Under the Uttaradhikar series, held at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum, group instrumental recital and Mohiniattam were presented on Sunday. The event began with the group recital by Basant Sharma along with his fellow artists. He began the programme with presenting 'Raga Kirwani' in bandish. He presented two bandish, first was in Jhap Taal and another was in Teen Taal. After Raga Kirwani, he presented alaap after which he played Raga Vistaar in Jhap Taal. The artists concluded the performance in a very splendid manner. They performed a jugalbandi in the form of questions and answers that left the audience totally mesmerized.
Manoj Bawra played Sitar, Vithal Rajpura played Pakhawaj, Yashpal Bawra played Tabla, Purnima Rajpura played the Violin and Basant Sharma played Sarod and altogether they beautifully performed in the group.
After the group play, Mohiniattam was performed by Gopika Verma. Gopika performed Ganesh Vandana. This was the solo performance by her.
After this a lively presentation 'Cholkat' was performed by the artists. After this, 'Omkar Karini', was presented solo by Gopika Verma. The forms of goddess were described in Omkar Karini and Gopika tried to present the forms on the stage with her beautiful body movements and facial expressions. The event was concluded with the two dances 'Jamuna Kinare’ and 'O Man Tinkal Kidav'. In this performance the childhood form of lord Krishna was presented in a very captivating manner on the stage.