Chief Minister Raman Singh will inaugurate the 10-day Akhil Bharatiya Chakradhar Music and Dance Festival here on Thursday.
The festival coincides with the Ganesh Chathhurti celebrations and the Jayanti of Music exponent Raja Chakradar Singh.
The celebrations will begin at 7 pm at Ramleela Ground in Raigarh, officials stated.
The Chief Minister will leave Raipur for Raigarh by State Government helicopter at 3 pm.
He will inaugurate a private hotel at 3:50 pm and launch the City bus services at the State Government Girls’ College premises at 4:10 pm.
later the Chief Minister will dedicate buses to the citizens of Raigarh and also inaugurate the ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padao sammelan’ at Natwar Government High School at 4:40 pm.
The Chief Minister will inaugurate the Chakradar Music and Dance Festival at 7 pm
He will take rest for the night at Raigarh and return to the capital at 09:50 am.
The 10-day music festival will see the participation of a large number of renowned stalwarts from the music and dance fields.
Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj , Padma Vibhushan Hariprsad Chourasia, Padma Vibhushan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Padma Bhushan Begum Parveen Sultana, Padmasree Anuj Sharma and Nizami Brothers will adorn the stage.
Padma Vibhushan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Aman-Ayaan Ali Khan will inaugurate the Festival with the rendering of Sarod. The Chakradhar Music and Dance Samaroh will begin with the Bhagwan Ganesh Vandana by Kala Guru Vedmani Singh.
Yasmeen Singh will present dance-drama ‘Shakti Swaroopa’ at the festival.
On September 18, Raipur's Gautam Choube will render a vocal recital, Aditi Bohidar’s Odisha Dance programme and a dance item of Ashim bandhu from Kolkata. Kathak Raigarh Gharana will be performed by Bhupendra Baret and Pandit Ramlal.
Padmabhushan Begum Parveen Sultana will render a vocal recital, Sunjukta Baruah of Assam will render a Kshatriya dance and Alka Chandrakar of Raipur will present Chhattisgarhi lok Rang on September 19.
Raigarh Women's group will present a Dance-Drama based on Hanuman Chalisa, K. Bhuneshwari of Bhubaneshwar will perform on violin, Rasik Mohammad on Piano, Vikram Ghosh's Tabla vadan, Raipur's Ankita Raut will render Odisha dance and Delhi's Nizami Brothers will give Qawwali programme .
On September 21, Anita Sharma of Raipur will render a song, Pankaj Chaturvedi will perform Gazal , Ajay Atle's Ipta drama, Yogendra Choube's Gudi drama. On September 22, Mani Rao of Bangalore will perform Baharatnatyam and Nandita Puri of Mumbai will give Kathak dance programme.
On September 24, Satish Babu of Bhilai will perform Bharatanatyam, Jashpur's Adivasi dance, Kavita Dwivedi of New Delhi will perform Tridara and Padmasri Anuj Sharma of Raipur will give Chhattisgarh Raagrang.
On September 25, Sunil Viashnav and Basanti Vaishnav will perform Raigarh Gharana, Shalini Pillai will perform Kuchipudi , Madhur Jiya of Assam will give a Bihu dance performance, Padma Vibhushan Pandit Hariprasad Chourasia of Mumbai will perform on Bansuri and Penaj Masani will give a Gazal recital.
On the last day of Chakradar Samaroh on September 26, Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj will render his 'Gayan' (vocal) programme .