Calm and composed Sunday evening was enjoyed by the Bhopalites as they took pleasure of semi-classical and Bharatnatyam dance performances back-to-back.
The performances were held at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal under Uttaradhikar series.
The event began with semi-classical performance by Pandit Shriram Marathe, with his fellow artists. He began his performance with Raga Yemen Kalyan and performed 'Mora Man Bandh Lino in Jogio ke saath' in ek taal.
After this, Pandit Shriram Marathe presented Mann tu kahe na dheer dharat ab.
After this, the artists presented the composition of Saint Tulsidas 'Dhir Dhare Sabar Karj Sudhart' and also beautifully performed the composition of Pandit Narayan Rao Guna in Ram Maru Bihaag ‘Khau Mann Ko Lubhavan Jaat Hai’.
Pandit Shriram Marathe, along with fellow artists, Thumri 'Ekali Darr Laage' in mixed Khamaj.
He wrapped up his performance with 'Mera Mori Mein Maakhan Khayo' which was the composition of Saint Surdas in Raga Mishr Khamaj.
In this presentation, Pandit Shriram Marathe was accompanied by Vijay, Anjali and Purvi Sapre.
He was also accompanied by Ikar Hussain on tabla, Shahrukh Hussain on Sarangi and Vivek Tiwari on harmonium.
After semi-classical performance, Anuradha Venkataraman presented 'Bharatnatyam dance' on Yamuna and Krishna-centric stories with fellow artists.
In this presentation, artists sculpted the Yamuna and Lord Krishna on stage with their anthropomorphic skills.
In this tale, Yamuna tells Krishna that after Radha's departure, she consoled him (Krishna) and when Krishna takes the clothes of the Gopis.
Therefore, the Gopis get angry with Krishna, even then Yamuna celebrates the Gopis.
Yamuna says to Krishna: Look neither Kurwa nor Pandavas are with you today after the war of Kurukshetra, but as always I am with you and will remain, even Yamuna tells Krishna that when he killed Kansa, Then he brought his karma everywhere.
The performances were appreciated by the audience a lot.