“Indian Classical Music & Dance are not just for Entertainment - they are designed to elevate your Consciousness...”

Pracheen Kala Kendra

proudly presents

53rd

All India Bhaskar Rao

Nritya & Sangeet Sammelan

Where Pure Classical Tradition Resonates

15th to 24th March, 2024

at 6:30 pm daily

venue :

tagore theatre

sec-18, chandigarh

Friday, 15th Mar., 2024

INAUGURATION

Dr. R. C. Mishra, IPS

Additional Director General of Police (Govt of Haryana)

has very kindly consented to be the

CHIEF GUEST

& inaugurate the festival

will also grace the occasion at the time of inauguration

Friday, 15th Mar., 2024

Violin

Recital

Accompanists

Sh. Debjit Patitundi (Tabla)

Vid. Sridar Parthasarathy (Mridangam)

Sh. Deepak Pandit

Bharatnatyam

Dance

Vid. Rama Vaidyanathan

& Troupe

Sudha Raghuraman (Vocal)

Himanshu’s Srivastava (Nattuvangam)

Sannidhi Vaidyanathan (⁠Mridangam)

G Raghuraman (⁠Flute)

Jaya Seal (Lights)

Saturday, 16th Mar., 2024

Chief Guest

Sh. Nirmal Ouseppachan, IAS

Additional Deputy Commissioner (General), Mansa

Vocal

Recital

Sh. Amjad Ali

Khan

Accompanists

Sh. Mehmood Khan (Tabla)

Sh. Vivek Jain (Harmonium)

Odissi

Dance

Guru Kiran Segal & Troupe

Troupe Artists:

Madhyama Segal

Sangini Kumar

Akanksha Roy

Matri Pal

Sunishka Roy Choudhury

Aditi Gupta

Jahanvi Kallolini

Accompanists:

Shri Prafulla Mangaraj (Mardala, Percussion)

Shri Prashant Behera (Vocal)

Shri Dhiraj Pandey (Flute)

Janab Rais Ahmad Khan (Sitar)

Sunday, 17th Mar., 2024

Vocal

Duet

Accompanists

Sh. Durjay Bhaumik (Tabla)

Smt. Paromita Mukherjee (Harmonium)

Kashyap Bandhus

Dr. Prabhakar & Dr. Diwakar Kashyap

Sitar

Jugalbandi

Accompanists

Sh. Himanshu Mahant (Tabla)

Sh. Manohar Balatchandirane (Mridangam)

Sh. Varun Rajashekharan (Ghatam)

Vid. Manju Mehta &

Vid. Amita Dalal

Monday, 18th Mar., 2024

Santoor

Recital

Sh. Rajkumar

Majumder

Accompanist

Sh. Siddharth Chatterjee (Tabla)

Kuchipudi

Dance

Vid. Meenu Thakur

& Troupe

Troupe Artists:

Garima Prakash, Bhawana Gill, Tanushree Biswas, Riya, Pritika, Saisha Walia, Sai Tejesvi, Mansi Gola, Mabel, Rahul Roy, Nitin

Milind Srivastav (Technical Support and Stage Lighting)

Tuesday, 19th Mar., 2024

Vocal

Recital

Vid. Sujata

Gurav

Kumar

Accompanists

Ustad Akhtar Hasan (Tabla)

Pt. Devendra Verma (Harmonium)

Sarod

Recital

Dr. Rajeeb

Chakraborty

Accompanist

Ustad Akram Khan (Tabla)

Wednesday, 20th Mar., 2024

Dhrupad

Recital

Dr. Samit

Mallick

Accompanist

Pt. Ravishankar Upadhyay

(Pakhawaj)

Pt. Vishwamohan Bhatt &

Pt. Salil Bhatt

Accompanists

Pt. Ram Kumar Mishra (Tabla)

Sh. Kutla Khan (Khartal)

Thursday, 21st Mar., 2024

Chief Guest

Ms. Kanwardeep Kaur, IPS

Senior Superintendent of Police, Chandigarh

Vocal

Recital

Dr. Mohan

Darekar

Accompanists

Pt. Vinod Lele (Tabla)

Dr. Tarun Joshi (Harmonium)

Tabla

Duet

Sh. Abhishek Mishra &

Sh. Shubh Maharaj

Accompanists

Sh. Rajendra Banerjee (Harmonium)

Sh. Vinayak Sahai (Sarangi)

Friday, 22nd Mar., 2024

Vocal

Recital

Dr. K. A.

Chanchal

Accompanists

Dr. Mahendra Prasad (Tabla)

Prof. Gurmeet Singh (Harmonium)

Sh. Rajesh (Sarangi)

Sitar

Recital

Pt. Kushal Das

Accompanist

Pt. Parimal Chakraborty

(Tabla)

Saturday, 23rd Mar., 2024

Vocal

Recital

Vid. Shalmalee Joshi

Accompanist

Pt. Debashish Adhikary (Tabla)

Sh. Sumit Mishra (Harmonium)

Quartet Instrument Ensemble

Pt. Ronu Majumder- (Flute)

Vidwan R. Kumaresh (Fiddlingmonk) - (Violin

Pt. Aditya Kalyanpur - (Tabla)

Vidwan Harikumar - (Mridangam)

Sunday, 24th Mar., 2024

Concluding Day

Chief Guest

SH. BANWARILAL PUROHIT

Hon'ble Governor of Punjab & Administrator U.T. Chandigarh

has very kindly consented to be the

CHIEF GUEST

and felicitate the Eminent Personalities and confer the Awards

eminent personalities to be honoured

Prof. Saubhagya Vardhan

Eminent Musician & Scholar

to be bestowed with PKK Award of Excellence in Classical Music

Vid. Suchitra Mitra

Senior Bharatnatyam Exponent & Guru

to be bestowed with PKK Award of Excellence in Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Pt. Vijay Shanker Mishra

Eminent Writer, Musicologist and Cultural Ambassador

to be bestowed with PKK Award of Excellence in Journalism

Sunday, 24th Mar., 2024

Vocal

Jugalbandi

Pt. Ritesh Mishra &

Pt. Rajnish Mishra

Accompanists

Pt. Dharamnath Mishra (Harmonium)

Sh. Pradeep Kumar Sarkar (Tabla)

Kathak

Dance

Vid. Vidha Lal &Troupe

We are also grateful to

DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

DEPARTMENT OF HOSPITALITY

CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION, CHANDIGARH

for their kind support in organising this event.