Category: Events

Vanamala center for art and culture, promoted by Dr. Meera Rajaram Pranesh and Dr.Pranesh organized a two day shibira on Nārada Bhakti Sūtra on 24th and 25th of February 2018in the serene and natural Auro Veda farm located on Kanakapura road, far away from the din of Bangalore. This was the second shibira following the…

Devi is endowed with three gunas- Satvic, Rajasik and Tamasic. Hence she is known as Trigunatmike. She has attributes related to these three gunas, which bring forth shrusti, stithi and laya. Based on her shrusti, stithi and laya shaktis, Devi is worshipped in several forms. But most popular forms are Saraswati, Lakshmi and Durga. During Navaratri…

Human beings are bestowed with six subtle chakras and Kundalini shakti which is found coiled at the base. There are several ways of raising this shakti found in humans. Dr Padmaja would indicate how yogic sadhanas, dance prayogas, basic postures of Bharatanatyam open up the body chakras, and enhance the flow of energy. She would…

The Book Harikeshanallur Dr L Mutthaih Bhagavatar -A Biography, was released on 11th January 2014 at Indian Institute of World Culture, Basavanagudi, Bangalore. It was released by the internationally renowned Violinist and Composer Padmabhushan Dr L Subramaniam. Also present as Guests on the dais were Ganakalabhushana Prof. Rajalakshmi Tirunarayanan and Gaana Tapasvi Vidushi Sudha V…

The program Bharatiya Samskriti Darshana – 11 a Series of lecture demonstrations on the Origin and Development of Indian Culture through ages was conducted on Saturday, 2nd May 2015 at the center premises. It was a very unique and informative program by the veteran Gamaki Vidushi Gangamma Keshavamurthy who was accompanied by Vidushi Sunanda Gururaj for vyaakhyana.…

Bharatiya Samskriti Darshana – 9 a Series of lecture demonstrations on the Origin and Development of Indian Culture through ages- The ninth program in the series was a lecture demonstration on – Unknown Compositions and Composers of Karnatak Music with Special Reference to Tallapaka Composers of 15th -16th CE. This scholarly demonstration was presented by Dr Veturi Anandamurthy a…

Birds of India by Sri Vijay Cavale Vanamala Center for Art and Culture had organized a wonderful Audio Visual program on Birds of India by an ace photographer Sri Vijay Cavale on 31st May 2014. Cavale’s program was unique in two ways. He first presented plenty of beautiful birds, which are surprisingly found in and…

The programme for March 2014 at Vanamala Centre for Art and Culture was a special one- “Rangageete” by Vidwan Paramashivan. It was quite amazing that even at the ripe age of 84, he stood up and sang for the entire duration of the programme- that is nearly three hours! Another point to be noted was…

Sowmya Sanak Kumar is one of the founding trustees of Svarakshema Foundation (Regd) and is conducting Research on Music Therapy. Sowmya being a science graduate did her Masters in Micro biology and later went on to pursue her Masters in Music with a distinction from Jain University. She learnt music from Vidwan Sri N Subramanya Sharma,…

Prof. Dr. Sudheendra Sharma is a renowned theatre artist and has served as a faculty of Drama as well as the Head of the Dept. of Performing Arts, Bangalore University. He has also served as a Member and Chairman, Board of Studies; Board of Examiners at several Universities. He is the Founder Editor of Kalaaswaada- a…