Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru - 2013

Lakshman Sruthi conducts a music festival with rendition of Pancharatna Kritis in an ambiance like Thiruvaiyaru every year.
This year the festival will begin on Dec. 18 and go on till Dec. 25.

Venue: Kamarajar Arangam, Anna Salai, Chennai 18

The Schedule:

Dec. 18, 2013
11.45 a.m. - Mohandas (Nadaswaram)
4.00 p.m. - Pancha ratna kritis group singing led by Vidwan P S Narayanaswamy
5.30 p.m. - Birju Maharaj - Kathak
7.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal

Dec. 19, 2013
7.00 a.m. - Udayaluy Kalyanarama Bhagavathar - Namasankeerthanam
9.00 a.m. - Prathiksha - Bharatanatyam
10.30 a.m. - R. Prasanna - Guitar
1.00 p.m. - RaginiSri & Madhu Iyer - Vocal
2.45 p.m. - Haricharan - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Priya Sisters - Vocal
7.30 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidya - Veena

Dec. 20, 2013
7.00 a.m. - Desa Mangayarkarasi - Devotional Discourse
9.00 a.m. - Colours of India - Dance. Curated by Churchill Pandian
10.30 a.m. - K V Prasad - Vocal
1.00 p.m. -
2.45 p.m -
4.45 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayathri - Vocal
7.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers - Vocal

Dec. 21, 2013
7.00 a.m. - Cuddalore Gopi - Thyagaraja Vaibhavam - Sampradaya Bhajan
9.00 a.m. -  Shanthi Suresh - Vocal
10.30 a.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal
1.00 p.m.- Vithisha - Bharatanatyam
2.45 p.m. -  Nirumala Rajasekar (Veena), Gaurav Majumdhar (Sitar), Rakeash Chaurasia (Flute)
4.45 p.m. -
7.30 p.m. - Karthick (Vocal)

Dec. 22, 2013
7.00 a.m. - Thamal Ramakrishnan - Devotional Discourse
9.00 a.m. - Sudhar & Sheran (Vocal)
10.30 a.m. - 'Mahanadhi' Shobana Vignesh - Vocal
1.00 p.m. - Meenakshi Ragavan - Bharatanatyam
2.45 p.m. - Sri Mahaganapathy - thematic dance by Krishnakumari Narendran & group
4.45 p.m. - P Unnikrishnan (Vocal)
7.30 p.m. - Vijay Prakash (Vocal)

Dec. 23, 2013
7.00 a.m. -  Anantha Padmanabachariar - Upanyasam
9.00 a.m. - Mahalakshmi - Bharatanatyam
10.30 a.m. - Gayathri Venkatraghavan - Vocal
1.00 p.m. - Saindhavi - Vocal
2.45 p.m. -
4.45 p.m. -
7.30 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone)

Dec. 24, 2013
7.00 a.m. - Kovai Jayaraman - Namasankeerthanam
9.00 a.m. - Vinaya & Suchitra - Vocal
10.30 a.m. - Lalitha & Nandini - Violin Duet
1.00 p.m. - Swarnamalya - Bharatanatyam
2.45 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal
7.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal

Dec. 25, 2013
7.00 a.m. - Tukaram Ganapathy Maharaj - Namasankeerthanam
9.00 a.m. - Subadhra Marimuthu - Bharathanatyam-Jugalbandhi
10.30 a.m. - S. Mahathi - Vocal
1.00 p.m. - Dr. R Ganesh - Vocal
2.45 p.m. - Shoba Chandrasekar - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Parveen Sultana - Hindustani Vocal
7.30 p.m. - Shobana - Bharatanatyam

Daily and season tickets are available online at http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/chennaiyil-thiruvaiyaru/index2013.asp