- Festivals
- /Aradhana - Celebrating Art
- Festivals
- /Aradhana - Celebrating Art
Aradhana - Celebrating Art
9 December 2026 – 11 December 2026

A 3-day festival dedicated in the memory of Prof. Shri. C.V. Chandrasekhar & Shri. P.S. Narayanaswamy (Padmabhushan awardees). The festival includes workshops, panel discussions, and performances.
Schedule
Saturday, 7 November 2026
Wednesday, 9 December 2026
Dance Workshop
Smt. Jaya Chandrasekhar, Smt. Chitra Dasarathy
Music Workshop
Shri. C R Vaidhyanathan
Music Workshop
Shri. C R Vaidhyanathan
Panel Discussion: Who Decides What Survives? (Curating, Institutions and the Making of Cultural Memory)
Masoom Parmar, Sandhya Udupa, Shruti Gopal
Performance by Soumya Narayanan
Soumya Narayanan
Performance by Apeksha Kamath
Apeksha Kamath
Awardee: Smt. Jaya Chandrasekhar
Smt. Jaya Chandrasekhar
Performance by Shreema Upadhyay
Shreema Upadhyay
Thursday, 10 December 2026
Dance Workshop
Smt. Jaya Chandrasekhar, Smt. Chitra Dasarathy
Music Workshop
Shri. C R Vaidhyanathan
Music Workshop
Shri. C R Vaidhyanathan
Panel Discussion: The Artist's Second Life (Who Are We When We Are Not Performing?)
Ramaa Venugopalan, Navia Natarajan, Janani Murali
Performance by Gautam Marathe
Gautam Marathe
Performance by Kedar Gurav
Kedar Gurav
Awardee: Shri. Ananya Raghavendra
Shri. Ananya Raghavendra
Performance by Kavya Ganesh
Kavya Ganesh
Friday, 11 December 2026
Vocal Concert by Shri. Prithvi Harish
Shri. Prithvi Harish
Vocal Concert by Shri. C. R. Vaidyanathan
Shri. C. R. Vaidyanathan
Violin Concert by Shri. C. N. Chandrashekhar
Shri. C. N. Chandrashekhar
Awardees: Shri. Udupi Gopalakrishnan, Shri. Ganesh Prasad - Aruna Musicals
Shri. Udupi Gopalakrishnan, Shri. Ganesh Prasad, Aruna Musicals
Share the programme on WhatsApp
Text for WhatsApp
Paste this into a group: the concerts below as plain text, with a link back here.
This list is long, so WhatsApp opens with the first concerts only. Copy text has all of them.
*Aradhana - Celebrating Art* ── Sat, 7 Nov ── *Yuva Naadaankura* Kum. Sadhana Gowtham (vocal), Kum. Varalakshmi Raghavendra (violin), Kum. Shriya Nagaraj (mridangam), Chi. Shrikar M Kashyap (ghatam) 📍 MES BRS PU COLLEGE AUDITORIUM ⏰ 5:30 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/30auyyc ── Wed, 9 Dec ── *Dance Workshop* Smt. Jaya Chandrasekhar (instructor), Smt. Chitra Dasarathy (instructor) 📍 Seva Sadan ⏰ 9:00 am · Free https://rasika.life/l/vj4uh6s *Music Workshop* Shri. C R Vaidhyanathan (instructor) 📍 Ananya Auditorium ⏰ 9:30 am · Free https://rasika.life/l/vwe9d2u *Music Workshop* Shri. C R Vaidhyanathan (instructor) 📍 Ananya Auditorium ⏰ 1:00 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/o1cvbo5 *Panel Discussion: Who Decides What Survives? (Curating, Institutions and the Making of Cultural Memory)* Masoom Parmar (panelist), Sandhya Udupa (panelist), Shruti Gopal (panelist) 📍 Seva Sadan ⏰ 2:00 pm · Free https://rasika.life/events/panel-discussion%3A-who-decides-what-survives%3F-(curating%2C-institutions-and-the-making-of-cultural-memory)-3LgJCFQMnuiSHwmUzjCHcnBcory?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=festival_share&utm_content=event *Performance by Soumya Narayanan* Soumya Narayanan (performer) 📍 Seva Sadan ⏰ 4:00 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/phfpu40 *Performance by Apeksha Kamath* Apeksha Kamath (performer) 📍 Seva Sadan ⏰ 5:45 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/4zdpbro *Awardee: Smt. Jaya Chandrasekhar* Smt. Jaya Chandrasekhar (awardee) 📍 Seva Sadan ⏰ 7:00 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/og10lrr *Performance by Shreema Upadhyay* Shreema Upadhyay (performer) 📍 Seva Sadan ⏰ 7:00 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/p5d2jrf ── Thu, 10 Dec ── *Dance Workshop* Smt. Jaya Chandrasekhar (instructor), Smt. Chitra Dasarathy (instructor) 📍 Seva Sadan ⏰ 9:00 am · Free https://rasika.life/l/hoxm2ec *Music Workshop* Shri. C R Vaidhyanathan (instructor) 📍 Ananya Auditorium ⏰ 9:30 am · Free https://rasika.life/l/kuibsvm *Music Workshop* Shri. C R Vaidhyanathan (instructor) 📍 Ananya Auditorium ⏰ 1:00 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/13rme84 *Panel Discussion: The Artist's Second Life (Who Are We When We Are Not Performing?)* Ramaa Venugopalan (panelist), Navia Natarajan (panelist), Janani Murali (panelist) 📍 Seva Sadan ⏰ 2:00 pm · Free https://rasika.life/events/panel-discussion%3A-the-artist's-second-life-(who-are-we-when-we-are-not-performing%3F)-3LgJCCyYL2bdVCbf1KwTNbS0ig8?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=festival_share&utm_content=event *Performance by Gautam Marathe* Gautam Marathe (performer) 📍 Seva Sadan ⏰ 4:00 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/lltqf9f *Performance by Kedar Gurav* Kedar Gurav (performer) 📍 Seva Sadan ⏰ 5:45 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/vgjcil8 *Awardee: Shri. Ananya Raghavendra* Shri. Ananya Raghavendra (awardee) 📍 Seva Sadan ⏰ 7:00 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/wthfl43 *Performance by Kavya Ganesh* Kavya Ganesh (performer) 📍 Seva Sadan ⏰ 7:00 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/slsu7fr ── Fri, 11 Dec ── *Shri. Prithvi Harish (vocalist)* 📍 Indian Institute of World Culture (IIWC) ⏰ 4:00 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/o54v7um *Shri. C. R. Vaidyanathan (vocalist)* 📍 Indian Institute of World Culture (IIWC) ⏰ 5:45 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/kifymdy *Shri. C. N. Chandrashekhar (violinist)* 📍 Indian Institute of World Culture (IIWC) ⏰ 7:15 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/q72teqe *Awardees: Shri. Udupi Gopalakrishnan, Shri. Ganesh Prasad - Aruna Musicals* Shri. Udupi Gopalakrishnan (awardee), Shri. Ganesh Prasad (awardee), Aruna Musicals (awardee) 📍 Indian Institute of World Culture (IIWC) ⏰ 7:15 pm · Free https://rasika.life/l/6lysfwr More on Rasika.life: https://rasika.life/l/i2cqq9q