Once again Thiruvaiyaru was brought live at Goregaon Mumbai at Ram Mandir Bangur Nagar. Ganakala Vidya Nilayam in association with Ramakrishna Bhajana Samaj conducted Satguru Thyagaraja Aaradana on 16 Feb 2014. Pancharantna kritis were rendered by Musicians led by Senior Vidwans Smt.Girija Narasimhan, Smt.Lakshmi Rajagopalan,Smt.Jayashree Seshadri and other musicians. They were ably supported by Sarvashri. Satish Seshadri & Dinesh on the Violin, Rajesh Srinivasan and Satish Krishnamoorthy on Mridangam, Santhosh on Gatam. In addition, Sujesh Menon, Vishvaprasanna & Rahul also joined the senior percussion artists on the Mridangam. Shri.Sairam, provided able support on Ganjira and Sri Subramanian took on Morsing.
Abhishekam to Lord Sri.Rama was performed while the Pancharantam was rendered amidst the veda gosham & Purshasuktam by Senior vedic scholars of Ramakrishna Bhajana Samaj. Earlier, Nilayam’s students rendered Thyagaraja Kritis through vocal and Violin. Students of Smt.Jayashree Seshadri, Smt.Rekha Rajan, Smt.Rukmini , Smt. Vijaya Krishnamurthy have performed various Thyagaraja keertanas on Rama.
The function was concluded with Maha Aarti and Mahaprasadam was served to all . All the Arrangements were supervised and done by Nilayam’s president Shri.C.B.Ramamurthy , Vice President Shri. K.Narasimhan, Secretary A.P.Kannan, Treasurers Shri Venkatramani and Shri.Venkatesan. and MC Member Venkataramani. Music Committee members Smt.Jayashree Seshadri & Shri.S.Parthasarthy Co-ordinated with artists , students for making the program a successful event.
Ganakala Vidyanilayam expresses its Thanks to the President, Secretary and Managing Committee members of Ramakrishna Bhajana Samaj for their excellent co-operation and eloborate arrangements provided for the function.