On the occasion of Navratri, a three-day cultural festival centred on the glory and power of Goddess Durga will be organised in city. The event will be held at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum from Friday.
The event is being organized by the Culture Department in association with the Tribal Folk Art and Language Development Academy. It will be held at the open air auditorium of the tribal museum at 6:30 pm.
An event like this is being organised for the first time wherein renowned singers will gather together to perform on Navratri. This three-day festival will be performed in Bhopal and Ujjain respectively, and the performers will also perform at the Siddha festival of Ujjain.
On the first day of the three day festival will begin with the performance by a renowned artist from Kolkata Nabhoodip Chakravarti. Chakravarti will sing musical songs of Mata Chandi and the unprecedented compositions of Shyama music. After his presentation, the renowned dancer of Bharatanatyam Lata Singh Munshi will present the dance form centered on Sati, along with her disciples including herself. She has prepared the Bharatnatyam dance based on the story of Sati mentioned in the Puranas.
On the second day Neha Charna from Udaipur will present chirja songs along with her troupe. In the Chirja singing, they will express the glory of the Goddess through the zodiacal songs and music. After this, Kathak dancer and Guru Manvvi Singh, of Raigarh Gharana from Khairagarh, will be performing dance drama on the nature and popular story of Ekad Devi on Sadhvi with the artists and musicians of Khairagarh.
On the final day, Moni Kuntla Bhuyian a renowned artist from Gwahati has been invited to perform in the praise Devdhavni and Durga. He is known throughout the country for effective expression of Goddess Vandana. After his presentation, Katak's senior Odissi dancer, Mira Das, will present different forms of Goddess in Guru Shishya Parampara.