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Vol.15 No. 11 November - 2015
STATE-OF-THE-ART KRG HALL OPENED
A new auditorium—KRGHall—complete with modernacoustics and
lighting at theBhavan premises, was opened tothe public on Oct.
27.The compact auditorium,carrying the name of Justice
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K R Gopivallabha Iyengar,whose family bore the entire costof
renovation of the hall, wasinaugurated in the presence ofJustic
Iyengar’s spouse,Smt. Sharada. It is the largesseof Sri K.G.
Raghavan. Hon.Secretary, BVB, and son of
A glimpse of the compact KRG Hall with its subtly-lit interior
at theinaugural function on 25 Sept, 2015
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Justice K.G. GopivallabhaIyengar, and other familymembers that
has made the KRGHall a reality.
With bright natural lightpouring in during daytime, and agrand
entry door, the auditorium,right at the entrance of theBhavan,
echoes the traditionsBhavan stands for, in its ethnicity.
Justice Dr. M NVenkatachaliah, former chiefjustice of India,
Justice Dr. RamaJois, former governor ofJharkhand and Bihar,
JusticeRajendra Babu, former chiefjustice of India, and
JusticShivaraj V Patil, former judge,Supreme Court, were the
Guestsof Honour.
The formal inauguration waspreceded by elaborate
rituals,well-attended by the Bhavan staff,which was followed by
aninaugural saxophone concert byVidwan Sridhar Sagar and
troupe.
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Sri. K.G. Raghavan Hon. Secretary, BVB, Sri. H.N. Suresh,
Director BVB,Smt. Kuntala Das, donor, Smt. Seetha Ramachandra,
Associate Secretary, BVB,
along with Bhavan staff after the homa.
Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah,former chief justice of India
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Bhavan is now geared up toconduct more cultural and
literaryevents, with the addition of this
modern auditorium to its existingfacilities, thanks to
GopivallabhaIyengar’s kin.
Saxophone concert by Vidwan Sridhar Sagar & Troupe
Justice Shivraj V. Patil, former Judge, Supreme Court, Justice
Dr. M. Rama Jois,former Governor of Bihar & Jharkhand, Sri. K.
G. Raghavan, Hon. Secretary, BVB,Smt. Sharada, Justice K.R. Gopi
Vallabha Iyengar’s spouse, and Smt. Kuntala Das
Iyengar’s daughter, join in lighting the lamp.
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programme conducted byBrindavan Education Trust.
This enrichment programmeaims at teachers acquiring skillsand
strategies to teach earlyliteracy, facilitate holisticdevelopment,
and become
aware of informal screening fordevelopmental delays.
Sri H.N.Suresh presidedover the function. Smt. VijayaMahadevan,
Smt. JanakiNarendra, Dr. Gayatri Kiran andcourse coordinator Smt.
ShwetaChandrashekar of Brindavan Trustwere present on the
occasion.
Sri. H.N. Suresh, Director BVB, explaining the painting on
Astadikpalaka afterthe inauguration by Sri. Chandrashekhara
Kambara, Noted scholar
Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh, joins.
This year’s Nitya Nrityafestival was a theme-based eventthat
threw a challenge to dancersto translate a rather abstracttheme,
Ashtadikpalaka (guardiansof eight directions) into themedium of
dance.
The challenge was thrown bythe Director of the BengaluruKendra,
H N Suresh, whoseeight, detailed paintings on thesubject, with a
spectacularcomposite work incorporatingall elements of the eight
paintings,was the topic on which the artisteshad to compose
meaningful dancepieces.
WHERE TWOVISUAL ARTSMET
The result was anunexpected, decipherablemeeting of the two
arts, withelaborate talks accompanyingthe dance numbers.
Shatavadani Dr. R Ganeshdelivered the keynote address ofthe
festival, themed “Ashtadikpalain art and literature”, after
theinaugural address by litterateur
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Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambara.Vyjayanthi Kashi’s ShambaviSchool of
Dance presented theconcept in Kuchipudi, BharatiVittal in Kathak
and Dr. ShobhaShashikumar in Bharatanatya.
The paintings of Suresh,on display simultaneously atthe
newly-opened, subtly-litKRG Hall, were a study inmathematics,
astrology,constellations, astronomy,vastu shastra, and mantrasamong
others.
Educative, appealing visuallyand intellectually, while
beingmystical and scientific at the sametime, was the sum and
substanceof the Ashtadikpalaka paintings.
A rare occasion when anaudience was treated to aninformative,
aesthetic paintingexhibition, complemented bydance recitals on same
theme ofthe paintings and buttressed byeducative talks on the
concept ofashtadikpalaka, this year’s NityaNritya was a
record–breaker ofits own history of trend-setting,innovative
culture fiestas.
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KRG ANDKHINCHA HALLSCAME ALIVE WITHNITYA NRITYA
Nitya Nritya festival being inaugurated by Dr. Chandrashekhara
Kambara, alongwith (from left) Sri. D. Srinivasan,Dr. Lalitha
Srinivasan, Smt. Dwaraki
Krishnaswamy, Sri. H.N.Suresh, Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh and
Dr. V.K. Aatre.
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1. Shambavi School of
Dance presenting a
Kuchipudi recital on
Indra (ashtadikpalaka)
2. Bharati Vittal and
troupe on Agni, in
Kathak form.
3. Bharatanatya recital by
Dr. Shobha Shashi Kumar
on Ashtadikpalaka
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Padmashree K.S., Nitya Narasimhan and Bhavya
Swetha
Hegde
and
troupe
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Dr. N S Viswanath, Director & Principal, MPBIM, Prof. B.
Thimme Gowda,Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University, Sri H N
Suresh, Director, Bharatiya Vidya
Bhavan, and Sri Dinesh Kumar, Executive Vice-President of
99acres.com lighting the lamp to mark the inauguration.
BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN’S M.P. BIRLA INSTITUTEOF MANAGEMENT,
BENGALURU, HELD THE
INAUGURATION OF THE 17TH BATCH OF THEMBA PROGRAMME 2015 -17, ON
25.9.2015.
Ameera
Patankar
depicting
her
understanding
of
Ashtadikpalaka
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SMT SUSHEELAMMA NANJUNDAIAH,SRI NANJUNDAIAH, AND
SRI. DILIP SHETHCASH PRIZE AWARDEES
Chaitra P.Y.Kathak
Gurukiran HegdeHindustani Vocal
Tejaswini N.Carnatic Vocal
J. BhaalasaraswathiBharatanatya
K.R. IndumathiVeena
Souriesh P.B.Tabla
GopalakrishnanAnanthanarayanan
Mrindanga
G. Shashank GowdaKeyboard
Sheetal S. KooduvaliDrawing & Painting
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KALABHARATHI TOPPERS - 2015
Mahi M. NayakKathak(I Year)
Aditi GopinathKathak
(III Year)
Harshini V.Kathak(V Year)
B.S. BalakrishnaDrawing &
Painting (I Year)
Bhavana IyengarM.K. Drawing &Painting (II Year)
R.S. NivedaDrawing &
Painting (III Year)
Monisha B.K.Drawing &
Painting (IV Year)
Suneetha R. Tabla
(I Year)
HonnappayyaN. Nayak
Key-board (II Year)
Indudhar K.Keyboard(IV Year)
Lalitha S.Keyboard (IYear)
Kalavathi P.Veena
(I Year)
Bhavani M.Veena
(II Year)
Yathish G.Veena
(IV Year)
Samanth Y.S.Mridanga(I Year)
H.Aniruddh SaiMridanga(II Year)
K. GopinathMridanga(IV Year)
Sowmya MCarnatic Vocal
(I Year)
Subhaga P. NitindalaCarnatic Vocal
(II Year)
Madhuri P.Carnatic Vocal
(III Year)
Simran M.Chhapia
HindustaniVocal (I Year)
Girija P.S.Hindustani
Vocal(III Year)
Prakriti DeBhowmickHindustani
Vocal (V Year)
M.N. BhoomiBharatanatya
(I Year)
Janhavi VBharatanatya
(II Year)
Manasa M.Bharatanatya
(III Year)
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The Kendra welcomedstudents of the 16th batch of
thePost-Graduate ExecutiveManagement Programme(PGEMP) on Oct. 3.
Attendedby the faculty of the M P BirlaInstitute of Management
andPGEMP, lead by KendraDirector, Sri. H N Suresh andDeputy
Director, Sri. C N AshokKumar, it was an informal affairwhere the
students introducedthemselves with a briefbackground about their
academicqualification and profession,and Dr N S Viswanath,Principal
of the Institute,gave a brief introduction aboutthe programme.
Dr. Vinaya Sindagi, one of thefaculty of PGEMP, dwelt on the
MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMME
INAUGURAL
importance of the course.After the lighting of the lamp,Sri.
Suresh rendered theinaugural address.
PGEMP, a weekendprogramme specially designed forworking
executives to helpenhance their careers, was startedin 2005. The
programme coversFoundation and Advanced levelsin General Management
in alldomains ie finance, HR andmarketing. The 15th batch passedout
recently, with a superiorperformance.
From left : Dr. N.S. Viswanath, Principal, M.P. Birla Institute,
Prof. S. Santhanamfaculty member of the Institute and Sri. H.N.
Suresh, Director, BVB and Ms Meera
Narendranath, student executive at the inaugural of the PGEMP
inauguration.
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DR. MATHOOR KRISHNAMURTI MEMORIALCULTURAL EVENTS - KALABHARATHI
STUDENTS
CULTURAL PROGRAMME - HELD ON SEPT 6, 13, 2015
Chief GuestDr. R.V.
Raghavendralooks at the
paintingsdisplayed
bydrawing
andpainting
students ofKalabharathi
Sri. H.N. Suresh along with faculty Smt. Insha Ummehani andSmt.
Tejaswini and students of drawing & painting
Sri. H.N. Suresh along with Chief Guest Sri. Pathi Sridhar,
faculty memberSri. Chandrashekar Badigere and Tabla students.
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DR. MATHOOR KRISHNAMURTI MEMORIALCULTURAL EVENTS - KALABHARATHI
STUDENTS
CULTURAL PROGRAMME - HELD ON SEPT 19, 2015
Chief Guest Sri. Kamalajith Singh Regional Director, ICCR, with
Kalabharathi students
Students of Carnatic Vocal perform under the direction
ofVidhushi H.V. Gayathri
Students of Veena perform under the direction ofVidhushi Vani
Yadhunandan
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DR. MATHOOR KRISHNAMURTI MEMORIALCULTURAL EVENTS - KALABHARATHI
STUDENTS
CULTURAL PROGRAMME - HELD ON SEPT 19, 2015
Student of Violin perform under the direction ofVidwan
Pranav
Students of Kathak perform under the direction ofGuru Bharathi
Vittal
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BHAVAN-INFOSYS FOUNDATIONMUSIC PROGRAMME ATINDIAN INSTITUTE OF
WORLD CULTURE,
BASAVANAGUDI, BENGALURU ON OCT 9, 2015
Indian Classical Creative Music byVishwesh Bhat and
Svaramritha
Violin Duet by Vidushi Sindhu & Vidushi Smithaat Shruthi
Sindhura Academy of Music, Girinagar.
BHAVAN-INFOSYS FOUNDATIONOUTREACH CULTURAL PROGRAMME AT
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WORLD CULTURE,
BASAVANAGUDI, BENGALURU ON SEPT 29, 2015
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Book Release
She talks animatedly abouther profession and works; herstone
sculptures speak as much,silently. The sculptures of Smt.Kanaka
Murthy always have astory to tell, be the portraits,deities,
figurines, torsos, or busts.Murthy is known both for hersculptures
of traditional subjectsas well as her portraits of publicfigures in
fibreglass and clay.
Her latest offering, in anallied field—literature, is a
booktitled “Shilpa Rekhe”, on linedrawings and brief notes vis a
vissculptures, which will be releasedon Nov. 1, by elderly
journalistDr. Vijaya.
Prof. Mallepuram GVenkatesh, former vice-chancellor
WATCH OUT FORNOV 1,8, 14, 2015.
- Jyothi Raghuram
of Sanskrit University, will talkabout the book. The function,to
be presided by H N Suresh,Director, Bengaluru Kendra,is at 11 am,
at KRG Hall.
Carnatic Vocal byK V Krishnaprasad
Smt. Kanaka Murthy
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan hasbeen able to keep its ideals aloftand
translate its dreams ofspreading the culture and literatureof the
country wide across mainlybecause of philanthropists whohave
identified themselves withthe beliefs and vision of theBhavan.
Sri. K.V. Krishnaprasad
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The Bengaluru Kendra hashad a long-standing, loyal supportbase
such that its activities havebranched out to many localities inthe
city, and made forays intoother parts of the country such asWest
Bengal and Tripura, forinstance.
One such close link is withPathi Shridhar, one of Bhavan’smost
inconspicuous well-wishersand large-hearted donors. We atthe Bhavan
look at him as aparticularly significant donor forthe liberal purse
he opens for us;our regard for him as an expansivepartner in our
expanding sphereof activities is more because hethinks our cause is
his cause.
He believes that donating tothe Bhavan is an offering to God,as
expressed by him many times.There is no cause which he hasnot
pitched in for—infrastructure
for Bhavan’s schools, for otherkendras in Karnataka and forthe
conduct of cultural activities.In many a programme of theBhavan,
one can see PathiShridhar quietly sitting in a corner,making an
unobtrusive exit later.
An administrative blockwill be opened in our premiseson Nov. 8,
in memory ofSri. Pathi Adinaraniah andSmt. Pathi Ramalakshmamma
byPathi Sridhara Shantha CharitableTrust at 10.30 am, the
occasionheralded with a Carnatic vocalrecital by K V
Krishnaprasad,a young musician known for hisdeep sense of
involvement andbecoming one with his music,imbibed from his
guruGanakalabhushanaR K Padmanabha, who isGuest of Honour for the
function.
Bharatanatya by RasikaKiran and Sandhya
Subramanyam’s Rasika Academyof Performing Arts is a
corporatehouse in its professionalism yet
Sri R.K. Padmanabha
Sri. Pathi Sridhar
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demonstrations being as muchthe core areas as
teachingBharatanatya. The Kirans, as thedance couple call
themselves,have been into teaching dancefor more than two
decadesnow, adopting a broad culturalapproach as the fulcrum of
theirinstitute. Overall personalitydevelopment with a special
accenton tradition and roots is what thewards of Rasika get in
goodmeasure. This perhaps is a reasonwhy quite a few senior dancers
ofthe institute successfully attemptdance compositions. Rasika
isputting up a show on Nov. 14,at Khincha Hall, at 6.30 pm.The
programme is part of theHorizon series of ICCR, inassociation with
Bhavan.
having a holistic approach todance, its music, dance
theory,summer workshops, and lecture-
Smt. Sandhya Kiran andSri. Kiran Subramanyam
BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN-BHARATIYA SHIKSHANASAMITI KALA SHALE
INAUGURATION
Bharatiya
Vidya
Bhavan-
Bharatiya
Shikshana
Samiti
Kala Shale
inauguration
on Sept 24,
2015.
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Wed 5.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall18. Gandhi Institute ofComputer
Education - ConvocationAddress by :Prof. Venkata Rao,
Vice-Chancellor,National Law School of India University
Sat 6.30 p.m. - ESV Hall21. Astrology lectureTopic : Utility of
Gems in AstrologySpeaker : Prof. T.R. Vijaya Kumar
Secretary, BJS
Sun 10.30 a.m. - KRG Hall22. Kalabharathi - ConvocationChief
Guest : Sri. Vinayaka Toravirenowned vocalist
Sat 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall28. Gouri Shankar GuptaEndowment -
“Krishnamayee”.An evenging of music andKathak by Space
FoundationDirection : Smt. Anjana GupthaMusic : Rudra VeenaArtiste
: Smt. Jyothi Hegde
Sat 6.00 p.m.28. BVB Infosys FoundationOutreach programme
:Veena-Venu-Violin ConcertArtiste : Venu : Vidwan. L.V. MukundVeena
: Vidwan. V. GopalViolin : Vidwan. J.K. SridharMridanga : Vidwan.
Renuka PrasadKhanjeera : Vidwan. A.S.N. SwamyGhata : Vidwan.
Narayana MurthyVenue : Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha,Purandara
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PROGRAMME :NOVEMBER - 2015
Sun 11.00 a.m. - KRG Hall01. Book launch -Sculptor Kanaka
Murthy’s‘Shilpa Rekha’ by vetaran journalistDr. Vijaya.Speaks on
the book :Dr. Mallepuram G. Venkatesh, formervice chancellor,
Sanskrit University,Sri. H.N. Suresh, presides.
Sun 10.30 a.m. - KRG Hall08. Bhavan’s AdministrativeBlock
dedicated in respectful memory ofSri. Pathi Adinaraniah and Smt.
PathiRamalakshmamma Donated by PathiSridhara Shantha Charitable
TrustGuests of Honour :Sri. Yadalam Gangadhara SettySri. Sakala
Narasimhalu ChettyGanakalabhushan VidwanR.K. PadmanabhaSri. K.N.
Venkatanarayan andDr. V. ParameshvaraCarnatic Vocal :Sri. K.V.
Krishnaprasad & Party
Fri 6.00 p.m. -Over 100 creations13. medley songs.Artiste : Sri.
Vishwesh Bhat and team(in association with InfosysFoundation) Venue
: Indian Instituteof World Culture, Basavanagudi,Bengaluru
Sat 6.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall14. Horizon series -Bharatanatya
byRasika Dance EnsembleDirection : Kiran Subramanyam(in association
with Indian Council forCultural Relations)
Sun 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall15. Sapthak presentsHindustani Vocal
byKum. Manasa Shastry andSri. Dhananjaya Hegde
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November - 2015