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St. Tyagaraja recalls, in
his Ni Vanti Daivamu (Todi), how Sri Subramanya bestowed
on one of his playmates the power of creation to give the lie to Brahma's
claim that He alone represented Pranava. The snow-clad Himalayas
are seen in the background. Brahma stands shocked even as Subramanya
calls a playmate.
This is salutation to the 'Great Child of Beauty and Grace' - Shanmukha. |
Sabhas organising concerts during the Season
The Margazhi
festival was started way back in 1927, as an event to commemorate with
the founding of Madras Music Academy in the month of December. This event
was widely accepted & patronised by the public at large, due to various
reasons, prominent among which are possibly, that it is a cool time in
the otherwise hot & sultry city and secondly it is holiday time. This
culture was adopted by various other sabhas that hold art festivals in
different parts of the city.
According to
an analysis by the 'Sruti' magazine,
* Fifty-three
organisations conducted 60 festivals in a period of 117 days.
* They
presented a total of 1604 music & dance performances in this period.
* The
total included 134 music concerts & 280 dance performances.
Possibly nowhere else in the world so many organisations conduct so many festivals offering so many music & dance performances in so short a period of time.
Listed below are a few sabhas :
| Music
Academy
#168, (Old # 306), T.T.K. Road, Royapettah, Chennai-14, Ph: 28112231 / 28115162, e-mail: musicacademy@vsnl.com The Indian
Fine Arts Society
Sri
Parthasarathy Swami Sabha
Tamil
Isai Sangam
Kartik Fine
Arts
Mylapore
Fine Arts
Krishna
Gana Sabha
Kapali Fine
Arts
Narada
Gana Sabha
Rasika Ranjani
Sabha
Bharath
Kalachar
Hamsadhwani
Thyaga
Brahma Gana Sabha
Nungambakkam
Cultural Academy
Kalarasana
Brahma Gana
Sabha
Nadopasana
Mudhra Fine
Arts
Nada Inbam
Sri Rama
Bhaktha Jana Samaj
Nandi Fine
Arts
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