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Elegance in Entertainment- Ganeshotsav

A Performance by Ragasudha Vinjamuri

Keeping its 74 year old illustrious history and tradition of organizing programs every year on music, drama and Deepavali dinners that strongly reflect the tradition and culture, Maharashtra Mandal London has celebrated Ganeshotsav that concluded with Visarjan on 6 September. As a part of the 10 day Ganesh Chaturthi festival which totally drew close to 2000 people, INDRADHANUSHYA -an evening of dance and music was conducted on 2 September 2006 at Maharashtra Bhavan during which Ragasudha Vinjamuri presented Bharatanatyam.

The audience has thoroughly enjoyed the show which included compositions on Ganesha, Shiva and Parvati. In reverence to Lord Ganesha, Sudha presented Maha Ganesha Pancharatna Stotra by Adi Shankaracharya. As resplendent as rising sun, Ganesha is described as the God of education, prudence and success, eternal and kind, worshipped by both demons and gods. Invoked at the start of anything auspicious, he removes evils and obstacles, and bestows us with health, happiness, long life and progeny. One of Sudha’s lovely postures in this composition was Ganesha inscribing the Mahabharatha with his broken tusk used as a pen.

The Lingashtakam that Sudha presented in tasteful style was quite uplifting. Every interlude “Tat pranamaami Sadaasiva Lingam” had a splendid pose of Lord Shiva. The viewers joyfully watched her excellent expressions. Shiva with swirling locks of hair dances with the drum and fire in his hands to signify creation and destruction respectively. His dreadlocks are decked with crescent moon and are interspersed with the sacred river Ganges. All these Lord’s attributes were gracefully offered in her dance Om Shambho.

The presentation stood out as a brilliant regalement among all the programs of the evening. A memento was presented to her in the presence of the president of Maharashtra Mandal London, Viju Kale.

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