Music festival ends with bharatanatyam by students
The 52nd Tamil Isai Vizha concluded with a Bharatanatyam performance by students and teachers of the Rani Lady Meyyammai Tamilisai College. The program featured traditional compositions and showcased the students' mastery of rhythmic and expressive dance forms.
Why it matters
Cultural festivals like the Tamil Isai Vizha are essential for preserving and promoting traditional Indian performing arts among younger generations.
The final day of the 52nd Tamil Isai Vizha at the Rajah Muthiah Mandram witnessed a traditional bharathanatyam by the students and teachers of the Rani Lady Meyyammai Tamilisai College, Madurai.
The teachers viz Renganayaki, G Nandini and Sitalakshmi on vocal, B. Sachidanandam on the violin and H. Sitalakshmi on Nattuvangam, T. Gopinath on mridangam and Sivaroopan on the flute and khanjira, gave vocal and percussionist support. The bharathanatyam choreography and support was by Kalaichelvi and Muthuchelvan.
Worshipping Lord Ganesa with aindu karatanai, they began with a pushpanjali in Gambhiranattai. Next was “Vinayaka Unnai” in Ragam Gowlai, Talam Adi by Madurai Muralidharan. The jathiswaram, in Saveri ragam by Thanjai Nalwar witnessed exclusive musical notes (swaras) and rhythmic syllables (jatis).
The Kali Kauthuvam in Gowlai blended devotional lyrics with rhythmic syllables (sollukattus). The Parameswari Sabdam, in Ragamalika by Umabalakrishnan, set the tone of the program.
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