The second day of the Guru Kelucharan Memorial Award Festival was a beautiful blend of traditional repertoire and innovative compositions featuring eminent Mohini Attam danseuse Mandakini Trivedi and renowned Odissi Mardal player Guru Satchidananda Das.
The evening’s first programme started with Trivedi’s performance of Suryatatam, an invocatory to lord Surya who is the source of all energy of this creation. Then, she performed a beautiful Abhinaya Urbashi based on the story of Arjuna and Urbashi herself. She concluded her performance with Devi Stutee. She was accompanied on vocal by Shivaprasad, on Edakya and Madalam by KNP Nambisan and on flute by Hema Balasubramaniam.
The second programme was by Odishi Mardala player Guru Satchidanandan Das, a pioneer performer of Odishi Mardala. He played Aditala of 16 bits with various aspects of Odishi Mardala. He was accompanied by Muralidhara Swain on harmonium. The programme was compared by Srinibas Ghatuary.