CTU Utsava Abhivandanam heralds 40th year Music Festival

The 2016 Utsava Abhivandanam function was held at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, IL on Sat, Apr 30, 2016. 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.

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 6 classes from November 2015 to April 2016.

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. The Nama Ramayanam chanting was followed by the rendition of Hanuman Chalisa by the CTU group of children and adults.

Subsequently, archana was performed for Lord Hanuman.

Both groups were trained by Smt. Maragatham Mani Sundaresan since Feb 2016 over 20 practice sessions for Nama Ramayanam and 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.

All participants were given a colored poster that graphically represented the actions symbolized by each Hanuman Chalisa slokam in Sanskrit.

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 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.

Special thanks to key CTU Coordinators and Youth Volunteers:

• CTU Utsava Sampradaya Krithis Coordinator Smt. Pushpa Sreedhar
• CTU Nama Ramayanam and Hanuman Chalisa Coordinator Smt. Shoba Jagadeesaiyer
• CTU Youth Volunteer Kamya Sundaresan for assisting with all the Nama Ramayanam and Hanuman Chalisa practice sessions and capturing the attendance at the Abhivandanam function

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

Vocalists

Num	First Name	Last Name	USK	NR and HC
1	Parvathi	Achari		Yes
2	Bhavana	Agnihotram	Yes
3	Datta	Agnihotram	Yes
4	Asrith	Amaraeadi	Yes
5	Sri	Amaraeadi	Yes
6	Aditya	Anand		Yes
7	Ashika	Anand		Yes
8	Meghna	Anand		Yes
9	Neha	Anand		Yes
10	Pavithra	Anand		Yes
11	Shreya	Anand		Yes
12	Aparnaa	Ananthakrishnan		Yes
13	Hariharan	Ananthakrishnan		Yes
14	Sharada	Ananthakrishnan		Yes
15	Aditi	Arunkumar	Yes
16	Adithi	Arunkumar		Yes
17	Adhvay	Arvind	Yes
18	Arnav	Arvind	Yes
19	Akhil	Avasarala	Yes
20	Rithvik	Balantrapu	Yes	Yes
21	Roshni	Balantrapu		Yes
22	Amritha	Barani		Yes
23	Swati	Baskar		Yes
24	Harshita	Baskaran		Yes
25	Anjana	Bharadwaj		Yes
26	Sathwik	Bhatathiri		Yes
27	Sanand	Bhattathiri		Yes
28	Adithi	Bikkavilli		Yes
29	Akshara	Birthi		Yes
30	Shreya	Chandrashekar		Yes
31	Shweta	Chandrashekar		Yes
32	Bhavyaa	chauhan		Yes
33	Aayushi	Chhajed		Yes
34	Ankit	Chhajed		Yes
35	Anusha	Chintalapudi	Yes	Yes
36	Neeharika Rao	Chintalapudi		Yes
37	Risha	Dhinahar		Yes
38	Rainisha	Doddikindi	Yes
39	Jamuna	Easwaran		Yes
40	Sheila	Erramilli	Yes
41	Kaavya	Gundlapalli	Yes
42	Pragnya	Guptha		Yes
43	Asha	Hari		Yes
44	Shraddha	Hariharan		Yes
45	Srivibha	hariharan		Yes
46	Karthik	Iyer	Yes	Yes
47	Rohan	Iyer	Yes
48	Sahana	Iyer		Yes
49	Sitalakshmi	Iyer		Yes
50	Sitara	Iyer		Yes
51	Inchara	Jagadeesh	Yes
52	Rathna	Kalluri	Yes
53	Sathya	Kalyanasundram	Yes
54	Shivani	Kalyanasundram	Yes
55	Visalakshi	Kalyanasundram	Yes
56	Rheea	Kannan		Yes
57	Anushka	Katuri	Yes
58	Ravi	Kesavarappu		Yes
59	Karthik	Kesavarapu	Yes	Yes
60	Sathvik	Kesavarapu		Yes
61	Aditi	Kosgi	Yes
62	Aishwarya	Kosgi	Yes
63	Harish	Krishnan		Yes
64	Neeraja	Kumar	Yes	Yes
65	Poorna	Kumar	Yes
66	Deepasriya	Kumar		Yes
67	Shreya	Lakshmanan	Yes
68	Rishi	Mahadevan	Yes
69	Maragatham	Mani Sundaresan		Yes
70	Shivani	Manimaran		Yes
71	Saanvi	Mylavarapu	Yes
72	Sita	Mylavarapu	Yes
73	Swathi	Narasimhan		Yes
74	Sreekeerthi	Panchagnula	Yes	Yes
75	Sreelaasya	Panchagnula		Yes
76	Divya	Pariti	Yes
77	Kasthuri	Parthiban		Yes
78	Shakthi	Parthiban		Yes
79	Harsh	Pathak		Yes
80	Shreya	Pattisapu	Yes
81	Siddharth	Pattisapu	Yes
82	Hari	Prasad		Yes
83	Anand	Purushothaman	Yes
84	Anirudh	Raghuvir	Yes
85	Sridevi	Rajagopalan		Yes
86	Mithra	Rajesh		Yes
87	Aditi	Ram	Yes
88	Saanvi	Ramanujan		Yes
89	Shreyas	Ramanujan		Yes
90	Lakshmi	Ramesh	Yes
91	Geetha	Sadagopan		Yes
92	Mukundagiri	Sadagopan		Yes
93	Ananya	Sampathkumar	Yes
94	Bhargav	Sampathkumar	Yes
95	Aadhi	Sekhar		Yes
96	Viswaprabhla	Shanbarar		Yes
97	Vishnupriya	Siva		Yes
98	Vandana	Sivakumar	Yes
99	Uma	Somu		Yes
100	Ashraya	Sreedhar	Yes	Yes
101	Pushpa	Sreedhar		Yes
102	Advaith	Srikanth		Yes
103	Samarth	Sringeri		Yes
104	Shriya	Sringeri		Yes
105	Gayathri	Srinivasan		Yes
106	Sahana	Sriram		Yes
107	Indu	Subramanian		Yes
108	Samhita	Subramanian		Yes
109	Shweta	Subramanian		Yes
110	Krupa	Sudheendra	Yes	Yes
111	Kruthi	Sudheendra		Yes
112	Kaamya	Sundaresan		Yes
113	Anagha	surampalli	Yes
114	Trisha	Suresh		Yes
115	Vibha	Varanasi	Yes
116	Ahal	Vasudevan	Yes
117	Ansh	Vasudevan	Yes
118	Balambigai	Vengatesan		Yes
119	Raaja	Vengatesan		Yes
120	Aadya	Venkat		Yes
121	Ahiri	Vishnubhotla	Yes

Accompaniments for Utsava Sampradaya Krithis

• Smt. Rajeswari Pariti on Veena
• Akhil Avasarala on Mridangam

Accompaniments for Nama Ramayanam and Hanuman Chalisa

• Aditya Anand on Mridangam
• Harsh Pathak, Raaja Vengkatesan and Ankit Chhajed on Tabla
• Smt. Pavitra Anand on Cymbals