Putting a festival together takes time.
Revathi Tarakaram is aware of this.
For, as treasurer of the Sree Seshadripuram Ramaseva Samithi (Regd). she and her team has been doing this for many years.
"We give ourselves at least 4 months," she tells me on the sidelines of a concert by Srevalson Menon at the Seshadripuram College in this quiet colony.
This is the second oldest Sri Ramanavami music fest in Bangalore and Revathi has a history to protect and take along.
Her husband V. Tarakaram, a senior advocate is the secretary and he keeps a close watch on the goings-on every evening.
"Ours is a small team and we don't sell tickets not have membership," he adds.
It is his father who was part of the founders of the Mandali. They recall the services of one Gopal Iyengar who literally went door to door seeking donations.
This is the 64th edition of the fest and it attracts a sizable audience.
People can either sit on jamakalams or in chairs and enjoy two concerts, the first being for young talent.
"The first slot is for Bangaloreans but we get requests from seniors too to perform because they say it is their form of sea,"says Revathi. "For the main concerts all the accompanists are local artistes and we have lots of good ones."
Revathi says the Mandali has a nice bunch of sponsors which has made things easy for the organizers.
"The challenge is in putting together the concerts' artistes," she says."E-mails and calls go back and forth before a concert is frozen."
The fest here closes on April 22 with a Laksharchana till 10 am, a discourse and a musical feature by the popular Rasadhuni Friends Group on 'Jagatrayapavani' a 6.30 pm.
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