Nishagandhi Festival
The curtain raise of this year’s Nishagandhi festival is going to be held on 20th January 2007 in Nishagandhi open air auditorium in the Kanakakunnu Palace Compound, near the Museum, Trivandrum, the Capital city of Kerala. The coming seven enchanting evenings, Renowned and Leading exponents will perform Indian Classical dance and music and other folk forms. Artist and connoisseurs of dance and music from all over India come to enjoy this cultural treat. The festival is organised by Kerala Tourism Development Corporation. Year after year this festival is becoming more prestigious, renowned artists are urged to participate in this cultural event. The beautiful Nishagandhi open air auditorium used to stage a lot of art forms and cultural meets. It provides enchanting moments of India's rich classical dance and musical heritage.
The curtain raise of this year’s Nishagandhi festival is going to be held on 20th January 2007 in Nishagandhi open air auditorium in the Kanakakunnu Palace Compound, near the Museum, Trivandrum, the Capital city of Kerala. The coming seven enchanting evenings, Renowned and Leading exponents will perform Indian Classical dance and music and other folk forms. Artist and connoisseurs of dance and music from all over India come to enjoy this cultural treat. The festival is organised by Kerala Tourism Development Corporation. Year after year this festival is becoming more prestigious, renowned artists are urged to participate in this cultural event. The beautiful Nishagandhi open air auditorium used to stage a lot of art forms and cultural meets. It provides enchanting moments of India's rich classical dance and musical heritage.
The specialty of this time event includes Ghazal evening of Usthad Pankaj Udhas on the closing day, carnatic music enrichment by Sri. T.V sankaranaraynan and wonderful performance on Saxophone by Kadri Gopalnath in music while Madhavi Mudgal presents odissi dance, Vyjayanthi Kashi in Manipuri dance, Priti Patel in Manipuri and C.V. Chandrasekhar in Bharathanatyam. Also there will be rising performances of several upcoming artists.
A fusion item of Vidwan Mattannoor Sankarankutty in Chenda and Sri. Balabhaskar in Violin is on 24th at 8.00 pm. Apart from these, a flower festival is also organised on all the days while an array of ethnic crafts and exotic cuisine from all over the country. So come to Nishagandhi and enjoy the cultural extravaganza.
Major Programme
Jan 20: 6.50 PM Special Choreography
7.15 pm Mohiniyattom (Dr. Neena Prasad and Troupe)
Jan 21: 6.45pm Odissi (Madhavi Mudgal and Troupe)
8.00 pm Bharatanatyam, N. Srikanth & Aswathi Sreekanth
Jan 22: 6.45 pm Carnatic Music (T.V. Sankara Narayan)
Jan 23: 6.45 pm Kuchipudi (Vyjayanthi Kashi and Troupe)
8.00 pm Manipuri (Preethi Mehrotra and Troupe)
Jan 24: 6.45 pm Bharatanatyam (Prof. C.V. Chandrasekhar & Troupe)
Fusion Music (Balabhaskar & Mattannor Sankarankutty)
Fusion Music (Balabhaskar & Mattannor Sankarankutty)
Jan 25: 6.45 pm Saxophone (Kadri Gopalnath)
8.00 pm Kathak (Debasree Bhattacharya,
Vikram Iyengar and Troupe)
To get the venue:
To get the venue:
About 6 km from Trivandrum International airport.
Thiruvananthapuram is connected with train services to all major cities in India. Nishagandhi is about 3 km from Railway Station, Thampanoor
A lot of bus services are available from Thampanoor Bus Stand and East Fort Bus Stand
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