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2020 - 21
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Chennai December Season 2020 (Online concerts)
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Episode 4 on the Expert Hour by Sandeep & Gitanjali Maini Foundation (facebook.com/SGMF2020/)on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher Podcasts.
Listen to artist Jay Varma speak on 'how its never to late to learn'.
For a man whose great great great grandfather is none other than Raja
Ravi Varma, he knew he wasn’t exploring his potential to the fullest.
Nearly 20 years after he made up his mind to study art Jay Varma is
possibly one of the few Indian artists who practices portraiture in a
manner and style similar to his illustrious ancestor. He is also Founder
Trustee of the Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation and the recipient of
the largest grant given out by Sandeep & Gitanjali Maini
Foundation, for education. Jay Varma discloses in this podcast, “Once,
during class, I was immobilised by the fear of failure. I think one of
my instructors saw it and came up to me and said, “You know more than
you think you know.” Moments like these encouraged me not to lose heart
and keep going on.”
Buzzsprout
Spotify
Apple Podcast
Google Podcast
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Tamil Heritage Trust - The Uttaramerur Inscription...Details
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THT Indology Festival 2020, Online Festival presented by Tamil Heritage Trust from Nov 30th to Dec 6th...Details
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The Asian Contemporary Fine Art Competition aims to discover and
celebrate talented Asian, Asian diaspora artists and artists residing in
Asia at any stage of their careers. It is a significant opportunity to
promote artists, who embrace the diverse Asian culture, on an
international level.
With a distinguished panel of jurors, our awards valued at over $55,000,
are chosen to give selected artists immense opportunities for exposure.
Prizes include participation in a collective exhibition in New York, an
Art Fair, online promotion, and generous cash awards.
Entries for the 2020 Asian Contemporary Fine Art Competition are
accepted until December 1st, 2020. The results will be published on
February 2nd, 2021.
Read more
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Days After Mother’s Death, 14-YO Kerala Boy’s Painting on Moms Wins Global Award
- Gopi Karelia, thebetterindia.com, Jan 22, 2020
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gallery g is offering a selection of art works at a 20 percent discount
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Award Lecture by Madhusudhanan Kalaichelvan, Winner of the first THT-Prof S Swaminathan Heritage Award at 5.30 pm, on Saturday, October 3, 2020
Topic: "Chenganma: A Cultural Map" / "செங்கண்மா: ஒரு பண்பாட்டு சித்திரம்"
YouTube Link
Read more
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The eleventh KALASAGAR AWARDS for exemplary contribution in the field of
traditional performing arts for the year 2020 will be presented on
October 14 at Kunnamkulam Badhani School Palace when Gurusmaranadinam,
the 28th death anniversary of Kalamandalam Krishnankutty Poduval,
legendary Kathakali mastero and founder of Kalasagar, will be
observed in association with Kunnamkulam Kathakali Club.
Kathakali: Vesham - Kalamandalam Chambakara Vijayakumar, Music - Kalanilayam Rajeevan, Chenda - Kalamandalam Balasundaran, Maddalam - Sadanam Devadas and Chutty - Kalanilayam Padmanabhan.
Bharatanatyam - Kalamandalam Sarojini, Mohiniattam - Vinitha Nedungadi, Ottenthullal - Kalamandalam Parameswaran, Chakyarkoothu - Kalamandalam Jishnu Prathap, Koodiyattom - Margi Ramachakyar, Thayambaka - Porur Haridas
Panchavadyam: Thimila - Vaikkom Chandran Marar, Maddalam - Kalamandalam Nataraja Warrior, Edakka - Dr.Balusseri Krishnadas, Thalam - Mattanur Ajith Marar and Kombu - Peramangalam Vijayan.
As in the past, awardees are selected through nominations received from rasikas.
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Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation - talk by eminent historian and archivist - Deepthi Sasidharan
Preserving A Master Artist's Legacy by Deepthi Sasidharan examining
the legacy of master artist Ravi Varma now scattered in collections
across India and how we can preserve and document these.
Sep 18, 2020 06:30 PM in India
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A solo exhibition of Dinesh Magar, titled Heaven Sent - a new collection of hand-painted works on brass from September 14, 2020 organised by gallery g.
You can also safely call to make an appointment. (080 2221 9275)
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The Buddhist Heritage of Andhra Pradesh A Digital Talk by Dr. E Siva Nagi Reddy presented by Tamil Heritage Trust
on Saturday, 5th September 2020 at 05.30pm
The talk on YouTube
About the topic and speaker
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India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) invites proposals for 25x25, Marking 25 Years of Grantmaking at IFA
25 grants of Rs 25,000/- each
Theme: 25 Years of the Internet in India
Deadline: Monday, September 07, 2020
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Tamil Heritage Trust presents two Talks from their Archives as part of Madras Day (August 22)
Every year, the city of Chennai that was Madras celebrates Madras Day on
August 22nd, to commemorate the purchase of the village of Madraspatnam
or Chennapatnam by East India Company factors Andrew Cogan and Francis
Day from Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka, the viceroy of the Vijayanagar
Empire.
The Celebration grew into a Madras Week and is now almost a month long
series of events. This year THT shares talks from their archives.
Madras of the Fabulous 40s:
Venkatesh Ramakrishnan takes you on a rollicking ride of Madras of the
1940s - a decade of achievements, scandals, war, new landmarks, young
movie stars and much more.
Madras Muses: The Women of Madras:
Nivedita Louis introduces the trailblazing women of Madras of the early
20th Century who inspired and shaped the course of generations to come.
Find out all about these actresses, doctors, scientists, writers and
social workers, all of whom broke barriers and set their own paths.
tamilheritage.in
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The final Speaker of Season "5" For the 5th
Year of Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation
Deepanjana Pal's, (author of the book The
Painter: A Life of Ravi Varma) view about Ravi Varma's ideals while 'Creating An Indian Beauty' on Thursday,
August 27, 2020 from 6pm-7.30pm.
The recorded talk on Youtube
therrvhfoundation.com
- Gitanjali Maini, Managing Director, galleryg.com
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Tamil Heritage Trust presented Hoysala Architecture - Some Unique Observations - A digital talk by Dr. G. Manoj
On Saturday, August 1st, 2020 at 5.30 pm
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'The Kashmir Paisley Shawl and Beyond', Jamawar Treasures - an IAAC Digital Exclusive
on June 5th, 11 am EST / 8.:30 pm IST
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Tamil Heritage Trust presented The Baolis of Delhi, A talk in English by Vikramjit Rooprai
6th June 2020, Saturday 5:30pm
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A Digital Lecture - Culturescaping by Professor Swaminathan
presented by Tamil Heritage Trust
4th April 2020, Saturday 5:30 PM.
Youtube link will be shared via Email, Facebook, WhatsApp and THT Website on the day of the digital lecture
About the Topic
Landscaping modifies the visible features of an area of land to make it
appealing. Culturescaping, in addition, attempts to sensitise public
towards our heritage, a bio-aesthetic, spiritual, religious, ecological
approach to landscaping. This is but feeling our culture in every step.
Covering space to uncover our past, Turning idle minutes into enchanting
moments, Let us have yesterday, Ode to our multi-faceted culture,
Rhythm, harmony and balance, … and peace, are some interesting
themes.
Culturescaping as Sanga-ch-cholai is an attempt to celebrate our
2000-year old heritage where nature around the people provided substance
for literary metaphor. agath-th-thottam and purath-th-thottam celebrate
the literary expressions synergising both nature and literature
inspired by it, for a visual, emotional and literary treat two millenia
later! Similarly yappu-th-thoppu would be an orchard consisting mango
(sweet and sour), vila and vilva trees, for these trees form the basis
for the mimetic mnemonics in Tamil prosody. Lastly, a flower garden with
the 99 plants mentioned in the kurinji-p-pattu by kapilar.
About the Speaker
Professor Swaminathan had a thriving career as a faculty member in IIT
Delhi, a premier engineering institution in India. He sought
voluntary retirement, first to work in the Integrated Rural Technology
Centre in Kerala and then moved full time into Culture and Heritage. He
first established Sudarsanam in Pudukkottai to document the heritage of
Pudukkottai, his hometown. Subsequently, he was instrumental in
establishing the Tamil Heritage Trust in Chennai and remains it founder
chairman.
Contact: T Ravishankar 9500074247
THT Website
THT Facebook Page
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Slokam for destroying all germs
a Verse from the Krishna Yajur veda TaithriIya AaraNyakaa about destroying all germs
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Tamil Heritage Trust has set up the THT-Prof S Swaminathan Heritage
Award to recognise the contributions of "heritage heroes"
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Thyagayya TV organised Saint Thyagaraja Aradhana and achieved not 1 but 3
entries into the Guinness Book of World Records. Parvathi Ravi
Ghantasala choreographed one of the Pancharatna Kirthanas, her favorite
gem 'Endharo Mahanubhavulu.' Her disciples Vallabhi Annamalai and
Shahana Kasi led the Bharatanatyam section and over 400+ aspiring
dancers and teachers learnt and participated in the event. Guru Krishna
Kumar led the Kuchipudi section. Versatile Sudha Ragunathan led the
Carnatic band section. It was a mammoth task organised by vidwan
Janardhan, which resulted in achieving 3 Guinness World Records - A
mammoth classical feast.
1. The largest ever lesson in Music (700 participants)
2. The largest ever lesson in Bharatanatyam (436 participants)
3. The largest ever lesson in Kuchipudi (1183 participants)
The event took place at Ramachandra Convention Centre, Chennai.
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Six Yards and 365 days Opens its Chapter in Rajasthan, a unique
initiative driven by Ms. Sunita Budhiraja to support the weaving
community and handloom sector, opened one of its several regional
chapters in Jaipur.
Read more
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khajurahodancefestival.com
The govt of Madhya Pradesh, Dept of
Culture, Ustad Alauddin Khan Sangeet
evam Kala Academi, Madhya Pradesh
Sanskriti Parishad presented the
KHAJURAHO DANCE FESTIVAL
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Artist Darshana Bajaj opened her
studio to people
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Giri Fine Arts Annual Festival
2020-21
an initiative of Lakshmi Giri
Charitable Trust to showcase the young
hidden /latent talents/ skills to the
world of stage through a Professional
Platform.
Apply
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aquaterra.in
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IFA calendar - a select showcase of
exciting IFA projects covering 2020
and early 2021. A unique feature of
this calendar is that its design
enables you to choose the image and
project that captures your
interest-with most months of the year.
Rs 450/- (inclusive of domestic
courier charges).
Book online or write to
contactus@indiaifa.org before February
15, 2020!
indiaifa.org
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Earth Story - The Elements, A solo show by Bharti Prajapati at gallery g
A solo show by Bharti Prajapati at
gallery g which turns 18 this February
Feb 8 - 29, 2020
At: galley g, Maini Sadan, 38, Lavelle
Road, 7th Cross, Bangalore - 560 001,
Karnataka
Earth Story - The Elements is a
collection of paintings, an attempt to
narrate the intrinsic bond between the
five elements. The five elements are
present in our body, the earth below
and the cosmos above. A cherished
inclusion in gallery g's Artists'
Initiative Program (AIP) early on,
Bharti Prajapati has showcased her
works through gallery g over the
years.
+91 80 22219275 | galleryg.com
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Past Forward: Celebrating Critical
Practices - In the past five
years, IFA has supported more than 60
projects under its Arts Practice
programme.
40 diverse artistic expressions were
brought together in a festival through
panel discussions, performances, film
screenings, workshops and exhibitions,
in collaboration with Bangalore
International Centre (BIC) over three
days from October 30 to November 01,
2019.
Short
film - Brief glimpses into some
of the exciting events at Past
Forward: Celebrating Critical
Practices.
Videos
of some of the conversations at
the festival
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Tamil Heritage Trust - Monthly Talk
# 129 - " Trees in our Temples, Lore
and Literature"
A Talk in Tamil by Rajani Arjun
Shankar
February 1, 2020 Saturday 5.30pm
at Arkay Convention Centre,
Mylapore
146/3 R.H.Road, OMS Lakshana (Above
Shah Electronics), Mylapore, Chennai
Trees are important parts of our
physical world, providing clean air,
food, medicine, timber, and a myriad
of other things. But our connection
with trees goes much deeper. We
worship them in temples. We describe
them in our tales, proverbs, and
poetry. In this talk, we look at these
connections, by taking up about a
dozen different species of trees, and
seeing how they feature in rituals,
Tamil language, and literature.
Rajani Arjun Shankar taught English,
Social Studies, Sanskrit, etc. in "The
School - KFI". She is deeply
interested in Carnatic Music as well
as Sanskrit and Tamil literature. She
has compered thematic concerts and
translated works from Sanskrit to
English. She volunteers with Nizhal,
an NGO that works towards sensitive
greening of urban spaces, and often
leads Tree Walks in different
localities of Chennai for adults and
school children.
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SMART in association with Jana
Sanskriti Centre for Theatre of the
Oppressed!
SMART is Strategic Management in the
Art of Theatre, a collaborative
initiative, managed by India
Foundation for the Arts and Junoon.
SMART - a three-day workshop on
Management for theatre groups, to
sharpen the thinking and working
processes.
The facilitators for the workshop:
Sameera Iyengar (Co-Founder and
Director, Junoon)
Sudhanva Deshpande (Actor and
Director, Jana Natya Manch and
Executive Director, Studio Safdar)
Sanjna Kapoor (Co-Founder and
Director, Junoon)
Managed by: India Foundation for the
Arts (IFA), Junoon & SMART
Supported by: Goethe-Institut / Max
Mueller Bhavan
Dates: February 14, 15, and 16, 2020
Time: 09:30 AM - 06:30 PM
Venue: Jana Sanskriti Centre for
Theatre of the Oppressed, Girish
Bhavan, 42A Thakurhat Road, PO - Badu,
PS - Barasat, Kolkata - 700 128
Details
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eco-friendly biodegradable
tableware
ARS Enterprises
Mob: 7550285583 (whatsapp)
Email: arspaperbags@gmail.com
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11 th year Hindu Spritual
&Services fair held from 29
th Jan 2020 till 3rd Feb 2020
with about 300 stalls of various
charitable activities
As in previous ten years, Lighting of
Shivaalayas Kuzhu participated in this
holy event
At GuruNanak College Velacherry,
Chennai 600042
Dear Devotees,
welcome to our mission to
light our Siva temples with
oil lamps. Lighting
traditional oil lamps with a
cotton wick in a brass or a
silver or an earthen lamp has
been part our religious
tradition since time
immemorial. Lord Siva has also
been worshipped in the form of
Agni at Thiruvannamalai shrine
and its association with
Karthigai deepam festival is
well known.
Lighting temples with vilakku
(lamp) is an adorable need
extolled by saints in our
dharma - more so the
Nayanmars. We are
working in temples - mostly
ancient ones located in rural
areas around Kumbakonam. This
is an easy yet effective way
to reinvirogate the worship in
our hoary temples located in
the far flung villages.
Please do your bid to fill in
the oil to light a lamp in the
age old temples at your native
villages or join us to light
the temples where immediate
attention is needed.
We intend to provide temples
with oil tins of Gingelly oil
- Nallennai or of mahua oil -
Illupennai. Illuppai or Mahua
as it is known in North India
(botanical name: Bassia
longifolia) is a suitable
choice for oil in temple.
Unfortunately the tree is
getting harder to find in
Tamilnadu and this famous tree
- a sthalavruksham needs to be
promoted in a big way.
Illupai can also be planted
wherever possible and that
will serve as a source of oil
and also be of ecological
& aesthetic value and help
combat global warming. We can
also assist you in raising
these plantations.
We are involved in renovation
of a few temples in Tamilnadu
and have completed a few in
the recent past. You can find
the details at sites.google.com/...
Sivaya Namah,
S. Lakshminarayanan
Nanmangalam, Chennai 117.
Phone: +91 - 98841 26417
email: slakshmi1954@gmail.com
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A centenary tribute to Vidvan
Madurai S Somasundaram by Lalitharam
at the 93rd
Annual Conference & Concerts
2019, The Music Academy Madras
Academic Sessions, 25 Dec 2019
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Exhibition at Gallery Art Motif,
'The Art of Hand Painted Textiles'
by Ajit Kumar Das
19th January 2020 - 15th February
2020
Days & Time : Monday to Saturday,
10:00 am to 6:00 pm
open on Sunday, 2nd February, 2020.
Venue: Gallery Art Motif, A1-178,
Safdarjang Enclave, 4th Floor
Details
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Padma awards 2020
padmaawards.gov.in/...
(pdf)
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Art show presented by Art Alive
Gallery - YOU WILL KNOW ME:
Migration Stories Curated by Tara
Sabharwal
Preview: Sunday, 19th January 2020, 12
Noon
Show Dates:
20th January 2020 - 10th February
2020, 11am - 7pm and
30th January - 2nd February 2020, 11am
- 8pm
At: Art Alive Gallery
S-221, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi
110017
Ayisha Abraham I Golnar Adili I Tomie
Arai I Chakaia Booker I Barbara
Beisinghoff I Janet Goldner I Cheryl
Goldsleger I Leslie Jean-Bart I Tatana
Kellner I Mohammad Omer Khalil I Karen
Kunc I Sarojini Lewis I Berette
Macaulay I Lavanya Mani I Larry
Millard I Veer Munshi I Shervone
Neckles I Judith Blum Reddy I Roger
Rigorth I Miguel Angel Rivera I Tara
Sabharwal I Ritu Sarin and Tenzing
Sonam I Sabine Stange I Mary Ting I
Benjamin Zawalich
View the
art work and info about the curator,
the show
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India's first Activotel - Aquaterra
Adventures
To keep fitness goals intact while you
holiday, Atali Ganga runs a twelve
hour activity schedule. These outdoor
activities ensure a daily dose of
adrenaline rush and a much needed
connect with the outdoors.
Atali Ganga
Milestone 30, Badrinath Road,
Rishikesh,
Uttarakhand, India
m: +91-7060072708
e: bookings@ataliganga.com
aquaterra.in
/ ataliganga.com
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Sunita Budhiraja, an author and music
scholar was honoured with 'Shreshth
Kriti' 'Chhap Samman' Award 2019, in
the non-fiction category from Amar
Ujala Foundation for her book 'Rasraj:
Pandit Jasraj'. It is the first
biography based on Sangeet Martand
Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj’s life.
The other who competed the book in the
non-fiction category was 'The Hindu
way' by Shashi Tharoor. The award was
presented in the presence of
Oscar-winning Indian film director,
lyricist and poet Sampooran Singh
Kalra known popularly by his pen name
Gulzar and also Gulzar Saab.
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