Bengaluru International Arts Festival 2011

The BANGALORE INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL 2011 on 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th of Sept 2011.

The second day of the festival at Chowdiah Memorial Hall commenced with Guru Sri M lighting the lamp. Deepti Sudhindra started the day's performance with ‘Tanmayee - Becoming one with the Absolute’ with a concept that brought a stirring correlation between drama and dance. The beautifully choreographed theme began with Meerabai bhajan "Paga ghunguru" and the main piece being Dandayudhapani Pillai's varnam "Moham aaginen indha velai" in Karahara priya ragam, which was rendered artistically and skillfully by the multi talented Deepti. She was ably accompanied by her guru Padmini Ravi on nattuvangam, Suchethan Rangaswamy on vocal supported by Aishwarya Rangarajan, Lingaraj on mridangam, Sindhu Suchethan on violin, Srilatha on veena, Bharat on flute and Prassana Kumar on rhythm pads.

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