Utsava Abhivandanam heralds 2015 Music Festival

The 2015 Utsava Abhivandanam function was held at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, IL on Sat, Apr 25, 2015. This function heralded the arrival of this year’s Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam Music Festival during the Memorial Day weekend.

CTU families assembled at the temple at 9:45 AM for the festivities to begin at 10:00 AM.

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Utsava Sampradaya Krithis

The festivities were kicked off with a soul-filling rendition of 5 Utsava Sampradaya Krithis by children trained by CTU over the years.  This group was trained by Smt. Rajeswari Pariti for 7 classes from October 2014 to April 2015.

Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam thanks the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago for this unique opportunity for the CTU trained children to perform the Utsava Sampradaya Krithis on this very auspicious occasion.

CTU USK practice sessions are held regularly in preparation for the Annual Memorial Day Music Festival each year.

Nama Ramayanam and Hanuman Chalisa

This was followed by the Nama Ramayanam chanting in perfect unison by CTU trained children and adults. After the Nama Ramayanam chanting, archana was performed for Lord Hanuman followed by the rendition of Hanuman Chalisa by the CTU group of children and adults.

Both groups were trained by Smt. Maragatham Mani Sundaresan over a period of 13 weeks with 8 practice sessions for Nama Ramayanam and 5 for Hanuman Chalisa.

Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam thanks the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago for this opportunity for the CTU trained children to perform the Nama Ramayanam and Hanuman Chalisa.

Thanks to the support of an anonymous CTU well-wisher, all the participating children were given a book that has the Nama Ramayanam and Hanuman Chalisa slokams.

The performance received appreciation from the temple authorities and Utsava Abhivandanam function attendees. All participants received the blessings of Lord Hanuman in the form of the prasadam.

As per the CTU tradition at such performances, several participants put at least one dollar on the Harathi plate.

Vada Mala

The cornerstone of the Abhivandanam function is the Vada Mala offering to Hanuman by the CTU community of well-wishers.

The attendees offered their prayers, Arathi and Vada Mala to Lord Hanuman. The Vadais were distributed to one and all on this festive, joyous occasion.

All Utsava Abhivandanam attendees were served prasadam Lunch prepared by CTU Volunteers.

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Participants

Please find below the children who participated in the festivities in the alphabetical order of their last names.  Please send an e-mail to the appropriate mailing address if there are any changes to be made to this list.

  • Utsava Sampradaya Krithis: ctu {DOT} usk {AT} ChicagoTyagarajaUtsavam {DOT} org
  • Nama Ramayanam & Hanuman Chalisa: ctu {DOT} hc {AT} ChicagoTyagarajaUtsavam {DOT} org
NumFirstLastUSKNRHC
Children
1ParvathiAchariYesYes
2AsrithaAmaravadiYes
3SrivardhanAmaravadiYes
4AdityaAnandYesYes
5AshikaAnandYesYes
6ShreyaAnandYesYes
7Aparna AnanthakrishnanYes
8AdithiArunkumarYesYesYes
9AnikaAyyalarajuYes
10PriyankaAyyalarajuYes
11ShambaviBalachandranYes
12RithvikBalantrapuYesYesYes
13RoshniBalantrapuYesYesYes
14Sharada BaskarYesYes
15BhargavChandramouliYes
16DhivyaChariYes
17BhavyaaChauhanYesYes
18AayushiChhajedYesYesYes
19AvyaktaDamal
20MeeraDullurYes
21ShilaErramilliYes
22ChandraGangavarapuYes
23AbhishekGantiYesYesYes
24SathvikGantiYesYesYes
25PRATHIBHAGARLANKA
26KiritGeckaYes
27SmritiIvaturiYes
28KarthikIyerYesYesYes
29RohanIyerYes
30SahanaIyerYesYesYes
31SitaraIyerYesYesYes
32VaibhavIyerYes
33TejaswiniJoshiYesYes
34RathnaKalluriYes
35AnushkaKaturiYes
36KarthikKesavarapuYes
37AksharKotaYesYesYes
38NeerajaKumarYesYesYes
39PoornaKumarYes
40RishiMahadevanYesYesYes
41AbhishekMisra
42MonishMuraliYes
43SaarviSitaMylavarapuYes
44GowriNadellaYesYesYes
45SwathiNarasimhanYesYes
46VivekanandNatarajan
47MohithNellivalasaYes
48RohithNellivalasaYes
49SrisowmyaPanugantiYes
50DivyaParitiYes
51KasthuriParthibanYesYes
52VarunPatsaYesYes
53ShreyaPattisapuYesYes
54SiddharthPattisapuYesYes
55RohitPisipati
56AnandPurushothamanYes
57ArjaaRaghuYesYesYes
58AnirudhRaghuvirYes
59VarunRajaramYes
60VaanathiRajasinghamYes
61MUKUNDRAJESHYesYes
62ShreyasRamanujamYesYes
64DivyaReddyYesYes
65KavyaReddyYesYes
66SrideviSampathYesYes
67SamhitaSubramanianYesYes
68ShwetaSubramanianYesYes
69SumedhaSundaramYesYesYes
70SunandaSundaramYesYesYes
71KaamyaSundaresanYesYes
72PrakashTataYes
73SantoshTataYes
74VennelaVakatiYesYes
75ParvathiVanamoorthy AchariYes
76NikithaVelavanYesYes
77SruthikaaVelavanYesYes
78BalambigaiVengatesanYesYes
79AnanyaYammanuruYes
80AnkitChhajedYesYes
81Hersh PathakYesYes
82RaajaVengatesanYesYes
83Arjun RamachandranYesYes
Adults
84Pavithra AnandYesYes
85JayaChauhanYesYes
86AshaHariprasadYes
87Krishnarao HariprasadYes
88DeepasriyaKumarYesYes
89GeetaNagarajanYesYes
90GayathriRameshYesYes
91HemalathaRanganathanYesYes
92Pushpa SreedharYesYes
93InduSubramanianYesYes
94Mani SundaresanYesYes

 

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