Remembering Gopalakrishna Bharathi
The Hindu
Gopalakrishna Bharathi Music Festival Trust has organised the 34th annual music festival in memory of the composer, who attained Siddhi on the Mahashivaratri day. The three-day festival will take place at Arulmigu Medha Dakshinamurthy Temple, Mayiladuthurai, from March 2 to 4.
Gopalakrishna Bharathi has composed and rendered a rich fund of songs extolling Shiva. His ‘Nandanam Charitram’ is a well-known Tamil work. He attained Siddhi on the Mahashivaratri day. The festival line-up will begin with Injikkudi Ganesan’s Nagaswaram performance on March 2 at 4.30 p.m. followed with the vocal concerts by Shyam Sunder (5.15 p.m.), Sunil Gargyan (6 p.m.) and Amritha Murali (7.30 p.m.). Events to take place on other days are: March 3 - Vocal concert by Prithvi Harish and Shravan Kumar (5 p.m.), Abhishek Raghuram (6 p.m.), and namasankirtanam by Sivasri Skandaprasad (7.30 p.m.). The nagaswaram concert by T.P.N. Ramanathan at 5 p.m. followed by Rithvik Raja’s concert at 6 p.m. and that of Sowmya (7.30 p.m.) will complete the last day’s schedule.
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For details contact 97907 44070 or send a mail to gkbtrust@gmail.com.
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