Navarathri Kutcheri in the Park 2016

8th year in a row 3 day Navarathri Special ‘Kutcheri in the Park’ organised at Nageswara Rao Park Vidya Mandir Students presented a Kutcheri on each of the three days As part of the Navarathri celebrations, Sundaram Finance organised a three day Kutcheri in the Park between Oct 7 and 9, 2016 at the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore between 7am and 8am. This was the 8th year that Sundaram Finance organised the Navarathri Special Kutcheri in the Park. Students from Vidya Mandir presented a Kutcheri on each of the three days. On the first and second day ( Friday and Saturday morning,) Guru S. Vijayalakshmi’s students presented Kutcheris. On Friday, 13 year old Varsha Balaji presented a mikeless kutcheri accompanied on the Violin by R. Vasumathi (Guru Dr. Harini Srivatsa) and on the Mirudangam by P. Vishal (disciple of Thiruvarur Sri Bakthavathsalam). On Saturday morning, accompanied by Sharanya Kannan (Violin) and by P. Vishal ( Mirudangam),12 year old Gopika Devarajan presented the Kutcheri in the Park. Sunday Morning- Sisters’ Kutcheri On the final day (Oct 9), Sisters 14 year old Sapna Krishnakumar & 11 year old Vibha Krishnakumar (Guru Smt. Geetha Raja) presented a Kutcheri for an hour from 7am. They were accompanied on the Violin by Arushi Ramesh (Guru Smt. Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi) and on the Mirudangam by S. Vaithiyanathan (Guru Sri. Chromepet G. Suresh), Sundaram Finance has also been organising Kutcheri in the Park on the first Sunday of every month since February 2007. No mikes and speakers are used at the Kutcheri in the Park. Over 1000 children have presented concerts at the Kutcheri in the Park. Sundaram Finance conducts audition to select the artistes aged below 15years for the monthly Kutcheri in the Park.