Manaswini Sunday Kutcheri in the Park

Kicks off the 14th Year of Mikeless Kutcheri at Nageswara Rao Park

14 year old Manaswini Sathyanarayanan, student of Smt. Neeraja Badrinath presented a lively Mikeless Kutcheri on Sunday (Feb 3) morning between 7am and 8am at the chess square of the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore. The Kutcheri marked the beginning of the 14^th year of the Sunday Kutcheri in the Park.

Accompanied on the Violin by Parur Ananthalakshmi and on the Mirudangam by Punnur T. R. Arvind Kaushik, Manaswini presented compositions that included Muthuswami Dikshitar’s Ekambresa Nayike (Karnatika Suddha Saveri/Adi), Arunachala Nadham (Saranga / Rupakam) and Gopika Manoharam (Mohanam/ Adi), Thyagarajar’s Makelara (Ravichandrika/ Deshadi) and Sri Arunagirinaathar’s Muthai Tharu (Thiruppugazh/ Shanmugapriya). 

S Dhandayuthapani, GM, Sundaram Finance Ltd., presented certificates and mementos to the artistes.

Launched in February 2006, the idea of the Sunday Kutcheri in the Park, that takes place on the first Sunday of every month, is to provide opportunities to young budding talent aged below 15 years to present in front of an informal park audience amidst chirping birds and falling leaves. Mikes and speakers are not used at the Kutcheri in the Park. Over 1300 children have been part of the Kutcheri in the Park series.

Sundaram Finance conducts audition to select the artistes to present the Mikeless Kutcheri. For details, email: sundaykutcheri@sundaramfinance.in