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Aani festival
Sri Bhakta Anjaneyar Temple, Kottivakkam, has organised a two-day annual Ani Moolam festival on June 29 and 30. Rituals will begin with Sri Venkatesa suprabatham at 6.30 a.m. on the first day, followed by Go Puja, abhishekams, alankarams and maha deeparadhanai. In the evening, Vijayamahaganapathy and Baktha Anjaneyar will be adorned with special fruits, coconut and vettrilai alankaram. J. Krishnaswami Iyengar will present a discourse on the Ramayana. After group chanting at 5.30 p.m., Cuddalore Gopibhagavathar and party will render bhajans. For details, contact: 2448 0687/98841 73318/98849 00099/2448 7614.
Remembering MLV
MLV Cultural Trust is celebrating MLV’s birthday by organising music concerts on July 2 and 3 at Dakshinamurthy auditorium, R.K.Mutt Road, Mylapore. T.M.Krishna will give a concert on the first day and Neyveli Santhanagopalan on the second day.
Panchami concert
Sri Satguru Gana Nilayam has organised a special concert of T.V.Sankaranarayanan on July 5, 6.30 p.m. at SMR matriculation Higher Secondary School, Jothi Ramalingam St., West Mambalam. Nagai Muralidharan (violin), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (mridangam) and S. Karthik (ghatam) will be the accompanists.
Styles underlined
Shakti Extratainment is conducting a Bhani festival on July 4 and 5 at the Narada Gana Sabha. It will be inaugurated by N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, at 10 a.m. Film director K. Balachander presides. The festival will show
case some of the most acclaimed styles and will feature top performers. The entire festival will be telecast by the channel, details of which will be available at their website, www.shakti extratainment.com
Mahotsavam
Sri Vaishnava Sabha, Pammal, is celebrating its seventh anniversary and Periyazhwar Mahotsavam on July 1, 3.30 p.m. U.Ve.T.A.Srinidhiswami will render an upanyasam on the topic, ‘Periyazhwarum Barathathva Nirnayamum at 5 p.m. For details, contact: 2248 2194.
Devotionals
Tattvaloka, Eldams Road (Ph: 2432 8124/25/26) has organised a programme of devotional songs, ‘Siva Sakti’ by Bhakta Kusuma Manjari, disciples of V. Subramaniam on June 30, 6 p.m. at its auditorium.
Dance competition
Narada Gana Sabha Trust, Natyarangam, TTK Road, (Ph:24993201), will conduct Bharatanatyam competitions for various age groups, on three days in July. Here are the details: For children in the ages of eight – 12 (July 7, 9.30 a.m. – alarippu – five minutes); for age group 13 – 18 (July 8, 9.30 a.m. – varnam (opening trikala jathi & sanchari for pallavi) – seven minutes); ages 19 – 30 (July 14, 9.30 a.m. – sanchari – seven minutes).
Discourse
M.V.Anantha-padmanabhachariar will present discourses on ‘Divyadesa Vaibhavam’ and ‘Varadaraja Gunanubhavam’, June 30-July 6, 6.30 p.m. at the Mylapore Fine Arts Club.
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