Tamil Isai Sangam awards presented

Justice N. Anand Venkatesh (2nd left) conferring the rubric Isai Perarignar connected Chitra Visweswaran and Pann Isai Perarignar connected Kudanthai V. Lakshmanan successful the metropolis connected Sunday. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM

Bharatanatyam dancer Chitra Visweswaran and Tamil euphony student Kudanthai V. Lakshmanan were honoured astatine the 83rd yearly Tamil Isai Festival of the Tamil Isai Sangam successful Chennai connected Sunday. The festival was inaugurated astatine Rajah Annamalai Mandram, with Justice N. Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court presiding over. Ms. Visweswaran was conferred the rubric Isai Perarignar, on with a golden medallion, a metallic plaque and an endowment purse, successful designation of her distinguished publication to Bharatanatyam and her engagement with Tamil euphony traditions. She described the time arsenic unforgettable and said it would stay an important milestone successful her life. The rubric Pann Isai Perarignar (scholar of melodic Tamil music) was conferred connected Kudanthai V. Lakshmanan, a seasoned exponent and researcher of Tamil pann music. He said the Tamil Isai Sangam would proceed for “thousands and thousands of years”, arsenic Tamil euphony could ne'er beryllium erased. He added euphony vidwans would support the contented live done their singing. Justice Anand Venkatesh began his code by singing ‘Amuthe Thamizhe Azhagiya Mozhiye’. He said music, quality and God are one, and that euphony was not simply a dependable to beryllium heard, but an acquisition to beryllium felt.

Published - December 22, 2025 12:48 americium IST