Budgets for the mandalis has been going up and up. So organizing the music festivals for Sri Ramanavami is hard work for the hosts.
This year seems to have been a trying one for the men at the mandalis. Sponsorship has been slow in coming and sponsors have had tight fists.
As each organizer tries to schedule some top end artistes to present an attractive festival, the team has to consider the fee that artistes seek. Top end artistes from Chennai command fees that makes the hosts think twice before signing them up.
"Today, even Bangalore artistes want to be paid well," says one organizer. "We cannot grudge them the fee that is rightfully theirs but they must also consider the capacity of the host."
Bangalore's rasikas are also demanding; after all this season is their best time to listen to the best.
And if there is one host who feels letdown it is the one in Chamarajpet. The team here is cut up that the fest is treated as a religious-arts event and some governments want to keep away from such colors.
But with the BJP projected to form the next government in Delhi, this team hopes to see great seasons ahead.
This year seems to have been a trying one for the men at the mandalis. Sponsorship has been slow in coming and sponsors have had tight fists.
As each organizer tries to schedule some top end artistes to present an attractive festival, the team has to consider the fee that artistes seek. Top end artistes from Chennai command fees that makes the hosts think twice before signing them up.
"Today, even Bangalore artistes want to be paid well," says one organizer. "We cannot grudge them the fee that is rightfully theirs but they must also consider the capacity of the host."
Bangalore's rasikas are also demanding; after all this season is their best time to listen to the best.
And if there is one host who feels letdown it is the one in Chamarajpet. The team here is cut up that the fest is treated as a religious-arts event and some governments want to keep away from such colors.
But with the BJP projected to form the next government in Delhi, this team hopes to see great seasons ahead.
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