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Articles
Raga Shuddha Kalyan: How and why it is changing
Deepak Raja
Shuddha Kalyan is a popular, though difficult, raga of the Kalyan parent scale. The raga is pentatonic in the ascent and heptatonic in the descent.
Ascent: SRGPDS'
Descent: S'NDPM^GRS
The ascent is identic ...
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LEC-DEM MELA – Part 6
Music / Gayathri Sundaresan -
Traditions? What are you talking about?
Theatre / Kshitij Joshi -
The Ancient Yazh: Was It A Digital Instrument?
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The Legacy Of Rukmini Devi: To Stay With It Or Bui
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Dance Is A Many-Splendoured Thing But… 2
Dance / V.A.K. RANGA RAO
Artists
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Gundecha Brothers
Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha, better known as Gundecha Brothers, were conferred Padmashri in 2012 by the Govt of India for their contribution in ...
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Dr Minati Mishra
Born at Cuttack, Orissa, in 1937, into an artistically inclined family, Dr Minati Mishra was introduced to dance and music at a very early age, when s ...
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Na Muthuswamy
Natesan Muthuswamy is a famous theatre personality of Tamil Nadu. Born in the village of Punjai, Tanjavur district in 1936, he was an established shor ...
Interviews
Mylapore — Musical hub of Madras
GAYATRI SUNDARESAN
Reminiscences of S. Rajam
Mylapore — Musical hub of Madras
My life has revolved around music and art. I have seen and heard most of the stalwarts of the ‘golden period’ of Carnatic music. I have been fortunate to have moved with them closel ...
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“Appreciation from vidwans is the highest award”
Music / Aishwarya Srinivas -
Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi
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Teacher-Notions & Nostrums
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Young voices
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“There’s so much more to learn”
Music / V. Ramnarayan
Photo Gallery
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LEICHAL Day 1 - NARTAN KALA NIKETAN
Dancers of Nartan Kala Niketan performing Sattriya at the Leichal Festi ...
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Ugadi Concerts
Ugadi Concerts at Ravindra Kala Bhavana, Mangalore Carnatic Vocal concer ...
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Heritage
Palani Subramania Pillai
S. SANKARANARAYANAN
Special cover
The Department of Posts, Tamil Nadu Circle, issued a Special Cover on Palani Subramania Pillai on 11 May 2008 as a centenary tribute to the maestro. It was released by the Post Master General, Chennai, at the Sathguru Gnanananda Hall o ...
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A Birth Centenary Tribute
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Heritage - Chanmundeswari Temple
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Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
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Mahanavami Dibba in Hampi
Sthalams / Chithra Madhavan