Soorya Krishnamoorthy
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Two thousand creative works that includes Lord Ganesha is among the sights of the Vinayaka Chathurthi celebrations organised by cultural organisation Soorya at Ganesham, Thycaud.

For 30 years now, cultural activist Soorya Krishnamoorthy has been organising Vinayaka Chathurthi celebrations at his residence at Thycaud.

On September 7, from 6am to 12 midday, Soorya Krishnamoorthy’s prized assortment of work, aid works, sculptures and so on, all on Ganesha, will likely be open to the general public. On the identical time, numerous musicians and teams of singers will likely be presenting recitals of bhajans and songs. Prasad will likely be even be supplied to all guests.

Soorya Krishnamoorthy.
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Says Krishnamoorthy: “Included in my assortment are uncommon and worthwhile artwork works of Ganesha that I’ve collected from India and overseas.” He has stopped accumulating as he receives many such works from associates and admirers and through public features.

At 6pm, Ganesham Artwork Gallery will likely be inaugurated. This will likely be adopted by a screening of Njanum…, a documentary on the characters created by Krishnamoorthy. Directed by Arun Kishore, the documentary depicts the characters interacting with the playwright and theatre director.

Take heed to Divine Echoes, a live performance at 7.15pm by playback singer and Carnatic vocalist Abhirami Ajai, a scholar of Perumbavoor G Ravindranath.

Abhirami will likely be singing compositions of Bhakti saints from throughout India. She says she has chosen Marathi abhangs, compositions by Surdas, Tulsidas, Kabir Das, Meerabai, Annamacharya, Andal, Villumangalam Swamiyar, Basava and so forth.

Abhirami Ajai
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“I may also be giving a brief rationalization of the context through which a chunk was composed and the essence of it,” says the singer.

She factors out that though they lived somewhere else in India, composed in several languages and adopted completely different philosophies, the soul of the compositions laid emphasis on oneness and acceptance. “Throughout the roughly 90-minute live performance, I wish to spotlight how all of them spoke about the identical concept,” says Abhirami, a scholar of public coverage and governance on the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

All programmes are open to the general public.