With the Metro connecting many parts of Bangalore, Yelachenahalli to Rajaji Nagar is just 35 minutes on the Green line. The meter in the auto from Rajaji Nagar Metro station showed the minimum fare of Rs. 25 while getting down at Sri Vani Education Centre in Shamavana, Basaveshwara Nagar.
At Vani School, Gayathri Venkataraghavan presented the inaugural concert of this year's Ramanavami Festival on Ugadi day.
The open-air auditorium was filled with the teachers of the school, students, parents apart from rasikas from the neighbourhood and the surrounding Malleshwaram, Sriramapura and Seshadripuram areas.
Gayathri accompanied by Charulatha Ramanujam on the violin, Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma on the mridangam and Guruprasanna on the ghatam took the rasikas along with her in the raga alapanas and compositions, all on Lord Rama. The variety of composers, she chose for the day interspersing with Kannada compositions was interesting.
Sakkani raja margamu, a grand composition by Thyagaraja in raga Kharaharapriya received much appreciation from the audience for Gayathri's rendering the kriti, Charulatha's support on the violin and the tani avarthanam by the percussionists.
Smarane onde salade in Malayamarutam by Purandaradasa and Rama nama bhajisidavage in Darbari Kanada by Gopala dasa gave the melodious effect for the evening. She included a Tamizh composition by Thanjavur Sankara Iyer, Sant Tukaram's abhang and mangalam composed by Papanasam Sivan.
Sri Vani Kala Kendra's festival is on till April 17, 2018. Many leading artistes are scheduled to perform at this festival.
The venue is well accessible. However, you need to ask for Vani School in Shamavana or specifically mention Basaveshwara Nagar while commuting by auto rickshaws as there are a couple of branches of Sri Vani Education Centre in the locality.
- Report and photo; R. Revathi
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