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Carnatica Brothers at Chicago: The Carnatica Brothers, K N Shashikiran and P Ganesh will be featured in a vocal concert at Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple (Balaji Temple) at Chicago on May 17, 2003 at 6 pm. They will be accompanied by veteran violinist M S Anantaraman and B Sivaraman (mridangam). Music lovers are requested to note that the concert will take place at the Temple's new facility. Admission tickets are $ 12 per person, $ 20 (Couple), $ 30 (Family). Season passes are also available at $ 60 (Single), $ 75 (Couple), $ 100 (Family). For more details, please contact 630-844-2252 or visit www.balaji.org. Music series in the Bay Area: Sai Laya Mandir will present three programmes for the month of May at the Divine Science Community Center, 1540 Hicks Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125. The first programme is a lecture-concert by Chitravina N Ravikiran on the brilliance of Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi, and is scheduled to take place on May 17. Ravikiran will be accompanied by H V Srivatsan and Ramesh Srinivasan. The Carnatica Brothers will be featured on May 23 in a vocal duet, accompanied by M S Anantaraman, B Sivaraman and Ramesh Srinivasan (double mridangam). The final concert, scheduled to take place on May 30, will feature veteran vocalist T K Govinda Rao with Anuradha Sridhar and Ramesh Srinivasan. For more details about these programmes or to buy tickets online, please visit http://www.indolink.com/sailaya. Annual Bhagavata Mela at Melattur:
The great Bhagavata Mela
tradition, a rare temple/theatre art in a unique blend of Bhakti, music,
dance and drama, which has been in vogue for the last 450 years, is the only
surviving link today in Tamilnadu to the ancient Sanskrit theatre. The
Bhagavata Mela Natakas, composed by Melattur Venkatarama Sastry (1743-1809
AD), are performed annually, in adherence to the Natya Veda, in the sannidhi
of Lord Sri Varadaraja, the presiding deity of Melattur village as a part of
Sri Nrisimha Jayanti Vasantotsav. This year's Mela will take place between
the 14th and 23rd of May. The following is the schedule for this event:
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Posted on May 9, 2003 |
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