Indian Classics

================================================================================================================================================= Monday 17, Aug 2026, 06:00. Pantula Rama: VIDEO  Dr. Pantula Rama - Carnatic Vocal Kacheri - Live in Concert - #carnaticprapancha Background information Genres Carnatic Music Occupation Singer Instruments Violin, Viola Years active 1980–present Label Charsur Digital Station Introductions:  VIDEO:  Maryada Gadu - Sankarabharanam Pantula Rama is an Indian singer, instrumentalist, and author who performs Carnatic music. She has been performing since the age of 8. Known as Andhra's Nightingale and Golden Voice, Pantula Rama lives in Vishakhapatnam and is married to violinist MSN Murthy. Early life and education:  Pantula Rama was born to parents who are musicians. Her father is a violinist, and her mother is a Veena player. Her father was her first music teacher. After finishing school, Rama obtained a seat in MBBS. E...

  =================================================================================================== Saturday 15, Aug 2026, 17:00. Dancing to Divya Prabandam in 1981 Born 21 March 1944 (age 82) Pollachi, British India Education University of Mysore Occupations Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher and Author Known for Bharatanatyam Father H L Jagannath Awards Padma Shri Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sudharani Raghupathy is an Indian classical Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer. She is the author of Laghu Bharatam, a series of 3 handbooks on Bharatanatyam dance. She is the Founder and Trustee of Shree Bharatalaya, Chennai. Sudharani popularised Bharatanatyam through lecture demonstrations. VIDEO:  Bharatanatyam Legends - Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy - Ashtapadi (Yahi Madhava) Education and Career: She studied Philosophy and Sociology in the University of Mysore and majored in the World history of dance, Studio arts at the Randolph Macon's Women's College, Virginia,...

VIDEO:  Barse Badariya Sawan Ki =========================================================================================== Saturday 25, July 2026, 05:30. Devaki Pandit in 2018 Background information Born Devaki Pandit 6 March 1965 (age 61) Origin Maharashtra, India Genres Indian Classical Singer, Playback Singing Occupation Singer Years active 1977–present Spouse Sachin Nambiar Introductions:  Devaki Pandit (Marathi: देवकी पंडित; born 6 March 1965) is an Indian classical singer of Hindustani classical music, Bhajan and Abhang, and a playback singer in Hindi and Marathi cinema. She is a disciple of Kishori Amonkar and Jitendra Abhisheki and belongs to the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana and Agra gharana. She worked with renowned artists like Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Ustad Raees Khan, Gulzar, Vishal Bhardwaj, Naushad, Jaydev, Jatin-Lalit, Ustad Zakir Hussain in the fields of film, television and live classical performances. In 2022, she received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award g...

  ================================================================================================= Thursday 23, July 2026, 08:50. Mylapore Gowri Ammal - Born Gowri Ammal, 1892 Mylapore, Chennai Tamilnadu India Died 22 January 1971 (aged 78–79), Chennai, Tamil Nadu Other name Mylapore Gowri Amma Occupation Bharatanatyam dancer Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1959) Introductions:  Mylapore Gowri Ammal also known as Mylapore Gowri Amma (1892–1971) was a Bharathanatyam dancer from Mylapore India. She was a temple dancer in Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore. In 1959, she received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Bharathanatyam. Biography: Mylapore Gowri Ammal was born in 1892, in a Devadasi family of Mylapore, Tamil Nadu.[2] Her mother Doraikannu Ammal was also a dancer. She learned dance from Nelluru Munuswamy Nattuvanar and also from her mother. Born into a family of temple dancers, she was the last person to serve at the Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore. She l...

M.L. Vasanthakumari at a concert with Kanyakumari on violin. Kanyakumari accompanied her for 19 years What I am today is only because of my three gurus — Sri Ivaturi Vijayeshwara Rao, Sangita Kalanidhi Sri M. Chandrashekharan sir and Sangita Kalanidhi M.L. Vasanthakumari amma. The knowledge that my gurus have imparted me is priceless. I bow down to each one of them. But I feel it was perhaps the will of God that I came under the tutelage of MLV akka. This association with her can be explained as that of a mother and child, guru and sishya, advisor and role model. =============================================================================================== Friday 26, June 2026, 08:00. Madras Lalithangi Vasanthakumari MLV in late 1940s Background information: Born 3 July 1928 Madras, Madras Presidency, British India Died 31 October 1990 (aged 62) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Genres Carnatic music – Indian Classical Music and Playback singing Occupation Singer Years active 1942–...