Anirudh presents maiden Kutcheri

In his maiden Kutcheri, 9year old S Anirudh, a class V student of Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School, Adyar, presented a lively carnatic vocal music performance this morning at the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore on day 1 of the three day Navarathri Special Mikeless Kutcheri organised by Sundaram Finance.

Anirudh is learning music from Guru Dr. Radha Ramji (Disciple of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri T K Govinda Rao).

Accompanied on the Mridangam by K S Sriram (Guru Shri K Rangarajan) and on the Violin by Parur Anantlakshmi (Guru Shri Parur M S Anantharaman), Anirudhi presented songs that included Thyagarajar’s Kaala Harana ( Sudha Saveri, Roopakam) and Brova Bharama ( Bahudhari, Adhi), Neelakanda Sivan’s Entraikku Siva ( Mukhari, Misra Chaapu), Sri Purandara Dasar’s Dayamaadu
(Kalyani, Adhi) and Mangalam Ganapathy’s Navarathri Nayaki( Ranjani Maala, Adhi).

S Sivakumar, VP, Sundaram Finance Ltd., was present on the occasion and handed over certificates and mementos to the artistes.


This is the third year that Sundaram Finance is organising Navarathri Special Kutcheris. Sundaram Finance also organises Kutcheris on the first Sunday of every month.

For audition, email: sundaykutcheri@gmail.com

SriVarshini presents Sunday Kutcheri

As part of the mikeless Sunday Kutcheri in the park organised by Sundaram Finance, M. Srivarshini, a class 8 student of Sivaswamy Kalalaya presented a vocal carnatic music performance this Sunday (4th September) morning between 630am and 730am at the Chess Square of the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore.

Srivarshini has been learning music for the past 7 years (Guru: Smt. Padma Chandilyan). She was accompanied on the Mridangam by T. Karthik (Guru – Madurai Rangarajan) and on the Violin by T. Kishore (Guru – M.S. Gopalakrishnan).

She presented songs that included Karunai Seivai ( Hamsadwani Ragam, Adi Thalam), Sharavana Bhava (Shanmugpriya, Adi), Adiya Padhathai(Panthuvarali, Adi), Mathapara Sakthi (Ragamalika, Adi), Karunai Deivame (Sindhu Bhairavi,Adi), Vadavarai (Ragamalika, Adi), Kandena Govindha (Hamdanandhi, Adi), Odi Bharaiya (Mohanam, Adi) and Sari Bhandhane (Vasantha, Adi).

TT Srinivasaraghavan, MD, Sundaram Finance was present on the occasion and handed over certificates and mementos.


Sundaram Finance conducts audition to select the budding artistes.

For audition enquiries, email: sundaykutcheri@gmail.com