Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Cultural Festival 2018

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan hosts an early 'season' every year. The concerts are held in different halls located on different floors of the venue.

All the concerts are open to all and not ticketed.

Please refer the daily newspaper to know the exact hall where the concerts are held and the slots.

Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, East Mada Street, Mylapore.


Nov. 18, 2018 
9.30 a.m. - Seshampatti T. Sivalingam - Nadaswaram
10.30 a.m. - Inauguration: Banwarilal Purohit, Hon'ble Governor of Tamil Nadu
11.35 a.m. - T.N. Krishnan & Viji Krishnan - Violin Duet
5.00 p.m. - Snehal N. Mazoomdar - Santoor
6.00 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal

Nov. 19, 2018
3.30 p.m. - Chaitrra Sairam - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - O.S. Arun - Bhajan Sandhya

Nov. 20, 2018
3.30 p.m. - Aditya Prakash - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Rithwik Raja - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal

Nov. 21, 2018
3.30 p.m. - Brindha Manickavasagan - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Dr. M. Narmadha - Violin Solo
6.30 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal

Nov. 22, 2018
3.30 p.m. - Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Dr. B. DSundar - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal

Nov. 23, 2018
8.30 a.m. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba Birthday Celebration - Bhajans
10.30 a.m. - Sai Saraswathi Vocal:  A tribute to Sri Sathya Sai Baba
4.00 p.m. - Shreya Devnath - Violin Solo
6.30 p.m. - Anith Guha's Bharathanjali - Bharathanatyam

Nov. 24, 2018
3.30 p.m. - K. Sathyanarayanan - Keyboard
5.00 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Visakha Hari - Harikatha

Nov. 25, 2018
10.30 a.m. - N. Vijay Siva - Vocal
3.30 p.m. - Cuddalore S.J. Jananiy - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - B. Kannan - Veena
6.30 p.m. - Ranjani and Gayatri - Vocal

Nov. 26, 2018
3.30 p.m. - J.B. Keerthana - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - K. Gayathri - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal

Nov. 27, 2018
3.30 p.m. - Krithika Natarajan - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - S. Saindhavi - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Prince Rama Varma - Vocal

Nov. 28, 2018
3.30 p.m. - Vasudha Ravi - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Dr. Radha Bhaskar - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Priya Sisters - Vocal

Nov. 29, 2018
3.30 p.m. - Calcutta K. Srividhya - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Sriram Parasuram - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Nithyashree Mahadevan - Vocal

Nov. 30, 2018 
3.30 p.m. - R.P. Shravan - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Sangeetha Sivakumar - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal

Dec. 1, 2018
3.30 p.m. - Bhakthaswara Bhajan Mandali - Bhajans
5.00 p.m. - V. Deepika - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Ganesh & Kumaresh - Violin Duet

Dec. 2, 2018
10.30 a.m. - Aishwarya & Soundarya Srinivasan - Vocal
3.30 p.m. - Dr. Sudha Raja & troupe - Choral music
5.00 p.m. - Rajesh Vaidhya - Veena
6.30 p.m. - Trichur Brothers

Dec. 3, 2018
3.30 p.m. -  Prashanthi Vinoth - Namasankeerthanam
5.00 p.m. - Jayashri Vaidyanathan - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan - Vocal

Dec. 4, 2018
3.30 p.m. - K. Subhiksha - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Shertalai K.N. Renganatha Sharma - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal

Dec. 5, 2018
3.30 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Sid Sriram - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Vijayalakshmi Subramanyam - Vocal

Dec. 6, 2018
3.30 p.m. - Ashwath Narayanan - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Aruna Prabha Ranganathan - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - S. Mahathi - Vocal

Dec. 7, 2018
3.30 p.m. - P.V. Parameswaran - Vocal
5.00 p.m,. - Geetha Raja - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone

Dec. 8, 2018
10.30 a.m. - Kannadasanai Kanbom - discourse by Isakavi Ramanan
3.30 p.m. - Lavanya Sundararaman - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - R. Suryaprakasah - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama - Vocal

Dec. 9, 2018
10.30 p.m. - Dr. S. Karthick & troupe - HeartBeat Ensemble
3.30 p.m. - Dr. Subha Ganesan - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Laya Madhura - Percussion Ensemble by Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers - Vocal

Dec. 10, 2018
3.30 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothiri - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Sankari Krishnan - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters - Vocal

Dec. 11, 2018
3.30 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Chinmaya Sisters - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Shobana Vognesh - Vocal

Dec. 12, 2018
3.30 p.m. - Dr. Niranjana Srinivasan - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Musical Discourse by Dushyanth. Vocals - Sridhar with Anahita & Apoorva
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Krishnakumar & Binny Krishnalumar - Vocal

Dec. 13, 2018
3.30 p.m. - Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal