Category: Music

The 6-week long music workshop on Suladis conducted by Vanamala Center for Art and Culture was indeed an enchanting experience for all the participants. At the onset, we would like to thank Dr Meera Rajaram Pranesh to take the initiative and conduct this workshop to revive a very ancient musical form of Carnatic music –…

Vanamala Center for Art and Culture presented Sri Chakra Darshana – The Journey So Far to celebrate the documentary Sri Chakra Darshana being selected for International Online Film Festival- Spirit enlightened hosted by Culture Unplugged. This was arranged at Manorama Hall, Indian Institute of World Culture, Basavanagudi Bangalore on 18th January 2014 Sri Chakra Darshana…

The art of Katha Keerthana came to life on 23-10-2016 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, where a unique day long national seminar was held. Katha Keerthana, also called Harikatha or Kathakalakshepam, is a pristine art form in which music, literature, storytelling and to some extent dance converge to create a divine experience. The seminar was jointly…

On May 11 and 12th 2017, thanks to Vanamala Arts, a few of us were lucky to be on board the spiritual flight “Durga Saptashati Shibir” piloted by none other than the renowned scholar and great Harikatha exponent Shri Lakshmandas Velankar. We boarded the flight just like the deluded King Suratha and the merchant Samadhi,…

Vanamala center for art and culture, promoted by Dr. Meera Rajaram Pranesh and Dr.Pranesh organized a two day shibira on Nārada Bhakti Sūtra on 24th and 25th of February 2018in the serene and natural Auro Veda farm located on Kanakapura road, far away from the din of Bangalore. This was the second shibira following the…

Devi is endowed with three gunas- Satvic, Rajasik and Tamasic. Hence she is known as Trigunatmike. She has attributes related to these three gunas, which bring forth shrusti, stithi and laya. Based on her shrusti, stithi and laya shaktis, Devi is worshipped in several forms. But most popular forms are Saraswati, Lakshmi and Durga. During Navaratri…

Human beings are bestowed with six subtle chakras and Kundalini shakti which is found coiled at the base. There are several ways of raising this shakti found in humans. Dr Padmaja would indicate how yogic sadhanas, dance prayogas, basic postures of Bharatanatyam open up the body chakras, and enhance the flow of energy. She would…

The Book Harikeshanallur Dr L Mutthaih Bhagavatar -A Biography, was released on 11th January 2014 at Indian Institute of World Culture, Basavanagudi, Bangalore. It was released by the internationally renowned Violinist and Composer Padmabhushan Dr L Subramaniam. Also present as Guests on the dais were Ganakalabhushana Prof. Rajalakshmi Tirunarayanan and Gaana Tapasvi Vidushi Sudha V…

The program Bharatiya Samskriti Darshana – 11 a Series of lecture demonstrations on the Origin and Development of Indian Culture through ages was conducted on Saturday, 2nd May 2015 at the center premises. It was a very unique and informative program by the veteran Gamaki Vidushi Gangamma Keshavamurthy who was accompanied by Vidushi Sunanda Gururaj for vyaakhyana.…

Bharatiya Samskriti Darshana – 9 a Series of lecture demonstrations on the Origin and Development of Indian Culture through ages- The ninth program in the series was a lecture demonstration on – Unknown Compositions and Composers of Karnatak Music with Special Reference to Tallapaka Composers of 15th -16th CE. This scholarly demonstration was presented by Dr Veturi Anandamurthy a…