 Sahana's captivating park kutcheri
 In the sixth of the Sundaram Finance ‘Sunday Kutcheri in the Park’, Sahana Soundararajan, a class-9 student, Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Virugambakkam, enthralled the audience with her scintillating voice and korvais of the ragas between 6.30 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. on July 2, 2006, at the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore.
Sahana, named after the beautiful raga ‘Sahana’, had to compete with the chirping of birds in the early hours of the morning to be heard. The audience did hear her. She kept the audience spellbound right until the end with a finger-clicking 'Brahmamokhatey'. Encouraged by the audience, she gained confidence with every piece. Sahana was provided excellent accompaniment by J Shradha Ravindran’s violin and M Bharath’s
mridangam.
Sahana’s guru, Lalitha Santhanam (Sathur Sisters) was pleased as punch to see her 14-year-old disciple being lauded for her rendition of 'Marukelaraa' which had the audience asking for more.
The ‘Sundaram Finance Sunday Kutcheri in the Park’ is intended to promote budding youngsters to display their talents. Auditions are open.
Features of the ‘Sundaram Finance Sunday Kutcheri in the Park’:
Open to kids below 15 years;
To be organised on the first Sunday of every month between 6.30 a.m. and 7.30 a.m.
An audition committee, set up by Sundaram Finance, will conduct an audition test before finalising the artistes;
No mikes and speakers will be used; and
Sundaram Finance will present certificates to the performing artistes;
For audition and registration details, contact:
044-2855 8081 on weekdays between 9.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. or
E-mail profile to: ssiva@sundaramfinance.in
R Rangaraj
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