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Srekala Bharath and Thejas School of Performing Arts presented ‘Uthama Deivangal’, a thoughtfully-curated thematic accumulation focussed connected Santoshi Mata, Shirdi Sai Baba and Swami Ayyappa, astatine Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore. The presumption employed music, question and ocular imagery to evoke a spiritual ethos. Srekala anchored the accumulation arsenic the narrator, providing clarity and continuity.
The presumption opened with an invocatory portion connected Ganesha and moved connected to picture Santoshi Mata arsenic a small miss and arsenic a goddess clad successful a aureate saree, sporting agelong hairsbreadth and a decorative headpiece who grants her devotees’ wishes.
The Shirdi Sai Baba conception began with an instauration by a radical of dancers showing him arsenic idiosyncratic who dispels darkness. The conception included immoderate jathis too. This conception concluded with a joyful dance.
Srekala Bharath’s thematic accumulation ‘Uthama Deivangal’ performed astatine Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The last conception ‘Swamiye saranam Ayyappa’ saw Srekala Bharath narrate the fable of Ayyappa. Harihara Sudhan appeared arsenic a young kid successful achromatic attire with striped detailing, performing a jathi. Soon, helium becomes Manikandan, increasing up nether the attraction of King Rajasekhara of Pandalam. It concluded with Ayyappa emerging victorious implicit Mahishi and commanding the royals to physique a temple wherever his arrow fell. The conception concluded with a depiction of the 18 ineffable steps, the opus ‘Kallum mullum kaalukku methai,” and the devotion of Ayyappa’s followers who spell connected a pilgrimage. The evening came to a adjacent with a tillana.
L. Narendra Kumar provided inputs for the stories and Rukmani Ramani contributed to the music. The orchestra for the evening featured Padma Raghavan connected the nattuvangam, Chitrambari Krishnakumar connected vocals, Sakthi Vel Murugan connected the mridangam, N. Shigamani connected the violin and bushed pad by K. R. Venkata Subramani. Concept, choreography, and costume plan were by Srekala Bharath.
