Under Uttaradhikar series of classical performances, Odissi dance and semi-classical vocal performance was held.
The event was held at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum here on Sunday.
Kakooli Sarkar performed the semi-classical music and Jhelum Paranjpe performed the Oddisi dance. Both the performances were full of energy and were totally scintillating.
The evening began with the semi-classical singing by Kakooli Sarkar. She began her performance with ‘Mera Mann Laago Mohan Se’ in Raga Bihaag.
Then she performed ‘Abhu Lallan me Khaa’ in the same Raga, in teen taal.
In the series of her melodious performance, she performed a bhajan ‘Main Hari Patit Pawan Sune’ in Raga Kalavati. In the same raga, she performed ‘Main Krishna Kahun Ya Ram’.
After this, the artists presented 'O Govind O Gopal' in Raga Das.
Later, Kakooli Sarkar presented another Bhajan ‘Japaat Ramo Ram-Ram’ in the Raga Darbari and wrapped up her performance.
She was accompanied by Devotam Sharma in singing. Anshul Pratap Singh on tabla, Durgesh Pandey on Harmonium, Sunil Roy and Tarun Preet Kaur on Tanpura.
This was followed with Odissi dance performance by Jhelum Paranjpe. She started off her performance with 'Devi Stuti', 'Jatajut Samyukta' in Raga Malika.
In this presentation, artists used their dance skills to try and present the forms of Goddess Durga and dancer their forms with dance postures.
After this, they present Baddu. Baddu is performed on live music. Instruments such as sitar, flute, pakavaj and Manjeera on the stage were played and artists performed according to the rhythm on stage impressing the audience. Followed by this, the artists presented a dance of Vishnu's 'Dashavatar'.
In this presentation all the incarnations of Lord Vishnu and his forms were showcased.
Later, Krishna Prem's 'Maha Chokha Maida' was presented in the form of story on the stage in Raga Malika. The story showcases that Maha Chokha Maida is a Krishna devotee, who is reluctant to meet her Lord. So in the end Maha Chokha Mada is interviewed by her Lord.
At the end, Jhelum Paranjape performed the Odissi dance on 'Moksha' in Raga Bhairavi leaving the audience mesemerised.