Cultural event ‘Naandiswar’ concludes on a musical note

Pune, November 9, 2020:  The two-day musical event ‘Naandiswar’ organized by Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal held at Sawai Gandharva Smarak in Shivajinagar concluded on Sunday with melodious performances by vocalist, Viraj Joshi, grandson of Bharat Ratna Pt. Bhimsen Joshi and famous vocalist, Pt. Anand Bhate.

Srinivas Joshi, President of Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal, Pt. Upendra Bhat, senior vocalist of Kirana Gharana, Aarti Anklikar Tikekar, vocalist of Jaipur Atrauli Gharana and Pt. Sanjeev Abhyankar, vocalist of Mewati Gharana among others were present for the closing ceremony.

Viraj Joshi started the first session of the second day program by performing ‘Ab Mil Aaye’, ‘Guru Bin Gyan Na Pave’ and ‘Bangari Mori’ from Raag Maarva followed by ‘Tirath Ko Sab Kare’ and ‘Man Main Mohan Biraje’ from Raag ‘Tilakkamod’. It was followed by a bhajan ‘Anuraniya Thokda’. He ended his presentation with the Krishna bhajan ‘Baaje Muralia Baaje’ and was accompanied by Pandurang Pawar (tabla), Gangadhar Shinde (Harmonium), Ravi Pandit and Ravi Panchal (Tanpura).

Later, Pt. Anand Bhate performed bandish ‘Rasiya Aao Na’ and ‘Tarpat Raina Dina’ from Raag ‘Maru Bihag’.On the occasion of Pu. La Deshpande’s birthday on November 8, Pt. Anand Bhate concluded the program by performing a bhajan ‘Indrayani Kathi’ which was composed by Deshpande and made popular by Bharat Ratna, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi.

The event performances will be available on Bhimsen Studio’s YouTube channel.