SRI KRISHNA GANA SABHA

SRI KRISHNA GANA SABHA The Fifty Seventh Art & Dance Festival, The Thirty Second Naatya Kala Conference & The Twenty Fifth Pongal Nagaswara Isai Vizha (December 2012 - January 2013) Programme Details

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Nritya Choodamani award & Acharya Choodamani award sponsored by Sri. P.Vijayakumar Reddy & Smt. Preetha Reddy in memory of Late Sri. P. Obul Reddy & Smt.Gnanambal 57th Art and Dance Festival Co-Sponsored by Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., United India Insurance & Indian Overseas Bank Media Partner : Dinamalar Other Sponsors : City Union Bank Ltd., Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd., IndusInd Bank, State Bank of India, G.R.T. Jewellery & Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt. Ltd. Nagaswara Isai Vizha sponsored by Shriram Group of Companies Junior & Sub-Senior Concerts Co-sponsored by Lalgudi Trust Naatya Kala Conference - Co-sponsored by Sri. B. V. S. S. Mani family & Sakthi Sugars Ltd. Donor Pass : Rs.10,000/-, 7,500/-, 5,500/-, 3,000/- Programme Donor Pass : Rs.1000/, 500/-, 300/-, 200/- & 100/- Advance Booking : 9.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. 7.00 a.m. programmes at Nalli Gana Vihar & Kamakoti Hall Programmes - All are welcome Kamokoti Hall Programmes (Elamayil Thiramai) in association with Sri Krishna Sweets Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti President Y.Prabhu General Secretary Car Parking at RKM School Playground - Courtesy - RKM Ashram. Canteen Facilities - Gokulam SRI KRISHNA GANA SABHA Dr. Nalli Gana Vihar No 20, Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai T. Nagar, Chennai - 600 017 Phone : 2814 0806 E-mail: krishnaganasabha@gmail.com Visit at www.krishnaganasabha.org The Fifty Seventh Art & Dance Festival, The Thirty Second Naatya Kala Conference & The Twenty Fifth Pongal Nagaswara Isai Vizha Dedicated to Smt. T.Brinda on her Birth Centenary Year Inauguration on 08.12.2012 at 6.00 P.M Pujyasri Ganapathi Sachchidhananda Swamigal of Datta Peetham, Mysore will inaugurate the festival ënritya Choodamanií, ëpadmabhushan Awardeeí Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam will confer the Nritya Choodamani award on Ms.Saswati Sen (Kathak Exponent ), Secretary, Kalashram & Aacharya Choodamani award on Dr. Ambika Kameshwar (Bharathanatyam Exponent & Director, Rasa) Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam & Ms.Suneetha Reddy, JMD, Apollo Hospitals Group will felicitate the awardees 32nd Natyakala Conference convenor ënritya Choodamanií Ms.Priyadarsini Govind will speak on the highlight of the conference 4.00 P.M. : Mangala Isai by Mylai R.Mahendran & Party 7.30 P.M.: Bharathanatyam by Bavya Balasubramaniam 3

DECEMBER 2012 Saturday - 08.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 4.00 P.M Mangala Isai by Mylai R.Mahendran & Party 6.00 P.M Inaugural Function 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Bavya Balasubramaniam Saturday - 08.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL 7.00 P.M D.B.Aswin Sherthalai R.Sivakumar K.Sai Giridhar G.Harihara Sharma (Kanjira) Sunday - 09.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 7.00 A.M Bhajans by Students of Sri Vishwa Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School (Rs.10 lacs Bhajan Samrat award winner from Sankara T.V.) 9.30 A.M Shashank Subramanyam (Flute) Akkarai Subhalakshmi Mannargudi A.Easwaran K.V.Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira) 4.30 P.M T.V.Sankaranarayanan T.K.V.Ramanujacharlu Srimushnam V.Raja Rao Coimbatore V.Mohanram 7.30 P.M Sri Krishna Vaibhavam - a dance drama by Sheela Unnikrishnan s Troupe Sunday - 09.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL 9.30 A.M Mangalam Shankar - B.V.Raghavendra Rao - Nellai Balaji - D.V.Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam) 11.45 A.M Sunil R.Gargyan - Apoorva Krishna - R.Akshay Ram 2.00 P.M Chaitrra Sairam Shreya Devnath Sumesh Narayan 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Subiksha Annamalai (Disciple of Urmila Satyanarayanan) 7.00 P.M A.G.A.Gnanasundaram & M.Vijayaganesh (Violin Duet) - Mannarkoil J.Balaji - Krishnapuram K.V.R.S.Mani (Kanjira) Monday 10.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 7.00 A.M Namasankeerthanam by Sri.Thanjavur Thiagarajan Bhagavathar 10.00 A.M Bharathanatyam by Nrithya Pillai 4.30 P.M Violin Venu Veena featuring H.K.Venkatram (Violin) G.Ravikiran (Flute) - Ashwin Anand (Veena) - Neyveli R.Narayanan (Mridangam) N.Amrit (Kanjira) 7.30 P.M Kuchipudi by Deepika Reddy Monday 10.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL Elamaiyil Thiramai - Talk on Sri Swami Vivekanandarí by Prof. Va.Ve.Su. 2.00 P.M Sushma Somasekharan H.V.Raghuram - R.Ramkumar 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by P.V.Durga (Disciple of Shobana Balachandra) 7.00 P.M Geetha Raja Sandhya Srinath - A.S.Ranganathan - S.Hariharasubramanian (Ghatam) Tuesday 11.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 7.00 A.M Harikatha on Badrachala Ramadasar by Sri.Sattanatha Bhagavathar 10.00 A.M Bharathanatyam by Arupa Lahiry (Disciple of Chitra Visweswaran) 4.30 P.M S.P.Ramh Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi R.Ramesh K.V.Gopalakrishnan(Kanjira) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Srikala Bharath

Tuesday 11.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL Elamaiyil Thiramai - Talk on Mahakavi Sri Subramanya Bharathi by R.B.V.S.Manian 2.00 P.M Savita Sreeram - Poorna Vaidyanathan Srirangarajapuram J.Ganesh 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by S.Sivasri (Disciple of Roja Kannan) 7.00 P.M Aruna Ranganathan - H.V.Raghuram - Thanjavur Subramaniam - Nerkunam Manigandan (Morsing) Wednesday 12.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 7.00 A.M Namasankeerthanam by Sri Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar 10.00 A.M Bharathanatyam by Uma Nambudripad (Disciple of Chitra Visweswaran) 4.30 P.M Maharajapuram S.Ramachandran Nagai Muralidharan Srimushnam V.Raja Rao E.M.Subramanyam (Ghatam) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Dr.Ambika Kameshwar Wednesday 12.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL Elamaiyil Thiramai - Talk on Sri Chhatrapati Shivaji by Isaikavi Ramanan 2.00 P.M Shankara Prakash Bonala (Veena) - Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Thirupathi M.Sudhakar - Ammangudi S.Ramanarayanan (Ghatam) 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Archana Raja (Disciple of Sheela Unnikrishnan) 7.00 P.M Salem Gayathri Venkatesan Melakaveri Thyagarajan Nellai A.Balaji Nerkunam S.Sankar (Kanjira) Thursday 13.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 7.00 A.M Namasankeerthanam by Sri.Sattanatha Bhagavathar 10.00 A.M Bharathanatyam by Gayathri & Balagurunathan 4.30 P.M O.S.Thyagarajan Mullaivasal Chandramouli Bangalore V.Praveen Madipakkam A.Murali (Ghatam) 7.30 P.M Guru Sanchita Bhattacharya present Dance Divine - (Odissi Repertoire) Thursday 13.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL Elamaiyil Thiramai - Talk on Sri Aurobindo by Isaikavi Ramanan 2.00 P.M N.S.Aruna - C.N.Srinivasamurthy - K.S.Ramana 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by M.Vithisha (Disciple of L.Narendra) 7.00 P.M Jayashri Vaidyanathan - Poorna Vaidyanathan - B.Guru Raghavendran N.Rajaraman (Ghatam) Friday 14.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 7.00 A.M Namasankeerthanam by Sri Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar 10.00 A.M Bharathanatyam by Ramya Harishankar 4.30 P.M Trichur V.Ramachandran M.A.Sundareswaran Mannargudi A.Easwaran S.V.Ramani (Ghatam) 7.30 P.M Vilasini Natyam by Yashoda Thakore

Friday 14.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL Elamaiyil Thiramai - Discourse on Sri Mahaperiyava Mahimaigal by P.Swaminathan 2.00 P.M N.J.Nandini G.Suresh Kumar - Uzhavoor P.K.Babu 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Aishwarya Ramanan (Disciple of S.Divyasena) 7.00 P.M Mala Mohan Charulatha Ramanujam Delhi Sairam Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam) Saturday 15.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 7.00 A.M Katha Kutcheri by B.Suchithra & Saindhavi - Kovai Chandran - Thanjavur Subramanyam - N.Narasimhan (Ghatam) 9.30 A.M Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi & Sornalatha (Vocal) H.N.Bhaskar-J.Vaidyanathan Dr.S.Karthick (Ghatam) 4.30 P.M Mandolin U.Srinivas S.D.Sridhar B.Harikumar N.Guruprasad (Ghatam) G.Guruprasanna (Kanjira) 7.30 P.M Kalakshetra Repertoire presents Choodamani Pradanam (Ramayanam) Saturday 15.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL Elamaiyil Thiramai - Discourse on Naachiyar Thirumozhi by Zakir Hussain 11.45 A.M Dayanandha Sisters Darshana Srinivasan & T.S.Sowmya - Roopa Rajagopal - Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan 2.00 P.M Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan M.A.Sundareswaran -M.S.Varadan 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Sahana (Disciple of Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala) 7.00 P.M Nirmala Rajasekhar (Veena) V.V.Srinivasa Rao Poongulam Subramaniam - D.V.Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam) Sunday 16.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 9.30 A.M Ambi Subramanyam (Solo Violin) V.V.Ramanamurthy T.Radhakrishnan (Ghatam) & G.Sathyasai (Morsing) 4.30 P.M Aruna Sairam - B.Raghavendra Rao - J.Vaidyanathan - Giridhar Uduppa(Ghatam) 7.30 P.M Aspects of Siva - Solo and group compositions by Leela Samson Sunday 16.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL Elamaiyil Thiramai - Discourse on Naachiyar Thirumozhi by Zakir Hussain 11.45 A.M Priyanka C.Prakash Aarti Shankar - P.Sharad 2.00 P.M Rithvik Raja M.A.Krishnaswamy Neyveli Skandasubramaniam 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by M.R.Shrutipriya, Abinaya & G.Priyadarshini (Disciples of J.Suryanarayanamurthy) 7.00 P.M Savita Narasimhan Ranjani Ramakrishnan B.Ganapathiraman - Adambakkam K.Shankar (Ghatam) Monday 17.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj 10.00 A.M Sri Krishna Parijatham - Dance Ballet (Confluence of Kuchipudi and Bharathanatyam) presented by Kalaimamani Madhavapeddy Murthy 4.30 P.M Neyveli Santhanagopalan Delhi P.Sunderrajan Dr.Trichy Sankaran 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Rajeswari Sainath

Monday 17.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL Elamaiyil Thiramai - Discourse on Naachiyar Thirumozhi by Zakir Hussain 2.00 P.M V.K.Arun Kumar B.Ananthakrishnan S.J.Arjun Ganesh 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Anjali Narayanan (Disciple of Jayanthi Subramanian ) 7.00 P.M Dr.Radha Bhaskar Kalyani Shankar Mudhra Bhaskar Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam) Tuesday 18.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 10.00 A.M Bharathanatyam by Sheejith Krishna 4.30 P.M Lalgudi G.J.R.Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin duet) Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam A.S.Sankar (Ghatam) 7.30 P.M Bharatakalanjali presents scenes from Arunachalakaviís Rama Naatakam - Choreographed by The Dhananjayans Tuesday 18.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL Elamaiyil Thiramai - Discourse on Arulperumjothi Vallalar by Tiruppur Krishnan 2.00 P.M Shankar Ramani Ravi Srinivasan Tanjore Kumar 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Aparna Shankar (Disciple of A.Lakshman ) 7.00 P.M Dr.R.Ganesh Kalyani Shankar Thanjavur Ramadas Alathur T.Rajaganesh (Kanjira) Wednesday 19.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 10.00 A.M Bharathanatyam by Janaki Rangarajan 4.15 P.M Ramakrishnan Murthy Mysore Manjunath Dr.Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman B.Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira) 7.30 P.M Anitha Guha presents Hare Rama Hare Krishna a Thematic Presentation by Students of Anitha Guha Wednesday 19.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL Elamaiyil Thiramai - Discourse on Sri Thirugnana Sambandar by Dr.Sudha Seshayyan 2.00 P.M B.Suchithra - Srividya R.S.Iyer B.Sivaraman 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Rashmica Chandrasekar (Disciple of Srikala Bharath ) 7.00 P.M Carnatica Bros.Sashikiran & Ganesh R.K.Shriramkumar K.Arun Prakash - Adambakkam K.Shankar (Ghatam) Thursday 20.12.12 Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 9.30 A.M T.M.Krishna R.K.Shriram Kumar - K.Arun Prakash - N.Guruprasad (Ghatam) 4.30 P.M Hyderabad Brothers D.Raghavachari & D.Seshachari Nagai Muralidharan Patri Satishkumar Udupi Sridhar (Ghatam) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Mavinkhoo

Thursday 20.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL Elamaiyil Thiramai - Discourse on Sri Kumara Guruparar by Dr.Sudha Seshayyan 2.00 P.M Roopa Mahadevan - Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Trivandrum N.Hariharan 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Shreyaa Suresh and Aishwarya Narasimhan (Disciples of Anitha Guha) 7.00 P.M Jayashri Jayaramakrishnan Srilakshmi Venkataramani Kalakkad Srinivasan Nanganallur Swaminathan (Ghatam) Friday 21.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj 10.00 A.M Smt.Radha & Troupe present Chinthaye Hari Haran dance 4.30 P.M Bombay Jayashri Ramnath H.N.Bhaskar V.V.Ramanamurthy-V.Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Dr.Ananda Shankar Jayant Friday 21.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL Elamaiyil Thiramai - Discourse on Sri Kanchi Mahaperiyavalin Deivathin Kural by Ganesa Sharma 2.00 P.M V.Deepika - S.V.Sudarsan - Srivanchiyam R.Sriram 4.30 P.M In association with Sruti Laya Kendra presents M.L.A. Concerts Ashwini Satish,Singapore (Vocal) - Srividya R.S.Iyer (Violin) - Sai Nivedan, Australia (Mridangam) 6.30 A.M In association with Sruti Laya Kendra presents M.L.A. Concerts Booshani Kalyanaraman (Veena) - Dr.Jyotsna Srikanth, UK (Violin) - Thirupathi M.Sudhakar (Mridangam) Saturday 22.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 9.30 A.M Musical Discourse on Narada Gana Lola - Naradha Bakthi Suthram Part I by Visaka Hari accompanied by B.Ananthakrishnan S.J.Arjun Ganesh Trichy K.Murali Mudikondan S.N.Ramesh 2.00 P.M Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan Presents Vibrations (A celebration of Percussion & Rhythmic Melodies) featuring Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam & Konnakol), B.V.Raghavendra Rao(Violin), E.R.Janardhan (Double guitar & Mandolin), N.Guruprasad (Ghatam), Kumbakonam Sankaraman (Vocal), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira), N.Sundar (Tabla), Nivas Prasanna (Keyboard), Sridhar (Drums) 4.30 P.M Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan M.Chandrasekaran T.K.Murthy V.Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Malavika Sarukkai Saturday 22.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL 9.30 A.M Delhi P.Sundarrajan (Vocal) - V.V.Ravi - J.Vaidyanathan 11.45 A.M Vani Ramamurthy Pappu Gyandev - G.Karthik Ganeshram 2.00 P.M Cuddalore S.J.Jananiy - V.Suresh Babu - Madurai B.Sundar 4.30 P.M In association with Sruti Laya Kendra presents M.L.A. Concerts Sreyas Narayanan (Vocal) - AGA Gnanasundaram, UK (Violin) - Sai Sarangan, Australia (Mridangam) 6.30 P.M In association with Sruti Laya Kendra presents M.L.A. Concerts Varalakshmi Anandkumar (Vocal) - Dr.Nishanth Chandran, USA (Violin) - Kottayam G.Santosh Kumar (Mridangam)

Sunday 23.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 9.30 A.M Musical Discourse on Narada Gana Lola - Naradha Bakthi Suthram Part II by Visaka Hari accompanied by B.Ananthakrishnan S.J.Arjun Ganesh Trichy K.Murali Mudikondan S.N.Ramesh 4.30 P.M Dr.Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman present Jwaalaa. Participating artistes: Dr.Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman (Mrudangam) - Stephen Devassy (Piano & Keyboard) - Mattanoor Sankaran Kutty (Chenda) - Attukkal Balasubramaniam (Violin) - Bangalore Arjun Kumar (Dolak) - G.Ravisankar (Vocal & Keyboard) - Aishwarya Kasinathan (Vocal) 7.30 P.M Samanvaya - A Jugal Bandhi Dance Programme by Alarmelvalli (Bharathanatyam ) & Madhavi Mudgal (Odissi) Sunday 23.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL 9.30 A.M Vechoor C.Sankar - Pakala Ramadas - R.Ramesh - B.S.Purushothaman (Kanjira) 11.45 A.M Ananya Ashok - Aditi Krishnaprakash - Charanrajan 2.00 P.M Shreya Devnath (Solo Violin) Melakaveri Balaji Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam) 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Aarabhi Badri (Disiciple of Ms.Radhika Shurajit) 7.00 P.M Hindustani Music by Mala Ramadorai & Party Monday 24.12.12 Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 10.00 A.M Parallel lines - Lalgudi G.Jayaraman & Aaron Coplant - Special Concert by Lalgudi G.J.R.Krishnan (Violin) Anil Srinivasan (Grand Piano) 4.30 P.M Hyderabad Sisters Lalitha & Haripriya Padma Shankar J.Vaidyanathan - Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Priyadarsini Govind Monday 24.12.12 KAMAKOTI HALL Elamaiyil Thiramai - Discourse on Sri Andal by Nagai Mukundan 2.00 P.M Dr.Manjari Chandran Ramesh (Veena) Ashwin Sridhar - S.Hariharasubramanian (Ghatam) 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Preethi Ramprasad (Disiciple of Ms.Priya Murle) 7.00 P.M Iyer Brothers Ramnath & Gopinath (Veena Duet) - Madirimangalam Swaminathan - Pudukottai N.Ramachandran (Ghatam) Tuesday 25.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 9.30 A.M Sudha Raghunathan R.K.Shriram Kumar Thiruvarur Vaidhyanathan-N.Guruprasad (Ghatam) A.S.Krishnan (Morsing) 4.30 P.M Sanjay Subrahmanyan S.Varadarajan- Thanjavur K.Murugaboopathy Bangalore B.Rajasekar (Morsing) 7.30 P.M Kathak by Pandit Birju Maharaj & Saswati Sen

Tuesday 25.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL 9.30 A.M Asha Ramesh - V.L.Kumar - Madipakkam Suresh - B.Subba Rao (Ghatam) 11.45 A.M Janani Mahalingam - Parur Harini Srivatsa - Thippirajapuram Hari 2.00 P.M Salem Sisters G.Sriranjani & G.Lakshmipriyadarshini M.Vijayaganesh Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Sreethu Pillai (Disiciple of Ms.Shobana) 7.00 P.M Trichy K.Ramesh Mullaivasal Chandramouli Konerirajapuram V.Varadarajan Wednesday 26.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 9:00 A.M Inauguration of 32nd Natya Kala Conference by Dr. Sreedhar Pottarazu Chief Guests: Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan, Shri L.Sabaratnam, Prof. Smt.Chitra Vishweswaran Welcome Address: Smt.Priyadarsini Govind Day 1 - Confluence of Forms 10.00 A.M Smt. Leela Samson and Shri Sadanam Balakrishnan 11.00 A.M Tea- break 11.15 A.M Shri T M Krishna 12.00 Noon Smt. Lakshmi Vishwanathan 12.40 P.M Panel - Prof. Shri C V Chandrashekar, Sri.Prashant Shah, Ms.Sangeetha Ishwaran, Ms. Veena Basavarajaiah 2.00 P.M Essentially Divine concert by Saashwathi Prabhu - Padma Shankar - Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Dr. S.Karthick (Ghatam) - Donan Murray (Guitar, Bass) 4.30 P.M Pancha Kriya - Grand Santoor & Chitra Veena Jugal Bandhi by Pandit Tarun Battarcharya & Ravikiran - K.V.Prasad - violin support by Apoorva Ravindran - Pandit Abhijit Banerjee (Tabla) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Chitra Visweswaran Wednesday - 26.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL 9:30 A.M Natyakala Conference - Filming of documentary 2.00 P.M J.B.Keerthana (Vocal) & J.B.Sruthi Sagar (Flute) Sivakumar Anantharaman Erode Nagaraj S.Hariharasubramanian (Ghatam) 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by S.Vijayavasavi & R.Krishnapriya (Disiciples of Sri Madurai R.Muralidharan) 7.00 P.M Papanasam Ashok Ramani M.A.Sundareswaran- Thanjavur Ramadas V.Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira) Thursday - 27.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR Natya Kala Conference Day 2 - Finding the Modern in the Traditional 9.30 A.M Introduction 9.35 A.M Nrithyagram 10:30 A.M Dr. Ms. Shobana Chandrakumar 11:30 A.M Tea- break 11:45 A.M Smt. Maya Rao 12:20 P.M Smt. Sujatha Vijayaraghavan 12:45 P.M Dr. Smt Priya Srinivasan 1:10 P.M Panel - Smt. Janaki, Shri Sheejith Krishna, Ms. Preethi Athreya, Smt. Uma Namboodripad 4.30 P.M Sangeetha Choodamani A.Kanyakumari presents Five Elements - musical feature with Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Urmila Satyanarayanan Thursday - 27.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL

9:30 A.M Natyakala Conference - Filming of documentary 2.00 P.M Nikhil Narayan (Flute) - V.L.Kumar - Nirmal Narayan 5.00 P.M ësaundarya Darshanaí - Sahitya - Adisankara concept / Choreography - Pinault Vincent Kameshavaran (Student of Kalakshetra Foundation) - Narthaka series 7.00 P.M Sangeetha Sivakumar B.U.Ganesh Prasad Melakaveri Balaji Nerkunam S.Sankar Friday - 28.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR Natya Kala Conference Day 3 - A Frieze in the Space and Time 9.30 A.M Introduction 9.35 A.M Dr.Subhas Pani and Shri Sooraj Nambiar 10.30 A.M Smt. Visaka Hari 11.30 A.M Tea- break 11.45 A.M Shri Sadanand Menon 12.15 P.M Dr. Smt. Chitra Madhavan 12.45 P.M Panel - Dr. Pappu Venugopala Rao, Smt. Bragha Bessell, Smt. Radhika Surajit, Smt. Lakshmi Ramaswamy 4.30 P.M Malladi Brothers Sriram Prasad & Ravikumar Embar Kannan- Thiruavarur Bhakthavatsalam K.V.Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Shobana Friday 28.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL 9:30 A.M Natyakala Conference - Filming of documentary 2.00 P.M Vocal duet by Kavitha & Srilatha R.Raghul N.C.Bharadwaj 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Christopher Gurusamy (Student of Kalakshetra Foundation) - Narthaka series 7.00 P.M Alamelu Mani Mullaivasal G.Chandramouli - B.Sivaraman - Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira) Saturday 29.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR Natya Kala Conference Day 4 - Art Continuum 9.30 A.M Introduction 9.35 A.M Smt. Hema Rajagopalan 10.30 A.M Shri Aravinth Kumarasamy 11.00 A.M. Ms. Elisabeth Petit 11.30 A.M Tea- break 11.45 A.M Shri Jayachandran 12.25 P.M Shri Ashwin Bhogendra and Ms. Roopa Mahadevan 12.45 P.M Panel - Dr. Prof. S.Raghuraman, Smt. Sreelatha Vinod, Smt. Nirupama Vaidyanathan 2.00 P.M U.Sandeep Narayan Nagai Sriram-Dr.Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman- Dr.S.Karthick (Ghatam) 4.30 P.M Strings Attached featuring R.Kumaresh (Violin)- Dr.Jayanthi Kumaresh (Veena), Shankaranarayanan (Mridangam) & Trichy Krishna (Ghatam) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Meenakshi Chitharanjan

Saturday 29.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL 9.30 A.M Mavelikara Subramaniyam - A.G.A.Gnanasundaram - M.Ravichandra - V.Suresh (Ghatam) 11.45 A.M Guhan Venkataraman - Vignesh Venkataraman - N.Narasimhan (Ghatam) 2.00 P.M Vishaal R.Sapuram (Chitraveena) Mysore Sangeetha - T.R.Sundaresan 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by S.Sanath Kumar (Disciple of Sri Hariharan & Smt.Pramila Hariharan) - Narthaka series 7.00 P.M Radha Namboodri Dr.Nishanth Chandran Sherthalai R.Ananthakrishnan - A.S.Krishnan (Morsing) Sunday 30.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR Natya Kala Conference Day 5 - Art and Society 9.30 A.M Introduction 9.35 A.M Smt. Vidya Rao 10.30 A.M Smt. Anitha Guha 11.30 A.M Tea- break 11.45 A.M Dr. Smt. Gowri Ramnarayan 12.15 P.M Dr. V.R.Devika 12.45 P.M Panel - Smt. Manjari Rajendrakumar, Smt. Priya Murali, Ms. Vidya Subramanium, Ms. Arushi Mudgal 4.30 P.M S.Saketaraman - Mysore Nagaraj - K.V.Prasad Vaikom Gopalakrishnan 7.30 P.M Meenakshi Kalyanam - Dance drama by Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam with students of Nrithyodaya Sunday 30.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL 9.30 A.M MK.Sankaran Namboodiri Nagai Sriram - Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan - Srirangam Kannan (Morsing) 11.45 A.M Ananthapadmanabha Rao Sriram Sridhar - Prakash Rao 2.00 P.M Smitha Madhav - K.J.Dileep Kumbakonam Swaminathan 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Season Unnikrishnan (Disciple of Sri Sheejith Krishna) - Narthaka series 7.00 P.M Vaikom Jayachandran M.R.Gopinath Salem Ranganathan - Nerkunam S.Sankar (Kanjira) Monday 31.12.12 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 7.00 A.M Harinamasankeerthanam Dhivya Namam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj Natya Kala Conference Concluding Day - Embracing Gender Duality through Art 9.30 A.M Introduction 9.35 A.M Ms. Narthaki Nataraj 10.30 A.M Shri. Koumarane Valavane 11.30 A.M Tea- break 11.45 A.M Dr. Kannan Pugazhendi 12.25 P.M Shri V.Kaladharan 12.45 P.M Panel - Shri A.Lakhsman, Shri. Kishore Mosalikanti, Ms. Amrita Lahari 4.30 P.M S.Sowmya Dr.M.Narmada Manoj Siva G.Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Nartaki Natraj

Monday 31.12.12 - KAMAKOTI HALL 2.00 P.M Prasanna Venkatraman - Bombay Anand - Trivandrum Balaji 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Prakash & Purushothaman (Disciples of Sri Zakir Hussain) - Narthaka series 7.00 P.M Shanthala Subramanyam (Flute) B.U.Ganesh Prasad M.L.Narayana Raju & K.Sai Giridhar (Double Mridangam) JANUARY 2013 Tuesday 01.01.13 - Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 7.00 A.M Harinamasankeerthanam Radha Kalyanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj 9.30 A.M Dr.N.Ramani (Flute) -Vittal Ramamurthy Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam E.M.Subramanyam (Ghatam) 4.30 P.M Geetha Krishnamurthi (Veena) - Melakaveri Balaji - H.Sivarakrishnan (Ghatam) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Rama Vaidhyanathan Tuesday 01.01.13 KAMAKOTI HALL 9.30 A.M Anuradha Sridhar and Apoorva Krishna (Violin Duet) - R.Ramesh - Adambakkam K.Shankar (Ghatam) 2.00 P.M Anirudh Venkatesh - Arunachala Kartik - R.Akshay Ram 5.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by K.Sarveshan (Disciple of Sri V.P.Dhananjayan & Smt.Shantha Dhananjayan) - Narthaka series 7.00 P.M Sangeetha Swaminathan - Dr.M.Narmada - B.Ganapathiraman - Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira) Wednesday 02.01.13 Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 6.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Anwesha Das (Disciple of Urmila Satyanarayanan) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Rathna (Papa) Kumar - Tribute to K.J.Sarasa Teacher on the first year rememberance day Wednesday 02.01.13 KAMAKOTI HALL 6.30 P.M K.Gayathri Usha Rajagopalan - Trivandrum Vaidyanathan - N.Rajaraman (Ghatam) Thursday 03.01.13 Dr.NALLI GANA VIHAR 7.00 P.M Crazy Balajiís Crazy Creations present Crazy Mohan in Choclate Krishna Full length comedy drama Thursday 03.01.13 KAMAKOTI HALL 6.30 P.M Dr.S.Sundar Padma Shankar Trichur C.Narendran - N.Sundar (Morsing) Friday 04.01.13 Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 7.00 P.M Natakapriya Stage presents S.V.Sekhar in Alwa Full length comedy drama Friday 04.01.13 KAMAKOTI HALL 6.30 P.M Geetha Rajasekar Dr.M.Narmadha Delhi Sairam A.S.Krishnan (Morsing) Saturday 05.01.13 Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 10.00 A.M Sakhi - A dance-theatre performance celebrating Friendship-Script, Direction, Choreographic design: Gowri Ramnarayan, Dance Choreography Anjana Anand 4.25 P.M Bharathanatyam by Sudharma Vaidyanathan 6.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Ramya Ramadurai 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Kavitha Ramu

Saturday 05.01.13 KAMAKOTI HALL 9.30 A.M Kanakadurga Venkatesh - Poorna Vaidyanathan - Chidambaram Balasankar 11.45 A.M Prabath & Pramod Thirumarugal Dineshkumar Sunil Subramanya 4.00 P.M Amruta Sankaranarayanan - M.Rajeev - B.Sivaraman - H.Prasanna (Ghatam) 6.30 P.M R.Surya Prakash V.Sanjeev - Manoj Siva Sunday 06.01.13 Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 10.00 A.M Bharathanatyam by Vidhya Subramanian 4.25 P.M Bharathanatyam by Aravinda Hariram (disciple of Urmila Sathyanarayanan) 6.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Sowjanya Suresh (disciple of Urmila Sathyanarayanan) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Kalaimamani Divya Kasturi Sunday 06.01.13 KAMAKOTI HALL 9.30 A.M C.Sukanya - M.A.Krishnaswami - S.J.Arjun Ganesh 11.45 A.M Swathi Ravichandran - Shraddha Ravindran - Rajna Swaminathan 4.00 P.M Anahitha Ravindran & Apoorva Ravindran Sa.Raghavasimhan - B.Srivatsan 6.30 P.M B.Kannan (Madhura Veena) V.V.Ravi K.R.Ganesh - E.M.Subramanyam (Ghatam) Monday 07.01.13 Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 6.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Shirisha Shashank 7.30 P.M Dasyam - Servitude of the Lord -Solo Thematic Presentation on Vaishnavism by Zakir Hussain Monday 07.01.13 Kamakoti Hall 6.30 P.M Mambalam Sisters Vijayalakshmi & Chitra Dr.R.Hemalatha Nellai A.Balaji K.S.Rangachari (Kanjira) Tuesday 08.01.13 Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 6.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Medha Hari (Disiciple of Anitha Guha) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Smitha Madhav Tuesday 08.01.13 KAMAKOTI HALL 6.30 P.M B.Vijayagopal (Flute) - V.V.S.Murari - Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Harihara Sharma (Kanjira) Wednesday 09.01.13 Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 6.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Shalini Viswanathan (Disiciple of Zakir Hussain) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Gayathri Kannan & Mahathi Kannan (Disiciples of Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam) Wednesday 09.01.13 KAMAKOTI HALL 6.30 P.M Kolkatta K.Vijayaraghavan - S.D.Sridhar - B.Ganapathiraman - N.Sundar (Morsing) Thursday 10.01.13 Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 6.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Janane Sethunarayanan (Disciple of Anitha Guha) 7.30 P.M Madhuvanthi Arun & her Students Presents Tamizh - a dance drama

Thursday 10.01.13 KAMAKOTI HALL 6.30 P.M Jayalakshmi Sekar (Veena) Trivandrum Vaidynathan Pudukottai N.Ramachandran (Ghatam) Friday 11.01.13 Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 6.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Asha Rema (Disciple of Shobana) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Priya Dikshith (Diisciple of Sudharani Raghupathy) Friday 11.01.13 KAMAKOTI HALL 6.30 P.M V.Sankaranarayanan V.Sanjeev K.R.Ganesh - S.Sunilkumar (Kanjra) Saturday 12.01.13 Dr. NALLI GANA VIHAR 10.00 A.M Malarum Ninaivugal Down memory lane with Radhika Shurajit - Dance feature 4.25 P.M Bharathanatyam by R.Sampurna (Disciple of Vijay Madhavan) 6.00 P.M Bharathanatyam by Shwetha & Vaishnavi (Disciples of Alarmelvalli) 7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by Priya Venkataraman Saturday 12.01.13 KAMAKOTI HALL 9.30 A.M Madurai T.N.S.Krishna - Sherthalai Sivakumar - Neyveli R.Narayanan 11.45 A.M Rahul Narayan - M.Vijay - R.Kishore 4.00 P.M Uma Money - Neela Jayakumar V.R.Jayakumar 6.30 P.M P.Vasantha Kumar (Veena) - Umayalpuram Mali - H.Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam) Pongal Nagaswara Isai Vizha (13.01.13-16.01.13) Sunday 13.01.13 Dr. Nalli Gana Vihar 4.00 P.M Mangala Isai by Mannargudi M.S.K.Sankaranarayanan & M.S.K.Venkatesan Kovilur K.G. Kalyanasundaram (Spl.Thavil) Dharapuram V.M. Ganesh (Spl.Thavil) 6.30 P.M Mambalam M.K.S.Siva Veliyambakkam V.M.Palanivel (Spl.Thavil) - Dharapuram V.M. Ganesh (Spl.Thavil) Sunday 13.01.13 Kamakoti Hall 3.00 P.M Triplicane P.S.Sadasivam Mambalam S.P.Arulanandam (Spl.Thavil) Monday 14.01.13 Dr.Nalli Gana Vihar 4.00 P.M Vyasarpadi G.Kothandaraman Thiruvallikeni K. Sekar (Spl.Thavil) Mambalam S.P.Arulanandham (Spl.Thavil) 6.30 P.M Durai Bharathidasan Aridwaramangalam A.K.Palanivel (Spl.Thavil) Thirunageswaram T.R.Subramaniam (Spl.Thavil) Monday 14.01.13 Kamakoti Hall 3.00 P.M Kodungaiyur G.K.Raghuraman & Party Tuesday 15.01.13 Dr. Nalli Gana Vihar 4.00 P.M Nachiyarkoil N.R.P.Ravichandran & Party 6.30 P.M Thiruppambaram Brothers T.K.S.Meenakshisundaram & TSH Swaminathan Thirukarugavur T.D.Sivagurunathan (Spl.Thavil) - Thirurameswaram T.B.Radhakrishnan (Spl. Thavil)

Tuesday 15.01.13 Kamakoti Hall 3.00 P.M Sarma Nagar P.V.N.Devaraj - D.Perumal & Party Wednesday 16.01.13 Dr. Nalli Gana Vihar 4.00 P.M Injikkudi E.M.Subramaniam & Party 6.30 P.M Madurai N.P.N.Ponnuswamy & Thirupparamkundram P.R.Viswanathan Thanjavur T.R.Govindarajan (Spl.Thavil) Vedaranyam V.G.Balasubramanyam (Spl.Thavil) Wednesday 16.01.13 Kamakoti Hall 3.00 P.M Vadaeluppai S.Anandan & Party!!!!! Mangalam - Anjaneya Utsavam