Category: Events

  • A Documentary on Dasha Mahavidya – The Ten Cosmic Powers

      This Six-hour documentary spread across in 12 segments, gives an overall view of Dasha Mahavidyas. Each Deviis described as referred in Tantra and Puranas whose principles are based on Vedas and Upanishads. This iscomprised of Slokas, Yantras, Mantras, Karnatak Music compositions which co- relate to the principles of DashaMahavidya supported by visuals of Shakti…

  • Documentary on Dasha Mahavidyas

    Documentary on Dasha Mahavidyas

    Dasha Mahavidyas in Hindu scriptures are a group of deities represented as Devis. The Devis represent ten (Dasha) great paths of knowledge as well as cosmic powers that hold the entire creation. This is a derivative of the worship of the Divine Mother which has been an integral part of the Upanishads and the Vedas…

  • Bharatiya Samskriti Darshana- 18 – Guru Vandana

    “Na Gururōr adhikam tatvam | Na Gurōr adhikam tapaḥ||   Tatva gñānāt param nāsti | tasmai Śri Gurave namaḥ || As part of the 18th  program sequence of Bharatīya Samskriti Darshana, Vanamala Center for Art and Culture conducted and presented Guru Vandana program on 25th of August at Suchitra cinema and cultural academy. This beautiful Sunday…

  • SADHANA SHIBIRA ON DURGA SAPTASHATI – Narayanan Iyer

    The moment a Sadhana Shibira on Durga Saptashati was announced by the Vanamala Centre for Arts and culture a couple of months back, it struck an immediate positive chord for three main reasons. Firstly, the theme was Durga Saptashati. Durga Saptashati which is also known as Devi Mahatmya and Chandi Path is a Hindu religious…

  • Bharatiya Samskriti Darshana- 18 – Guru Vandana

    GURU VANDANA To celebrate, acknowledge and honour all the Gurus On the auspicious occasion of Guru Purnima Presenting  GURU DARSHANA Rendering compositions on Guru By Mangala Subrahmanya, Vijayashree Rao, Manasa Gireesh, Madhuri K.V, Thejaswini, Nagashree Narayan, Vaishnavi Mayya, Manasa K.S and Pavani Kashinath. Release of the Book GITAGANGADHARA A Geya Prabandha by Kalale Nanjaraja In…

  • Workshop on Suladis Vidushi -Daya Narayanan

    The 6-week long music workshop on Suladis conducted by Vanamala Center for Art and Culture was indeed an enchanting experience for all the participants. At the onset, we would like to thank Dr Meera Rajaram Pranesh to take the initiative and conduct this workshop to revive a very ancient musical form of Carnatic music –…

  • Sri Chakra Darshana – The Journey So Far

    Vanamala Center for Art and Culture presented Sri Chakra Darshana – The Journey So Far to celebrate the documentary Sri Chakra Darshana being selected for International Online Film Festival- Spirit enlightened hosted by Culture Unplugged. This was arranged at Manorama Hall, Indian Institute of World Culture, Basavanagudi Bangalore on 18th January 2014 Sri Chakra Darshana…

  • Sant Bhadragiri Achutdas Memorial National Seminar On Katha Keertana –Report by Narayanan Iyer

    The art of Katha Keerthana came to life on 23-10-2016 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, where a unique day long national seminar was held. Katha Keerthana, also called Harikatha or Kathakalakshepam, is a pristine art form in which music, literature, storytelling and to some extent dance converge to create a divine experience. The seminar was jointly…

  • Sadhana Shibira On Durga Saptshati – II Narayanan Iyer

    On May 11 and 12th 2017, thanks to Vanamala Arts, a few of us were lucky to be on board the spiritual flight “Durga Saptashati Shibir” piloted by none other than the renowned scholar and great Harikatha exponent Shri Lakshmandas Velankar. We boarded the flight just like the deluded King Suratha and the merchant Samadhi,…

  • Nārada Bhakti Sūtra– Sādhana Shibira

    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…