Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 29: Dogri Sanstha Jammu & Bhartiya Sangeet Sansthan Jammu organized ‘Shastriya Sangeet Te Nritya Di Surmei Sanj’ at Kunwar Viyogi Auditorium, Dogri Bhawan Karan Nagar Jammu in which prominent artists like Ridhima Bajpayee, Dr Hari Prasad Poudyal, Dr Priyavanda Tiwari Poudyal and Anand Bhardwaj enthralled the audience with their splendid performances and made the evening a memorable one.
The program started with Ridhima Bajpayee presenting two ‘bandish’ of Raag Jogkouns followed by a Dogri Bhajan written by Gyaneshwar and composed by V K Sambyal. Thereafter, Dr Hari Prasad Poudyal presented classical performance of flute through two bandish of Punjabi AdhaTaal and Drut Teen Taal in Raag Desh.
Anand Bhardwaj presented a dhun in Raag Kirwani on sitar whereas Dr Priyavanda Tiwari Poudyal spellbound the audience with four performances of Bharatnnatyam through Ganesh Pushpanjali, Shiv Panchakshar, Ram Thumak Chalat Ramchandra and Tillana.
Vijay Kumar Sambyal, well known as Rangeele Thakur and an eminent classical singer, who is also Managing Trustee, Bhartiya Sangeet Sastha Jammu, while complementing the performers said that it was in fact a dream cum true. He said that in the past also prominent performers visited the temple city and amused the music and dance lovers with their stunning performances. He hoped that the trend of past will show its existence in present also with good future prospectus. The performances in Indian Classical Music & Dance by the reputed artists will inspire the youths to realize their existence through own cultural heritage which needs to be preserved and promoted.
Prof Lalit Magotra, President Dogri Sanstha Jammu, while speaking on the occasion, said that such programs help in getting attached to our roots. Indian Classical Music and Dance are our identity which should be preserved and promoted. At this time, when western influences are quite evident in music and dance, we need to realize that we have some responsibilities towards our roots also, he added.
Raj Kumar ‘Behrupia’, a well-known theatre activist and himself a classical singer, conducted proceedings of the program. Light and Sound was supervised by Pawan Verma, a Dogri poet.
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