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Moodbidri: 'Alva's Virasat' National Cultural Festival from January 5

  •   Sun, Dec 25 2011 01:52:19 PM

Moodbidri: 'Alva's Virasat' National Cultural Festival from January 5

Daijiworld Media Network – Moodbidri (SP)

Moodbidri, Dec 25: Chairman of Alva’s Education Foundation, Dr M Mohan Alva, said that the annual national festival of culture, ‘Alva’s Virasat’ will be held at Shobhavana in Mijar near here from January 5 to 8. The festival is being held under the aegis of the said foundation, he added.

He said that Chief Minister, D V Sadananda Gowda, will inaugurate the festival at 6 pm on January 5. The inaugural will be presided over by Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari, Dr D Veerendra Heggade. Nitte Education Trust president, Dr N Vinaya Hegde, managing director of A J Group of Institutions, A J Shetty, entrepreneur, Shashikiran Shetty, MLA, Abhay Chandra Jain, MLC, Capt Ganesh Karnik, former minister, K Amarnath Shetty, Canara Bank Mangalore circle deputy general manager, Dasaiah, Karnataka Bank managing director, P Jayaram Bhat, Nadoja G Shankar, Gold Finch managing director, K Prakash Shetty, entrepreneur, N Balakrishna, and Prasannakumar Shetty of KLN Engineering Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, will take part as chief guests, he explained.

On this occasion, awards function will also be hosted.

The details of cultural programmes to be presented during the festival are as follows:
January 5: Violin concert by Vidwan Ganesh and Kumaresh Brothers from Chennai – 7.15 to 8.45. Bhangra and other folk dances of Punjanb – 8.45 pm to 10 pm.

January 6: Shiva the Musical Thunder programme from 6 to 8 pm, to be presented by Shiva Fusion Group Chennai. Spellbound Odyssey group dance programme by Ram Li Ibrahim and group frp, Kuala Lumpur.

January 7: Grammy Award winning artiste, Pandit Vishwamohan Bhat on  Mohan Veena, and Surmani Pandit Pravin Ghodkindi onflute.  Thereafter, Aditi Mangaldas troupe will present Kathak dance.

January 8: A special musical fusion, ‘Moksha’ ,will be presented by Mahesh Vinayakram and troupe, Chennai. A programme of light music will be presented by Raghu Deekshit, M D Pallavi and troupe from 7.30 to 9.30 pm that day.

Alva added that all these programmes will begin on schedule. On all the days of the festival, magical skills of renowned magician, Kudroli Ganesh, will be on display. Besides, colourful dance programmes will be presented by students of Alva’s Group of Educational Institution, he revealed.
  

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  • Dr. Sumana Ranjalkar, Bangalore

    Sun, Jun 07 2015

    NamakarIt is indeed a wonderful event would be interested to perform a classical dance recital for the same please let me the necessities.
    Regards
    Sumana

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  • S Raghavendra Bhatta, Mysore

    Mon, Jan 09 2012

    Permit me to express our sincere thanks to one and all who made our stay at Moodbidri both enjoyable and most memorable one.The hospitality and care extended by the staff of the Alva's institution once again proved that this Virasat and its sister event Nudisiri is total symbol of the Kannada manassu in general and Dakshina Kannada's culture in particular.
    Coming to Virasat fest which we tasted for 2 days onlyi.e., 6th and 7th instant.
    Being ardent rasikas of classical Karnataka sangeetha as trained under Prof G T Narayanarao of great repute, the fusion music did have some jarring impressions like " mike aasurana dombi and heart - rending musical juggleries. But, all this simply evaporated as the artistes did manage to cater to all the kinds of rasikas who had an ear for chaste and simple classical music of our ancient culture.
    Alien instruments like drums and guitars of latest avatars did have some salient impact when Pt Vishva Mohan Bhat and Pt Praveen Godkhindi successfully blended the different styles so cohesively.
    As a result, Virasat has demonstrated that the days of Chamber music ( baithak sangeeta ) sabhaa music ( auditium / hall music )will meet the aesthetic needs of rasikas of classical mode and such fusion ensebles which attract our younger generation to the core are really capable of sustaining our traditional musical heritage PRVIDED, YES, PROVIDED our organizers learn the basic craft of managing the crowds as practiced in Alva's campus.THe reason for thi

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