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Sowmya, Manju and Venkatesh perform at fest

Udupi: The Shastreeya Sangeeth Sabha organised a unique classical music festival titled “Tataaka Sangeet Mahotsav” at the “Sheshatheertha” lake on Sri Venkataramana Temple premises at Karkala in Udupi district on Saturday.

A release issued by the sabha here on Tuesday said the music festival was held to mark the 19th anniversary of the sabha. The fest began at 6 p.m. and concluded at midnight. Three artistes of repute participated in the fest.

S. Sowmya from Chennai rendered Carnatic vocal while Manju Mehta from Ahmedabad gave a sitar recital performance. Venkatesh Kumar from Dharwad rendered Hindustani vocal. The performance of these artistes kept the audience spellbound throughout the programme.

Artistes such as Vittal Ramamoorthy (violin), Neyveli Narayanan (mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira), Omkarnath Gulvady from Mumbai and Ravindra Yavagal from Bangalore on tabla and Vyasamurthy Katti from Bangalore on harmonium provided excellent accompaniment.

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