Guru Ravi Jain festival of classical dance and music

Kalakunj , a cultural organisation returned with a bang after three years. Its annual festival of classical dance and music was held on the 19th of february, 2023, at India international centre,  New Delhi.

The patron of  the society Dr. Ashok Chakradhar  honoured three senior doctors for their dedicated work during the pendemic.
This was followed by a  cultural programme by  three  exponents -

Neel Ranjan mukherjee  showed his expertise enthralling the audience on  Hawaiian guitaar playing raag hemavati, gradually increasing the tempo and finishing with a tihaai in teen taal.

Richa jain is known for her equal  command on singing and dancing simultaneously. She started her recital  with  Ram stuti, first singing in a melodius voice and then dancing on the verses  with ease,  thus bringing back the katha vaachan parampara of kathak. She then presented the repertoire  of kathak including the 'jaatiyon ki tatkaar' .mesmerising the audience with various patterns of footwork.

Sridhar Vasudevan, one of the best dancers captivated the audience with his Bharatanatyam recital, a vintage composition of sri Muthusamy Dikshatar, shri parvati parmeshwaru. The presentation had some very enchanting postures bringing about the flavor  of the composition. This was followed by tillana by very talented three dancers.

Nalini
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