The Bhopal art lovers enjoyed a delightful evening at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum, witnessing Kuchipudi dance and classical music.
The performances were held here on Sunday.
The programme started with performance by 'Saunya Devi Gandharva' (Mandsaur) 'singing' with his fellow artists. In which he first presented the 'Kanth Baso Maharani' in Ragas Des and made the audience present in the auditorium amazed with his singing skills.
After this, the artists presented the song 'Krishna Murari ji' in Bhimplassi in Raga. After this, 'Aya Maia Tanee' in Raga Aasavari, 'Hio-full-Aave' and 'Sakhi Baaj' were released in Raga Charukesi. Subsequently, Sugan Devi Gandharv presented the song 'Save Shay' in the melodrama hill with his fellow artists.
After this, the artists presented 'Bhabsan Liya' bandhas in the Raga Bhimplassi and in the melodramatic pyelu presented to the audience. Sugan Devi Gandharva gave up her rendition of 'Humko Udraye Chadriya' in Raga Aheir Bhairav ??at the end of her singing performance. During the singing, Umesh Gandharva with Sugan Devi Gandharva was on the tabla, Gaurav Gandharva on the keyboard, Vijay Gandharva on the dholak and Vaishali Gandharva accompanied it on percussion. After singing, Guru Jayaram Rao (New Delhi) presented 'Kuchipudi dance' with his fellow artists. The performers started performing dance performances on 'Ganesh Vandana'. In this presentation, the tact of Lord Ganesha and his wisdom was done through Kuchipudi dance by Yashogan.
Apart from this, artists also danced on the stage with the charm of Lord Ganesh with their dance skills. After performing dance on Ganesh Vandana, the artists presented 'Gajendra Moksh' in front of the dancing audience. This presentation is inspired by the story of the eighth edition of Bhagvat Gita.
According to this legend, when an elephant named Gajendra finds himself surrounded by crocodiles, then Lord Vishnu comes to earth and helps Gajendra elephant and after this, Gajendra gets salvation. Following the fascinating dance presentation on Gajendra Moksh, the artists presented the dance on 'Durga Stuti'. In this presentation, the Goddess Durga has described the killing of monsters like Mahishasur, Chanda, Munda and Bloodbirds, their octagonal form and the form of superfluous fear that is narrated through dance medium. In this presentation, the songs of Mata Durga were performed by artists with their dance skills.
After this, the artists presented dance on 'Krishna Bhajan'. In this presentation Krishna's war skills and logical intelligence were presented to the audience in Mahabharata. At the end of the dance presentation, Guru Jayaramrao stopped his dance performance while performing dance on "Shiva Praeti" in Raga Malika Pal Malika with his fellow artists.
In this presentation, Shiva was proclaimed and his character was presented to the audience by the artists on stage. During the dance presentation, Guru Jayaramrao along with T. Raidi Lakshmi, Ayana Mukherjee and Vidyudhi Balakrishnan were on the stage.