It is always said that unplanned trips are the most memorable. This turned out to be true for us at Aditya Hridayam- Space for Arts when we had an opportunity to visit Sri Ramansramam, situated at the foot hills of Arunachala at Tiruvannamalai, TamilNadu. We would really like to share with you all the memorable…
Preksha Venkatesh- A solo debut
The month of May harrowed the people of Bangalore with its heat waves. June is born now, bringing along with it the showers that is calming the scorching heat as well as the moods of the people. This happens to be the perfect time to watch and enjoy a soulful Bharatnatyam dance performance. What more…
A symphony between Poetry and Choreography – Ramapriya Varnam
Aditya Hridayam space for arts presented a varnam as part of its recent recital – Nrithya Sudha, choreographed by Sri Srinivasan Rajendran. This varnam penned by Vidwan Mahesh Swamy and it’s music composed by Vidwan Srivatsa is set to Ramapriya raaga and Aadi taala. I intend to analyze and discover how the poetry and choreography of the varnam…
Shiva Shakti
The students along with their Guru Srinivasan Rajendran were given a divine opportunity to perform at the auspicious Perur Natyanjali 2015 held at the Perur Patteshwarar Temple. The theme of the presentation was “Shiva Shakthi”. Providing full justice to the name of the presentation, the concluding piece was the Ardhanareeshwara Sthotram which was well received…
Ramana Nrityanjali
Guru Srinivasan Rajendram along with the students of Aditya Hridayam presented a thematic presentation consisting of music composed by the Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning at the Ramana Maharshi Shrine on the occasion of Aruna Vijaya Day, the day when Sri Ramana Maharshi reached Tiruvannamalai. The presentation was designed to express different types of devotion…
Dasyapanodanam
The Guru along with the students of Aditya Hridayam presented a traditional Sanskrit Drama “Dasyapanodanam”. Dasyapanodanam written by Abhiraja Rajendra Mishra, describes the episode of Garuda fetching liberation to his mother Vinata from the clutches of his step mother Kadru (mother of snakes). This choreographically included the Poorvaranga, Asaritha, Naandi and the Bharatavaakya.
Shivarathri Samyuktam
The students of Aditya Hridayam had the privilege of performing at two venues in the auspicious night of shivarathri. A selection of items attributed to Lord Shiva was performed first in Mahabaleshwara temple in Mahalakshmi layout followed by Samskruti – Temple of Arts.
Krishnam Vande Jagath Gurum
Guru Srinivasan Rajendran and his students performed for the prestigious Naada Neeranjanam 2015 at Tirumala Temples. The repertoire presented was named “Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum”. This presentaion included the story of young Krishna who danced over the serpent Kalinga. This presentation also included the varnam on Lord Srinivasa composed by Lalgudi Jayram in Shanmuka Priya raga…
Govina Haadu
Aditya Hridayam performed a dance presentation “Nritya Samyama”. The presentation included the story of Punyakoti, an evergreen folklore. This was presented in semi classical style. The story involves an honest cow, Punyakoti which pleads a hungry tiger, Arpuda to leave her for a few minutes to feed her calf. After he hesitantly agrees to let…
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