Visaka hari concerts chennai silks

  • Krishna Gana Sabha's 68th Margazhi Mela features Vishakha Hari and Party.
  • Today's concert: Shall be performing today(3rd September, Tuesday) for our Astaan Vallabha Maha Ganapathi Temple, Arya Gowda road, West.
  • Vishakha Hari recites these lines from American poet Joaquin Miller's 'Motherhood' at a harikatha performance this Season.

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    Vishaka Hari pays a tribute to legendary vaggeyakaras

    Draped in a traditional yellow nine-yard madissar and exuding charming grace, harikatha exponent and vocalist Vishaka Hari captivated a packad Ravindra Bharathi as she paid a splendid musical tribute to three legendary vaggeyakaras namely, Tyagaraja, Annamacharya and Ramadasu, recently.
    Reciting an array of rik Carnatic pieces, Vishaka ensured that the bhava elements of the compositions reach the began her rendition on a symphonious note with Annamacharya’s composition Vandeham Jagad Vallabham. Set in Hamsadhvani raagam and adi talam, the singer successfully captured the
    divine essence of the lyrics and melody.
    One of Tyagaraja’s popular Pancharatna kritis, Sadhinchenu was next and Vishaka’s commentary prior to the song was as alluring as her rendition. Voicing the plight of
    Tyagaraja, who was torn between pleasing Lord Krishna and Rama in the same composition, the vocalist threw light on the emotional and spiritual su

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    We attended nearly 12 concerts as part of the Chennai December music season and this has got us hooked. We certainly hope to come back every year during the music season to hear some truly great musicians and some budding greats. I also realised that its the sari season and I enjoyed watching the many beautiful saris that many women wore. I have to do a special callout for the really old women who are frail and walk with some assistance but have an awesome sense of color and were beautifully turned out in stunning saris. Hopefully next year I will photograph some of them 🙂

    I wore this sari to U. Rajesh&#;s concert, the very first concert that we attended in this season. This was bought at Kumaran stores in some 6 years back. Its one of Krishnan&#;s favourite and he had insisted that I buy it. The neckpiece is from Desh Maheshwari and interestingly was bought just before Renuka, Neeti and I were about to attend a client meeting in Noida :). I was wearing a different sari and didn&

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    Vishakha Hari’s Margazhi festival uses stories of yore to talk about issues of today

    Renowned Harikatha exponent Vishakha Hari is coming up with a three-day festival, ‘Vijayashri Margazhi Vaibhavam’, which has a set of curated concerts and Harikathas by her sishyas, who are performing for the first time to live audiences, along with a performance by her. What’s interesting is that the topics that she’s chosen are ones that are relatable to today’s times.
    “I believe every topic of ancient literature always relates to contemporary is the far-sightedness of our great rishis and mahaans. We have a Harikatha on Karaikkal Ammaiyaar emphasising perseverance and the worship of the eternal, ‘Venkatesha Aavirbhavam’ exploring Annamaiyya’s keerthanams that talk about dharma and bhakti. ‘Namah Shivaya’ explores renunciation, self-detachment, and surrendering to the ultimate. ‘Endaro Mahanubhavulu’ is in three parts, covering as many as 20 different stories of our nation’s precious rathnas and
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