Reviving Temple Festivals - Kalachaara Marumalarchi

vkr85 · Post by **vkr85** » 14 Dec 2009, 22:25

Kalachaara Marumalarchi is presenting a unique festival of concerts during the December season aiming to bring concerts back to the temples of South India and preserve its rich culture and heritage. This series is from the 14th to 17th of December and the details of the performing artistes are given below. This festival is supported by the HR and CE department of Government of Tamil Nadu in South India.

Kalachaara Marumalarchi Trust and HR and CE department of Govt of Tamilnadu
Margazhi Festival of music from 14th to 17th December

Venue - Shri Parthasarathy Swami Temple

Schedule

14th 6.30 pm Ganesh and Kumaresh - Violin Duet

15th 6.30 pm S. Sowmya - Vocal

16th 6.30 pm O.S. Thiagarajan - Vocal

17th 6.00 pm Smt Geetha Bennet - Veena

7.00 pm N. Vijay Siva - Vocal

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 14 Dec 2009, 23:49

What is HR and CE? Is the Govt Tamil nadu financing this event?

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 15 Dec 2009, 02:36

HR&CE is the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the TN Govt. Eventually it has to spend the money it collects from the temples somehow.

It seems to be a good thing to bring back the lost tradition of temple concerts. I am sure most of the golden era concerts were held as much in temples as in sabhas.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 15 Dec 2009, 02:42

Thank you srkris. I hope the artists are not forced to sing only CM in tamil lyrics and out of state artists (nonresidents)are not excluded. I like the idea though.

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 15 Dec 2009, 02:44

Well Ganesh & Kumaresh, and Geetha Bennet will play only Tamil kritis if need be, so the others can sing in whatever language they want.