Sunday, December 17, 2006

Radha KalyaaNa

Ms.Radha was a devout lady who gave Mr.Krishna(Lord) all the love he wanted and more. Mr.Krishna and Ms.Radha never married they say. Ms.Radha to Mrs.Radha never happened. Alas, Ms.Radha could neither say, "Nam yajmaanru Mr.Krishna anta. Ee world affairs ella nodkotaare. Avara jothe ne hogidde monne, Shaanta Bai maduve ge" nor could she say "Nam yajmaanru idaarala, avara 15,678 hendti maga, Dennis anta. Avana second son John idaaanala, avanige nam Kenchammanna kottirodu".

But what if they'd(Krish and Rad) married? How grand would the celebration be? To depict that, 'Radha KalyaaNa' was organised by a really devout lot.

The celebrations began at 6PM, sharp. It opened with Master Sriram's performance. Laudable, it was. The twelve year old mesmerized the audience with his Carnatic music(vocal) talent. Gifted was the boy who maintained the aplomb of a professional singer. Time flew like an arrow. It was 8PM ! Time for some more show of talent.


Let me introduce an extraordinarily talented family. Sriram's mother, Chidroopi, is a brilliant vocalist. So is Sriram's father, Mr.Eshwar Prasad. Eshwar Prasad and his son perform Bharatnatya too. What ye fyaaamileee!

A standing ovation greeted them and they were on the dias before the roaring clap died down. Ms.Chidroopi kicked off the show with a soothing song. Slowly, it gathered momentum and in less than 10 minutes, the song was in full flow. Very expressive, the father and son pair were. Commencing with the birth of Krishna, they moved to the killing of Kamsa and then came the romance with Radha. The father-son duo signed off with 'The Dashaavataara' which received an applause longer than any I've ever heard/seen.


It was 12 midnight. Then came the most wonderful thing. A lamp was lit in the middle of the huge hall. We were about 200 devout people. We all gathered around the lamp and circled it as a Bhajan troupe chanted a shloka. Slowly, a mridangam gave out short beats. The cadence of the same was so mesmeric that unknowingly, there was tapping of the feet. Energy levels slowly went up and so did the pinking.The tempo grew in steps. In less than 10 minutes, the tempo had hit the ceiling. So had the energy levels. Two hundred people which included two octogenarians danced and made merry. For over 30 minutes it went on as everyone shook off all their worries. The dance drew a smile on everyone's face. A night to remember, it was!

Radha-KalyaaNa happens each year. One time slot will be marked in my calender for the same, come what may.

10 Comments:

Blogger Harish said...

Ello ee Radha kalyana?

7:14 AM  
Blogger Harish said...

"Ee world affairs ella nodkotaare" - oLLe haasya maaDtira neevu.

I thought you would write more in that fashion in this post. In that way, noDi, swalpa disappointing-u.

7:16 AM  
Blogger swaroop said...

[Harish] Ee event tumba chennaagittu. Haage baryakke asht mans barlilla. Yeno, aa bhagavantana krupe irbekala yen baryakku.

10:19 AM  
Blogger Arjun Sharma said...

Ya ya, Bhagavantana krupe irbeku, kanayya, elladakku.

Olle channagi(idu ond thara redundancy) bardidira. Enondu kalaatmakavada family vishaya tilidu santoshavaytu. Olle hesru, 'Chidroopi' annodu. Yaarittro?

11:15 AM  
Blogger Srinivasa Rajan (Aniruddha Bhattaraka) said...

every year irutte anta bardidya.. next time hoguvaaga nannannu kariyo.. bartini...

7:08 PM  
Blogger chutki said...

"Time flew like an arrow!"...Whaaatch-e?

11:05 AM  
Blogger Aneesh said...

aha, oho chennagide. sari...idenu nijana? elli nadyatte?

Btw, long silence in the blogosphere alwa? Eno, hige life nalli busy.

taavu kelidralla, idanna ittkoli:
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6:20 AM  
Blogger Aneesh said...

matte, AptsHell innu gnapaka ittkondiddiralla, tumba khushi aithu :)

6:23 AM  
Blogger S.. Diva said...

"Nam yajmaanru idaarala, avara 15,678 hendti maga, Dennis anta. Avana second son John idaaanala, avanige nam Kenchammanna kottirodu".
olle imagination ivre!!

2:20 AM  
Blogger Harish said...

Why no new posts here?

8:10 PM  

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