Our second stop this Monday evening was Malleswaram. We turn into Sampige Road, the busiest and are surprised - the road is empty and the pavements dull as are the shops.
Did the rain drive away people tonight?
We squeeze into a backstreet that leads to the market. And greeted by lightning, enter a massive building for yet another concert venue here in Malleswaram.
B K Anantaram and Amit Nadig, flutists are in concert. A veena, a violin, mirdangam and ghatam around this well known duo.
Its a sparse crowd of rasikas here but the images of the gods, decorated and in well lit spaces are stunning here.
We are told that this plot was a donation of the Mysore Maharajah and this is not the first time that we hear of a donation from that quarter!
A break in the rain and we move on. News comes in of the passing away of violin maestro Lalgudi Jayaraman in Chennai - he had been ailing for many years but had managed to attend a few functions despite his handicap and ill-health. The news spreads across Bangalore.
Did the rain drive away people tonight?
We squeeze into a backstreet that leads to the market. And greeted by lightning, enter a massive building for yet another concert venue here in Malleswaram.
B K Anantaram and Amit Nadig, flutists are in concert. A veena, a violin, mirdangam and ghatam around this well known duo.
Its a sparse crowd of rasikas here but the images of the gods, decorated and in well lit spaces are stunning here.
We are told that this plot was a donation of the Mysore Maharajah and this is not the first time that we hear of a donation from that quarter!
A break in the rain and we move on. News comes in of the passing away of violin maestro Lalgudi Jayaraman in Chennai - he had been ailing for many years but had managed to attend a few functions despite his handicap and ill-health. The news spreads across Bangalore.
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