Sangeetha Ksheerasagaram, in association with Vignana Samithi, Vijayanagar Fine Arts and Sujana Ranjani, is organising Sangeetha Neerajanam, a music festival in memory of Gana Dheera Late Puranam Purushothama Sastry, from 26th March to 2nd April, at the Anandnagar Community Hall. The week-long festival will feature both upcoming and senior music artistes performing:
26th March
6:00pm to 6:45pm - Carnatic Vocal By Karthika Anagha
7:00pm to 9:00pm - Carnatic Vocal By Dr. T Lokanadha Sarma
27th March
6:00pm to 6:45pm - Carnatic Vocal By D L Prachotan
7:00pm to 9:00pm - Veena Recital By D Srinivas
28th March
6:00pm to 6:45pm - Carnatic Vocal By K Kalyana Vasantha
7:00pm to 9:00pm - Violin Recital By M Surya Deepthi
29th March
6:00pm to 6:45pm - Carnatic Vocal By Chander Rao
7:00pm to 9:00pm - Flute Recital V Nagaraju
30th March
6:00pm to 6:45pm - Violin Recital By O Rajasekhar
7:00pm to 9:00pm - Carnatic Vocal By Komanduri Seshadri
31st March
6:00pm to 6:45pm - Carnatic Vocal By Madhumita & Sushmita
7:00pm to 9:00pm - Carnatic Vocal By P V Seshayya Sastry
2nd April
6:00pm to 6:45pm - Violin Recital By B Pawan Singh
7:00pm to 9:00pm - Carnatic Vocal By Hyderabad Sisters
Puranam Purushottama Sastry, in whose memory this festival is being held, was a Carnatic vocalist, born into a music-oriented family in the year 1925. He trained under Sangeeta Kalanidhi the late Musiri Subrahmanya Iyer for 10 years, and in the process, became the 6th generation disciple of the Saint Thyagaraja line. He was awarded the Central Scholarship, and was also selected for All-India Radio without any audition. He had inputs of music from D K Rangachary and Tiger Varadachary.
Lalgudi Jayaraman, Palghat Raghu, Akella Mallikarjuna Sarma, Dr. M Bala Muralikrishna, Umayalpuram K Sivaraman, T V Gopalakrishnan, Dwaram Durgaprasad and Komunduri Seshadri are some of those who have accompanied him.
He received several awards and titles, with the Hamsa Award by the Government of Andhra Pradesh ranking foremost. He is the founder of Sadguru Thyagaraja Sampradaya Seva Samithi, a voluntary organisation promoting Saint Thyagaraja's music.
He was interested in astrology, and imparted his services free of cost. And even though he never took to teaching music as a profession, he taught musicians at no cost.
Entry is free. Please contact V Ananda Mohan of Sangeeta Ksheerasagaram at 2761-4978 / 99495-90755 for further details.