Sri Ramabhyudaya Sabha Charitable Trust, Mysuru, is celebrating its 135th year of Ramotsava, bringing classical concerts from various popular artistes at Alammana Choultry, Srirampet, Mysuru, daily from 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm.

Akashvani Mysuru Deputy Director S.S. Umesh will inaugurate the Sangeetotsava at 5.30 pm on Apr. 6. Divakar Das of SLV Book India Pvt. Ltd., Hebbal, will be the chief guest. Trust President Dr. N. Sriram will preside.

Apr. 6: Flute duet by Pt. Pravin Godkhindi and and  Pt. Shadaj Godkhindi, accompanied by Pt. Ishan Ghosh on tabla.

Apr. 7: Vid. Ashwath Narayan will render a vocal concert with Vid. C.S. Anuroop on violin, Vid. Dr. Anilakkad R. Jayakrishnan on mridanga and Vid. Sharath Koushik on ghata.

Apr. 8: Vid. Vishnudev Namboothiri will give a vocal concert accompanied by Vid. C.S. Anuroop on violin, Vid. Kishore Ramesh on mridanga and Vid. Srinidhi Koundinya on ghata.

Apr. 9: Vid. J.A. Jayant will present a flute concert with Vid. H.N. Bhaskar on violin, Vid. Kishore Ramesh on mridanga and Vid. Guruprasanna on kanjira.

Apr. 10: Senior vocalist Vid. Vijay Siva will give a vocal concert accompanied by Vid. Prabhat Gokhale’s vocal support, Vid. Ramachandran on violin, Vid. N.C. Bharadwaj on mridanga and Vid. G.S. Ramanujam on ghata.

Apr. 11: Vid. Harish Sivaramakrishnan will present a vocal concert with Vid. Karthik Nagaraj on violin, Vid. Arjun Kumar on mridanga and Vid. G.S. Ramanujam on ghata.

Apr. 12: Violin and Esraj Jugalbandi by senior violinist Sangeeta Kalanidhi Vidu. A. Kanyakumari and Pt. Arshad Khan, with Vid. K.V. Prasad on mridanga and Pt. Rajendra Nakod on tabla.

Apr. 13: Vidu. Spoorthi Rao will render a vocal concert with Vid. H.N. Bhaskar on violin, Vid. K.V. Prasad on mridanga and Vid. Shamit Gowda on ghata.

Apr. 14: Vid. Sunil Gargyan will give a vocal concert with Vid. H.N. Bhaskar on violin,                               Vid. K.V. Prasad on mridanga and Vid. Ranganath Chakravarthy on ghata.

Apr. 15: Vidu. Amritha Murali will present a vocal concert with Vid. R.K. Shriramkumar on violin, Vid. Arun Prakash on mridanga and Vid. Bhargava Halambi on kanjira.  Violinist Vid. R.K. Shriramkumar  from Chennai will be feted on being selected for this year’s Sangeeta Kalanidhi Award.

Apr. 16: Vidu. M.R. Sudha from Mysuru will give a vocal concert with accompanists at 6 pm.

Apr. 17: This day brings two concerts. Vidu. Ashwini Kolikkaje will give a vocal concert                              from 5 pm to 6.30 pm and Vidu. S.V. Sahana will present a veena concert from 6.45 pm to 9 pm.

Apr. 18: Senior vocalist Dr. Sukanya Prabhakar will present a concert at 6.30 pm with her daughter Vidu. Sumana Vedant. Music lovers, mark your calendar and enjoy the concerts.

—Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan

OTHER PROGRAMMES

Apr. 6 to 11: Rama Bhajane and Devaranama by various Bhajana Mandalis from 5 pm to 6 pm at Rama Mandira.

Apr. 13: Sita Kalyana at 10 am and Prasada Viniyoga at 1 pm at Rama Mandira.

Apr. 14 and 15: Discourse on Ramayana by Ramachandra, retd. Engineer, from 5 pm to 6 pm at Rama Mandira.

Apr. 12: Mass Vishnu Sahasranama Parayana at 4.30 pm. Discourse on Vishnu Sahasranama by H.V. Nagaraja Rao at Allamana Choultry.

Apr. 16: Sri Rama Pattabhisheka at 9.30 am. Abhisheka and Archana. Gamaka Vachana by Vasantha Venkatesh and Vyakhyana by K. Ramachandra. Mangalarati at 12.30 pm. Prasada Viniyoga at 1 pm at Rama Mandira.

Apr. 19: Hanumantotsava – Procession in Raja Beedi at 6.30 pm. Vid. Purushothama and group. Mahamangalarati and Prasada Viniyoga at 8 pm.

Apr. 20: Shayanotsava – Devaranama and Classical Music by K. Sindhushree and Adithi Ramesh at 6.30 pm.

Apr. 21: Olagudi Utsava – Harikathe by Vid. Seetharam Munikoti at 6.30 pm.

May 2: Shankara Jayanti – Abhisheka and Archane to Sri Shankara Bhagavath Padaru with new Panchaloha Moorti, Mahamangalarati and Prasada Viniyoga in association with Sri Chidambareshwaraswamy Temple.