Maa Kolam by CTU Children at 10 AM
The day starts with CTU trained children putting Maa Kolam with a creative design of their choice at the entrance to the Chicago Kali Bari on premise. This will start at 10 am. All families are welcome to come and encourage these children as well as bring their own children for them to familiarize themselves with one of our most traditional art forms. Artwork submitted by CTU trained children who participated in the Maa Kolam workshop conducted earlier this year will be showcased during the Accompanied Performances program.
Lunch
All families are welcome to enjoy lunch served downstairs at the Chicago Kali Bari. This includes attendees for Maa Kolam as well as the families bringing their children to chant the Mahishasuramardhini Stotram and Accompanied Performances (see below).
Accompanied Performances
Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam is glad to announce the 2019 Accompanied Performances from 12 PM onwards. Please see detailed schedule below. Please see Latest Announcements for more information about the Accompanied Performances. We welcome everyone to come, attend and encourage these children for these performances.
- Note: The Accompanied Performances program will be held downstairs. We understand from Chicago Kali Bari that the only elevator — that was working all this time — is temporarily out of service. Stairs are the only access for attendees to go downstairs. It is not clear whether the elevator will be fixed before Oct 19, 2019. There is wheelchair access to the street level which is where the Maa Kolam and Mahishasuramardhini events will be held.
Mahishasuramardhini stotram
Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam (CTU) is glad to announce — for the first time ever — the chanting of the Mahishasuramardhini Stotram at 1 PM in the Main Hall of the Chicago Kali Bari. Children are requested to join us in the morning for the Maa Kolam session, have lunch and then assemble by 12:45 PM in the Main Hall.
Please find below the detailed schedule for the day.
| Time | Lead Participant | Accompanying Participants |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 AM | Maa Kolam by CTU trained children | |
| 11:15 AM | Lunch | |
| 12:00 PM | Poorna Kumar (Violin) | Madhav Parthasarathy (Mridangam) |
| 12:20 PM | Vrishank Ramnath (Vocal) | Suryaninad Bhamidi (Violin) Madhav Parthasarathy (Mridangam) |
| 1:00 PM | Mahishasuramardhini Stothram in Main Hall | |
| 1:40 PM | Anirudh Raghuvir (Vocal) | Suryaninad Bhamidi (Violin) Shyam Ganesh (Mridangam) |
| 2:00 PM | Sahana Rajagopalan (Vocal) | Swathi Narasimhan (Violin) Soham Kaje (Mridangam) |
| 2:20 PM | Sahana Narayanan (Vocal) | Suryaninad Bhamidi (Violin) Soham Kaje (Mridangam) |
| 2:40 PM | Sitara Iyer (Vocal) | Swathi Narasimhan (Violin) Soham Kaje(Mridangam) |
| 3:00 PM | Shreya Balaji (Vocal) | Swathi Narasimhan (Violin) Soham Kaje (Mridangam) |
| 3:20 PM | Suryaninad Bhamidi (Violin) | Soham Kaje (Mridangam) |
| 3:40 PM | Ashwini Narayanan (Vocal) | Swathi Narasimhan (Violin) Shravan Arun (Mridangam) |
| 4:00 PM | Sreelaya Bhamidi (Flute) | Suryaninad Bhamidi (Violin) Soham Kaje (Mridangam) |
| 4:20 PM | Swathi Narasimhan (Violin) | Soham Kaje (Mridangam) |