The 15 day long musical and cultural fest Gamak had a grand closure on Sunday at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum. Gamak was organised by Directorate of Culture, Madhya Pradesh. Here on Sunday, Malwi Gayan was performed by the famous Malwi singer Sundarlal Malaviya, Ujjain.
In his familiar style, Malaviya sang a number of songs in the typical tradition of Malwa. He began with Ganpati Vandana - Kothari Gadi Pe Naubat Baje and then he performed Maa Vandana Noor Darsaya.
After this he performed Parbatya - Nani Moti Khatoladi, followed with a song Lagna Mulaaya made a lakh of green lacquer, Made Khyali- Kesari Ki Kari, Mamera - Chala Mhara Dhori Utawala Re Mhari Benya, Farewell - Watch AK Ghodila Thowaja Re Sair Banada, Ritu Geet - Pamana, Ghatti - Bedlyo Jo Lai Ke, Saavan Lyrics - Sawan Aayo Mhara Raj, Fraternal Songs - Chandra Bina Chandi Bina Chandni and Sankariya Utsav. He concluded with the performance Arere Sankarya.
It is to be noted that Malaviya has received many accolades, including Dr. Ambedkar National Fellowship Award in 2005, Gold Medal in Music Competition by All India Civil Service Services, Bhopal and National Art Seeker Award by Arts Circle New Delhi in 2019.
On the harmonium in the presentation Malaviya, Kabir Malviya accompanied him on vocal, Durgesh Bali, Jayati Malviya, and Yashaswini Malviya accompanied on Dhol, Gagan Singh Base, Virendra Johnny accompanied him on Dholak and Radhe Paras accompanied him on violin.