Indian Classics

==================================================================================================== Friday 30, January 2026, 20:   Ponnammal in 2017 Background information Born 29 November 1924, Parassala, Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India Died 22 June 2021 (aged 96) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India Genres Indian classical music Occupation Classical vocalist Introduction:   VIDEO:  Parassala B Ponnammal-01-Gajananayutham Parassala Ponnammal sings at the Doordarshan National Programme of Music in 2009. Avaneeswaram Vinu (violin), Erickavu N. Sunil (mridangam), Trikkakkara Y. N. Santharam (kanjira) Parassala B. Ponnammal (29 November 1924 – 22 June 2021) was an Indian Carnatic musician from the south Indian state of Kerala. She was a classical carnatic vocalist in the lineage of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Muthiah Bhagavathar, and Papanasam Sivan. She was the first woman to perform at the Navaratri Mandapam in Thiruvananthapuram as a part of the Navaratri ...

  VIDEO:  Yen Pallikondeerayya | N.C.Vasanthakokilam | Arunachala Kavi | Devotional | Carnatic Classical Music ============================================================================================= Friday 30, January 2026, 05:30. Vasanthakokilam in the 1950 film Krishna Vijayam About: Nagapattinam Chandrashekharan Vasanthakokilam Born Kamakshi, 1919, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur district, Kerala India Died 7 November 1951 (aged 32) Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India Occupations Actor, Musician, Singer Father Chandrashekharan Iyer Introduction: Nagapattinam Chandrashekharan Vasanthakokilam (1919 – 7 November 1951) was a Carnatic singer and actress. Her work included the performances of kritis by Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar and in the years after Indian independence, she helped popularise the famous mystic poet of Tamil Nadu, Kavi Yogi Maharishi Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati's songs. She died of tuberculosis in 1951. Early life: VIDEO:  Rare songs of NC Vasanthakokilam ...

=============================================================================================== Thursday 15, January 2026, 07:30. VIDEO:  Apna Aasmaa। अपना आसमां | Dr. Sandhya Purecha | Bharatanatyam के मंच से संगीत नाट्य अकादमी तक Profile of Dr. Sandhya Purecha Born 29 December 1965 (age 60) Maharashtra Education Ph.D. Dance Alma mater University of Mumbai Known for Indian Classical Dance form Bharatnatyam Notable work research on Kalasa Karana 2010 Book – Natyashastra Vol I & II Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2017, Maharastra State Cultural Award 2006 ================================================================================================== Introduction: Sandhya Purecha (b. 29 December 1965) is a senior Bharatanatyam exponent, Author and renowned practitioner of Indian classical dance. She is the first person to bring on stage the performance in Bharatnatyam style of the entire Abhinaya Darpan dance treatise as defined by Nandikeshwara in Abhinaya Darp...

VIDEO:  Sharan Rani - The Divine Sarod Player (With English Subtitles) ============================================================================================ Saturday 03, January 2026, 05:30. Sharan Rani Backliwal Background information: Born Sharan Rani Mathur, 9 April 1929, Delhi Died 8 April 2008 (aged 78), Delhi Genres Indian classical music Occupations instrumentalist, music scholar Instrument sarod Introduction: Sharan Rani (also known as Sharan Rani Backliwal, née Mathur) (9 April 1929 – 8 April 2008) was an Indian classical sarod player and music scholar. Her private collection of 379 musical instruments ranging from the 15th to the 19th century is now part of the "Sharan Rani Backliwal Gallery of Musical Instruments" at the National Museum, New Delhi. Early life and training: She was born Sharan Rani Mathur in the walled city of Old Delhi to a conservative Hindu family of well-known businessmen and educationists. As a young girl, she learned to play t...