehani (seen in pic)

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Bhavan’s Director Sri. H.N.Suresh , welcomed the gathering.Nadoja Dr. B K Sumitra, theChief Guest on this occasion,distributed certificates to all thesuccessful candidates.She praised Bhavan for takingsuch initiative to promote Indianart and culture and congratulatedthe students and faculty for takingso much care and interest forthe cause of music. She wasimpressed by the drawing andpaintings by the students underthe guidance of Smt. InshaUmmehani , which weredisplayed in the auditorium.She enthralled the audiencerendering two songs - one on“Shrungeri Sharadamba” andthe other a folk song.

Dr. B K Sumitra hasgraciously offered to conductworkshop on Folk Music, BhavaGeetha, Bhakthi Geetha andLight Music at Bhavan.

She also had a word ofpraise for her beloved fatherwho provided proper educationto her and her sisters in thoseyears when educating a girl childwas highly discouraged anddifficult. She recollected howshe travelled 80kms daily from aremote village to Shivamogga forher studies.

Sri Manandi N Sureshwas the Guest of honour on thisoccasion. He was generous tooffer two of his school premises— one at V V Puram and theother at J P Nagar, for extendingthe Bhavan’s Kala Bharathicourses at these places.The convocation was followedby cultural events presentedby the Bhavan’s South Centrestudents.

Smt. Shantala Ashokanchored the programme andproposed vote of thanks.

Kathak by the students of Smt. Dhara Mavani

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KALABHARATHI : CULTURAL EVENTS - NOV 12, 2017

Students of Carnatic Vocal perform under the direction of Vidushi Bhagirathi

Students of Veena perform under the direction of Vidushi Rohini

Bharatanatya by the students of Smt. Sneha Harish

Studentsof

Keyboardperform

under thedirection

ofVidwan

AnandarajGonwar

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KALABHARATHI : CULTURAL EVENTS - NOV 18, 2017

Students of veena perform under the direction of Vidushi Vani Yadunandan

Students of keyboard perform under the direction of Vdwan Prasanna Kumar

Mohiniattam

by a student of

Smt. K.P. Shruthi

Hindustani vocal by students of Vidushi Rajeshwari Bhat

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KALABHARATHI : CULTURAL EVENTS - NOV 19, 2017

Mridanga by students of Vidwan T.A.S. Mani

Tabla by students of Pt. Ashwin

Carnatic vocal by students of Vidushi H.V. Gayathri

Sugama Sangeetha by students of Vidwan Kasim Mallige Madav

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KALABHARATHI : CULTURAL EVENTS - NOV 19, 2017

Bharatanatya by students of Smt. Parvathy Bhalakrishna

Flute by students of Vidushi Dwaraki Krishnaswamy

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Race Course Road, Bengaluru - 560 001

andSandipani Gurukula

No. 49, 12th Cross S.P. Extension.Malleswaram, Bengaluru

Together Offer

3 Year Diploma Course on “Bhagavadgita Studies”at

Bhavan’s premises on every Sunday from 10.30 am to 12 noon.

Interested may contact

Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan at 22267421, or

Sandipani Gurukula at 9845756908, 9854571725

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Mohiniattam or

Mohiniyattam is an Indianclassical dance form thatevolved in the state of Kerala.It is counted among the twopopular dance arts of the state,the other being Kathakali.Although its roots date back tothe age-old Sanskrit Hindu texton performing arts called ‘NatyaShastra’, similar to other Indianclassical dance forms,Mohiniattam adheres to theLasya type that showcasesa more graceful, gentle andfeminine form of dancing.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan hasbegun the Mohiniyattam Diplomaclasses during this academic year.This is one of its kind inKarnataka, where there are noacademic recognitions for theform in Karnataka.

The Bharatiya VidyaBhavan conducted a workshopon Mohiniyattam By Guru NeenaPrasad on 7th,8th and 9th ofOctober 2017.

It was the first suchworkshop of Dr. Neena Prasadin Bangalore. The workshopwas conducted in two batches

WORKSHOP ON MOHINIATTAM - 2017AT BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN

Dr. Neena Prasad present participation certificate of Mohiniattam workshop to astudent. Sri H.N. Suresh, Director, BVB, and Smt. K.P. Shruthi joins.

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one to inter mediate studentsand the other to beginners.The workshop focused onbody conditioning and techniquesof Mohiniyattam. The studentswere fortunate to learncomposition choreographedby Guru Neena Prasad.

The senior batch learnta cholkettu, a compositionthat is first in a Mohiniyattamrepertoire.The cholkettu issaid to be of only intricatebody adavus of Mohiniyattamwith a shloka in between.The batch included artists withproficiency in Mohiniyattam andthe interaction with the Gurusolved a lot many queries thatthey had of the art.

The beginner’s batchlearnt a Ganapati shlokam andsome Chaaris of Mohiniyattam.These included dancers with

basic knowledge of Mohiniyattambut the workshop helped them tounderstand the art and their bodyin this art better.

Dr. Neena Prasad is theera’s most popular Mohiniyattamperformer. She is also consideredas a scholar of Mohiniyattam.Having had a background ofstrong dance academic educationand career, Dr. Neenaapproaches Mohiniyattam in ascientific manner.

Dr. Neena Prasad was veryimpressed by the work done byBhavan and the facilitator ShruthiKP. She also is of the opinion thatsuch workshops are of pivotalimportance for the propagationof the art form.

The workshop was attendedby thirty artists, some of themwere popular professionalsof the city.

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Reviving art forms,

taking art and culture closer topeople has been the joint visionof Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan andInfosys Foundation.

A total of 332 programmesfeaturing 2759 artists attractingan approximate 91000 audiencehas been the substance ofBharatiya Vidya Bhavan-InfosysFoundation Cultural Outreachprogramme since its launch in2015 February.

Notable programmes like“Shankh Vadan” was organizedby Pune Kendra (Maharashtra).

“Bharatanatyam”Program was organized byTrichy kendra (Tamilnadu).

“ Group Patriotic songcompetition” , “Folk danceon Garbha”, A play onEnvironment “Park” and“Classical music program”was organized by AhmedabadKendra (Gujrat).

Folk Art of Telangana -“Pothuraju Vinyasam, OgguDolu & Oggu TraditionalSongs” was organized byHyderabad Kendra(AP/Telengana)

BVB-INFOSYS FOUNDATION CUTURALOUTREACH PROGRAMMES : SEP- OCT 2017.

Bharathanatyam by students of Smt.Supriyaheld on September 23rd at Srirangam

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Traditional dance “ Sakhinata” and “Suta KandheiNata” was organized byBhubaneshwar Kendra (Odisha).This joint project of Bhavan andInfosys Foundation aims to makeart and culture more visible anddearer to the community in thedays to come.

The colourful photographsfeatured alongside speakvolumes about the success

and effectiveness of the outreachprogrammes.

GUJRAT

09/09/2017- Park -A play on Environment:The play is written bywell-known writer Manav Kaul.The same is directed by NiravVegda & Acted by Irfan Shaikh,Jay Raval, Jaydeep Prajapati,Anmol Chaurvedi &Krrish Patel.

Shankh Vadan by Sri.Madhukar Shidhaye & troupe held on 6th Oct at Pune

Park- A play onEnvironment

directedby

Sri.Nirav Vegdaheld on

September 9that

Ahmedabad

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The play was supported by livemusic performed by very youngand talented students of Bhavan’sCollege, Ahmedabad. The playwas created as open stageprogram, performed in openground, under the trees withbasic set up of properties.The format popularly known as‘environmental ‘Experimental’or Method Art is basically a veryancient art form of Drama andmainly popular in villages where

people get to gather under a treeand create audience in arenaformat. The campus wasconverted as Garden andaudience were asked to seat inopen area on the stones, fewchairs, benches etc. The livemusic performed with Keyboard,Harmonium, Dholak, Guitar alongwith a group of male chorus hascreated a complete differentenvironment.

Folk dance on Garbha and Folk songs of Avinash vyas byNiyati Sanskruthik Pariwar held on August 28th at Ahmedabad

Group patriotic song competition - Semi classical vocal music by A group of collegeand school students held onAugust 20th at Ahmedabad

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In present generation, suchformats are not being performedthough it is a purest form ofdrama. Hence the students arebeing taught to perform in suchcondition to built better skills &effective performance

14/10/2017 – Baithak -Classical vocal music: Theperformance of Dipam Bhachechhas been supported by VikasParmar on Vocal, RajuGandharva on Harmonium,Mantrak Mehta on Tabla & Baiju

Gondelia on Tanpura. The entireteam who performed this showwas aged below 28. Theprogram was compered byDadhichi Thakar. There wereperformances of Chhota Khayal,Sufi based Classical VocalPresentation & few presentationsof Bandish of different Raagas.

ANDHRA PRADESH /TELENGANA

13/10/2017 - PothurajuVinyasam, Oggu Dolu & OgguTraditional Songs - Folk Art of

Baithak -Classical vocal

music bySri. DipamBhachechand troupe

onOctober14th

atAhmedabad

PothurajuVinyasam,

Oggu Dolu& Oggu

TraditionalSongs bySri.BeerlaMallesh &

group(Mallanna

Art Academy)held on

Oct 13th atHyderabad

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Telengana was presented bySri.Beerla Mallesh & group(Mallanna Art Academy).

Pothuraju vinyasam:It is purely an act of devotion

towards lord mallanna swamy.It is enacted to evoke the lord’sblessings. Today, we have vogguveeresham, beerla mallesh topresent this unique form of art oftelangana culture in its true form.oggu & beerla are the only twofamilies who have carried overthis traditional art form.

Oggudolu : Oggudolu is apart of oggukatha which goesback to kakathiya dynasty. It isan act based on lord shiva playingdamaru. The eight artists who areproceeding towards the stage aregoing to present this form of artnot only to entertain us but also tomake us aware the present formof arts which worships lord

mallanna. Let the next generationalso carry on with this dance formand keep the Indian traditionunique.

Oggu traditional songs:These devotional songs are

to worship lord shiva as mallannaand take his blessings. Thesefolksongs are mainly heard duringcelebrations and marriages.

ODISHA

04/09/2017 - Krishna LeelaKansa Badha – Suta KandheiNata – (A near extinct Art)presented by Sri Balaram Beheraand troupe. The String PuppetDance (Suta — Kandhei Nritya)of Odisha is well-known asGOPALILA KANDHEINRITYA. The Subject matter ofthis Nritya starts from Sri KrishnaBalyalila (Childhood of SriKrishna) & until Kansa was killed.

Krishna Leela Kansa Badha - Suta Kandhei Nata by Sri Balaram Behera and troupe,held on September 4th at Bhubaneshwar

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Such near extinct Suta KandheiNritya presently exists only inarea of village Bada Kodandaof Ghumusar Taluk.

In olden days the artist ofKandhei Nritya used to go toMyanmar (Burma), Assam &Nepal to perform this art form.The construction of the toys /puppets used in such dance isextremely good and eye catching.Kandhei Nritya Guru (PuppetDance Master) SrijuktaChaitanya Behera of BadaKodanda is very much knownthroughout the country for this artform performance.

18/09/2017 - GeetaGobinda – Sakhi Nata(Traditional Dance) presentedby Sri Alok Bisoi and troupe.

Sakhi Nata is one of thetraditional dances still existingand performed in Odisha.

In the past, Sakhinata wasthe prime & most important mediafor the spread & expansion ofChhanda and Champu ofKabisamrat Upendra Bhanja andKabi Surya Baladev Rath.Innumerable Sakhinata groupwere formed in hundreds ofvillages of Ganjam District toentertain the audiences / viewers.The researchers opine that thedress and ornament, decorationand facial decoration of SakhiPila, musical instruments / musicand songs have influenced theLila & Natak traditions of thesaid district.

It is not an exaggeration tosay, the dress & decoration,

Krishna Leela Kansa Badha - Suta Kandhei Nata bySri Balaram Behera and troupe, held on September 4th at Bhubaneshwar

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facial decoration,tune and cadence of songand music of today’s worldfamous Odissi Dance has muchresemblance to Sakhi Nacha,

GeetaGobinda -

Sakhi Nataby

Sri AlokBisoi and

troupeheld on

September18th at

Bhubaneshwar

which needs investigation. Suchan excellent culture is now quiteextinct. Sj. Alok Bisoyi efforts torevive this art form is highlyadmirable.

Geeta Gobinda- Sakhi Nata

by Sri Alok Bisoi

and troupeheld on

September 18that

Bhubaneshwar

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BHAVAN-INFOSYS FOUNDATIONOUTREACH CULTURALPROGRAMMES :AUG - SEPT - 2017

Haridasa Chintana Kirthana by

Dr. Vidyabhushan on Sep 14, at GRA Educational Institutions,

Kanakapura Road. Bengaluru

Bala Yakshagana : “Sree Krishna Parijatha”,

Direction : Krishnamurthy Tunga on Aug 26,at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru

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PROGRAMME :DECEMBER - 2017

Fri 6.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall01. Kathak Dance by studentsof Kalpana School of Dance.Direction: Ms.Bharathi Vittal

Fri 6.30 p.m. - KRG Hall08. Kuchipudi andBharatanatya Dance :Ms. Hema A Gautham andMs.Vaishnavi Ravi Kumar

Fri 6.00 p.m. - ESV Hall08. Smt. Kaushalya BaiEndowment - Flute Duet :Shimoga Brothers :Sri. Arvind and Sri . AnandMridanga : Sri. Sai VamshiViolin : Kum. Sindu Putturaya

Sat 6.00 p.m. - KRG Hall09. Yoga Bharathi presentsChakra Meditation with Music byGuru Kumara Reddy B.H.Music : Mouna RamachandraChakra presentation :Sri. Radha Charan

Sat 6.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall09. Horizon series -Bharatanatya dance :Ms. Sahana Subramanya(in association with Indian Councilfor Cultural Relations)

Sun 10.00 a.m. - Khincha Hall10. BharatanatyamRangapravesha :Kum. SupriyaSathyanarayanadisciple ofGuruSmt. SitaravammaSandrasegaran

Fri 6.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall15. Odissi Dance :Ms. Leena Mohanty

Fri 6.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall22. Kannada play‘Amara Prema’ by RaghavendraSamskruthika Kala Thanda.Direction: Sri M S Narayana Dutt

Fri 6.30 p.m. - KRG Hall29. Bharatanatya :Ms. Bhoomija Prasad

Sat 6.30 p.m. -30. BVB -Infosys FoundationOutreach programme :Carnatic vocal :Vocal : Mrs. Ashwini SatishViolin : Sri. Kattepura SatyaprakashMrudanga :Sri. S.P. Nagendra PrasadGhata : Sri. Ganesh MurthyVenue : Keshava Samskruthi Sabha,No. 556, 7th Main, ISRO layout,Bengaluru - 78

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