Vol.16 No. 8 August - 2016

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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

worldwide President,Sri. Sunderlal G. Mehta’s book,Rich Tradition Richer Heritagewill be translated into Kannadashortly, while exploring the

possibility of rendering the workin other South Indian languages.

The decision was taken atthe launch of Sri Mehta’s bookin Bengaluru July last,on a suggestion made by

H.N. Suresh, Prof. M.H. Krishnaiah, Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, N. Ramanuja andK.G. Raghavan at the book launch Rich Tradition Richer Heritage, on July 9.

BOOK GIFT TO KANNADIGAS

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Prof. M. H. Krishnaiah,former president, KarnatakaSahitya Academy.

Speaking about the book,Prof. Krishnaiah mooted the ideaof making it a part of schoolcurricula as it had nuggets ofwisdom that could lay the

foundation for character buildingand creating an ethical society.

Dr. K. Radhakrishnan,Advisor, Department of Space,and former chairman, ISRO,who released the book said thework should not be limited toa Kannada translation, as everycitizen should know the value of

Recitation of Vishnu Sahasranama by Sandipani Gurukula

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the heritage of India; Bhavanshould take a lead in this regard.The younger generation shouldlearn to “read” and Bhavan shouldbecome a forum for literaryactivities, he said.

Recalling his school dayswhen students were asked towrite a piece taken from Bhavan’sJournal daily, Dr. Radhakrishnansaid the exclusivity of the language(Samskritam) was perhaps ahindrance for the spread of ancientIndian knowledge.

Citing the various streams oflearning such as Ayurveda, asespoused by Charaka andShushrusha, Artha Shastra ofChanakya, Brihat Samhita ofVaraha Mihira on science,

Natya Shastra of Bharata Munion performing arts, and SangitaRatnakara of Saarangadeva onmusic, he said all of them hadrelevance today, needing anexhaustive revival.

A fitting closure to thecompact, intellectually-orientedfunction was the recitation ofVishnu Sahasranama bySandipani Gurukula, befittingthe occasion.

- Jyothi Raghuram

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Race Course Road Bangalore

andSandipani Gurukula

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

Together Offer

3 Year Diploma Course on “Bhagavadgita Studies” atBhavan’s premises on every Sunday from 10.30 am to 12 noon.

Interested may contactBharathiya Vidya Bhavan at 22267421, or

Sandipani Gurukula at 9845756908, 9854571725

YOUTH SHOULDREAD INDIANCLASSICS ANDWORKS TO KNOWTHEIR HERITAGE

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Chaiti Ghoda Nata at Cuttack

BVB Infosys Foundation

Outreach Cultural Programme gotoff to an enthusiastic start at sevencentres from May, covering avariety of performing arts such astheatre, classical dance andmusic, folk music, string puppets,

CULTURALREACHOUTACROSSSTATES

Bikari Maangniyar Sangeet at Jaipur

theeyatu and padayani atBhubaneshwar, Ahmedabad,Jaipur, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram,

and Hyderabad, which countedfor both Andhra Pradesh andTelangana.

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Intended to provide aplatform for rare arts and artistesof merit, especially from thefinancially underprivileged section,the outreach programmeaccounted for 14 shows in justone month, showcasing over70 artistes, attracting an overall

audience of over 3,000 people.It was only in mid-May thatrepresentatives of Bhavan in theseven States attended a meetingcalled by the Bengaluru Kendra—the nodal agency for the project—to work out programmemodalities.

Theeyatu at Thiruvanathapuram

Stringpuppet show

‘RamayanSeetha Chori’

atGanjam,Odisha.

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Padmabhushan Dr. B. Saroja Devi National Award being given toSmt. Parvathamma Rajkumar

Well known film producer

Smt. Parvathamma Rajkumarwas given the PadmabhushanDr. B. Saroja Devi NationalAward -2016 at her residenceon July 16.

NATIONAL AWARD TOPARVATHAMMA RAJKUMAR

Smt. Saroja Devi andSri. N. Ramanuja, Chairman,BVB, Bengaluru Kendra, gaveaway the award.

The recognition carriesa purse of Rs.one lakh anda memento.

Dr. K.J. Yesudas,Dr. Geethapriya,Sri. S. Shivaram, Sri. K.S.L.Swamy, and Smt. VyjayanthiMala Bali are among the earlierrecipients of the award institutedthrough the Bengaluru Kendra.

SMT. PARVATHAMMAIS A PROLIFICPRODUCER OFBOX OFFICE HITS

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Dr. H.V. Nagaraja Rao and his wife being felicitated at the book launch.Also seen are (from L to R) Smt. Kamala Hampana, Prof. Mallepuram Venkatesh,Prof. Hampa Nagarajaiah, Dr. Shivamurthy Shivacharya, and Sri. H.N. Suresh

RARE SAMSKRITAMTRANSLATION

RELEASED

Dr. H.V. Nagaraja Rao’sSamskritam translation of Prof.Hampa Nagarajaiah’s Kannadawork Chaaru Vasantheeyamwas released at the BengaluruKendra on July 1, bySri. Taralabalu JagadguruDr. Shivamurthy ShivacharyaMahaswami.

Prof. MallepuramG. Venkatesh, formervice-chancellor, KarnatakaSanskrit University. presidedover the function, jointly organised

by BVB and PoornapragnaSamshodhana Mandira.

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Pallavi Sangeeth Utsav

Avadhana Pallavi, the

challenging art of singing acomposition using both handsindividually to two different timecycles or taala, is a gift toCarnatic music given byGanakala Bhushana PallaviS. Chandrappa. Sadly, it ishistory today, essentiallyconsigned to practice byChandrappa’s family ofmusicians under the bannerof Pallavi Gana Sabha.

Among the many arts cryingfor revival is this specialized andcomplicated tala format of PallaviChandrappa, whose feat hasrarely been replicated. BVBand the Sabha are organizing

WATCH OUT FORAUG 5, 13, AND20, 26, 2016.

a three-day Pallavi SangeethUtsav-2016 from Aug 5 at theBhavan. The day-long musicprogrammes from 10 am to9 pm, will feature artistessuch as R. K. Padmanabha,

Mysore Nagaraj andDr. Manjunath, AbhishekRaghuram, NityashreeMahadevan andDr. Suma Sudhindra.

R.K. Padmanabha

C. Varada Raja and V. Hemanth Kumar

Pallavi S. Chandrappa

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Demonstration of AvadhanaPallavi by Dr. Nanda Kumar,and Sri Varada Raja and

Sri. V. Hemanth Kumar,“Guru Pooja”, and a bookand CD release on Chandrappa,form part of the Utsav.

Aikyam Bharatanatya Solo

Deepa Raghavan,Director, Nritya Kaveri Schoolof Dance, will present Aikyam(unity in oneness) through atraditional Bharatanatyarepertoire.

Starting with an invocation tomother earth, Deepa will attemptto portray different forms ofAikyam through a varnam andpadams, concluding with a pieceon universal brotherhood.The recital is at Bhavan’sKhincha Hall at 6.30 pm.

- JR

Suma Sudhindra

Nityashree Mahadevan

Mysore Nagaraj and Manjunath

Deepa Raghavan

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BVB-SVN MUSIC ACADEMY PRESENTED

TWO VEENA CONCERTS FOR

KUM. JYOTHI MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT

ON JUNE 25, 2016 AT BHAVAN

Veena concert by Anuradha Madhusudhan, accompanied byM.L.Sainath on mridanga and B.R. Ravikumar on ghata.

Veena concert by Srinivasa Prasanna, accompanied by B. Ravishankar on mridangaand G. Omkar Rao on ghata.

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BHAVAN-INFOSYS FOUNDATIONOUTREACH CULTURAL PROGRAMMEAT SEVA SADAN, MALLESWARAM, JUNE 25 AND 26.

BHARATANATYA RECITAL

Namrata

Krishnamurthy

Poojitha

Cadambi

Shreema

Upadhya

Arupa

Lahiry

Abhaya

Lakshmi

Rashmi

Agarwal

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BHAVAN-INFOSYS FOUNDATION PROGRAMMEAT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WORLD CULTURE,

BASAVANAGUDI, BENGALURU ON JULY 15, 2016

Thatva Padagalu : vocal : K M Ramaiah, ekadaari tala : D. Narayanamma,shruti : Mahalingaiah, damadi : Prakash, kanjira : Ratnamma

BHAVAN-INFOSYS FOUNDATIONOUTREACH CULTURAL PROGRAMME AT

INDIRANAGAR SANGEETHA SABHA, JULY 2, 2016.

Carnatic vocal by Pavan Rangachar, accompanied by B Raghuram on violin, AnoorAnantha Krishna Sharma on mridanga and A.D. Anoor Sunaad on khanjira

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PROGRAMME :AUGUST - 2016

Wed 6.00 p.m. - KRG Hall03. Sri M S Hanumantha RaoMemorial Endowment LectureTopic : Relevance of Gita intoday’s livingSpeaker : Dr. Geetha RamanujamChairman, GR EducationalInstitutions

Sat 6.00 p.m. - ESV Hall06. Sri Ra Bha HasangiEndowment ProgrammeYakshagana

Fri to Sun 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall05 to 07 Pallavi ChandrappaCentenary CelebrationsMusic Festival ProgrammeDetails pl see page no 8 - 9.

Sat 6.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall13. Horizon series -Bharatanatya Dance“Art Transcends barriers” -Ms. Deepa Raghavan, FounderDirector, Nritya Kaveri School of dance(in association with IndianCouncil for Cultural Relations)

Mon 8.30 a.m. -15. Independence DayCelebrations : Flag hoistingVenue : Bhavan’s premises

Mon 6.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall15. Nupura presentsDr. K. VenkatalakshammaEndowmentBharatanatya Rangapravesha ofKum. Nikhila BalajiDisciple of GuruDr. Lalitha Srinivasan

Thu 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall18. BVB -Bharath VikasParishath jointly organisedRaksha Bandhan celebrations

Sat 6.30 p.m. -20. BVB -Infosys Foundationand Ananya Outreach programme :Flute recital bySri. Raj Kamal and PartyVenue : Ananya , GML CulturalAcademy, 91/2, 4th Main,Malleswaram, Bengaluru - 560 003.

Sun 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall21. Prof U S Krishna Rao andSmt. Chandrabagha Devi Endowment6.30 p.m. to7.30 p.m. -Bharatanatya byMs.Archana andChethana7.30 - Bharatanatya bythe students ofDr. Suparna VenkateshBharatanatya &Kathak artist, teacher andchoreographer, mentor ofvisually challenged dancers

Fri 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall26. Sugama Sangeetha byVid. Ashish G Nayakaccompanied onTabla : Sreemanth Kumar NeelurHarmonium : Sri. Suresh Nayak(in association with InfosysFoundation)Venue : Indian Institute of WorldCulture, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru

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August - 2016

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