Hema Malini, Anup Jalota among 100 artistes to offer 'Rag Seva' to Lord Ram during 45-day festival
Hema Malini, Malini Awasthi, Anup Jalota, Anuradha Paudwal and Sonal Mansingh are among artistes who will perform at the newly-constructed Ram temple in Ayodhya to offer «Shree Ram Rag Seva». The 45-day devotional music festival dedicated to Lord Ram will begin on Friday and conclude on March 10.
«In line with classical tradition, 'Rag Seva' will be organised at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple from January 26.
This event will be organised in the 'gudi mandap' before the Lord in which more than 100 well-known artistes from different provinces and art traditions from across the country will offer their 'Rag Seva' at the feet of Lord Ram for the next 45 days,» a member of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra said.
The 'gudi mandap' is located in front of the 'garbha griha (sanctum sanctorum)' where the new idol of Lord Ram was consecrated in a grand ceremony led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
«The architect and coordinator of this programme on behalf of the trust is Yatindra Mishra and the curation has been supported by the Sangeet Natak Akademi in Delhi,» the trust member said.
"'Rag Seva' is a classical tradition. First in the series is Malini Awasthi from Uttar Pradesh whose rendition will include 'sohar', 'badhawa' and 'mangal gan'," the member said.
Among the artistes who will perform 'Rag Seva' are Vyjayanthimala, Sikkil Gurcharan, Pandit Sajan Mishra, Jasbir Jassi, Aruna Sairam, Swapna Sundari, Rahul Deshpande, Suresh Wadkar, Darshana Jhaveri, Uday Bhawalkar, Jayanth Kumaresh, Purna Das Baul, Rajani and Gayatri and Devaki Pandit.
