Namo Ramana
Today is about the review of the programme held on 13th June 2010 at the Ramana Maharshi Shrine.
It was commenced with the pooja and then children came on to the stage and started with the prayer. There were students of all age groups. Starting from 5 years to 40 years, all sang, danced, enjoyed thoroughly. We could feel the enjoyment in all the faces.
Ujwal the director of this show had presented the concept of Mother Earth, Global warming and a little bit about Cow Lakshmi very well. The songs composed were apt to all the situations and was sung pretty well. Ujwal aslo sang well supported by Revathi Sankar accompanied on the violin by Vidushi Parimala and Vidwan Narasimhan on mrudangam. Srinivasan was the master of the ceremony. Uma assited with the costume, Kiran and Manoj helped with the make up, Murugan on lights and Sound and Ramesh on videography.
Srividya came on to the stage as Mother Earth and her performance was great. Udaya krishna Upadhyaya who did the role of Siva saved Mother Earth from the floods. Manikandan who did the role of Bhagavan Sri Ramana performed with a bit of tension in his face. But he was really good as Bhagavan Sri Ramana. There were the four elements who also danced well. According to the script, the four elements water, air, fire and space help the Earth in all her activities. There was a wonderful thing which Ujwal had used in the Presentation is SAMAN dance. It is an Indonasian Dance were artistes sit on the floor in a row and sing and present lovely movements.
Dr. Sarada spoke on the occasion and Sri Rajanna was the chief guest. Smt Rajanna gave away the certificates to the Children.
It was a lovely evening to celebrate Cow Lakshmi Day:-)
Thank you Revathi for posting this.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great joyful experience to present this dance feature. I would love to mention that the concept came from the article series in Ramana Way Magazine called "Tiruchuzhi: the story of the great flood" by Revathi and Sarada Akka. Bhagavan Ramana, who is Shiva himself has come to protect us from the great flood of actions(Karma Pravaha). Ramana says "For one who desires the highest, to know ones true nature is the paramount duty. Self Knowledge brings good to the whole world."
Namo Ramana
Ujwal