Navarathri Dance & Music Festival at Ananda Bhavanam, Payyannur.

Navarathri dance & Music Festival organised by Satkalapeedom, Payyanur in Kannur Dt (Kerala) will begin on 02 Oct 2016. Well-known artists - T M Krishna, Padmashree Kalamandalam Gopi, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Kadri Gopalnath, Mattannur Sankarankutty Marar etc will participate in the event. The program highlights are listed below.

02 – 10 Oct 2016:  Ananda Bhavanam Navarathri Festival

Venue: Ananda Bhavanam, Pothamkandam; 22km from Payyannur on Peringom road. (to deviate from Peringom), Kannur Dt.

02 Oct-
10.30 am: Inauguration of Cultural programmes
From 01.00 pm: Muthappan Vellattam (Theyyam performance)
03.00 pm: Panchamizhavu melam (Percussion Orchestra with main instrument Mizhavu)
Presented by: Kalamandalam Nettoor Vijay & team
07.30 pm- Classical Music Concert

Vocal - T M Krishna, Chennai
Violin - Akkare Subbalekshmi
Mrudangam -  Ramana Moorthy, Vishaghapatnam
Ghatam - Thruppunithura Radhakrishnan 

03 Oct-
10.30 am- Light Music by P Jayachandran & team
02.00 pm – 04.00 pm: Veena Concert by Jayaraj Krishnan & Jayasree jayaraj

07.30 pm- Classical Music Concert by Bangalore Brothers – M B hariharan & S Asok
Violin: Akkarai Subbalakshmi, Mrudangam: Trichy S Rangarajan, Ghatam: Mohan Ram

04 Oct-
From 10. 30 am: Music Concert by Sreekala Premnath
07.30 pm- Dance program
Presented by: Meera Vijay, Avanthika Praveen, Sonakshi Praveen , Keerthika Vijayan, Sreekala Murali.
08.30 pm: Harmonium Concert (Instrumental music) by Prakash Ullyeri (Harmonium)
Violin: Thiruvizha Viju S Anand, Mrudangam: Palakkad Mahesh Kumar, Tabala: Prasanth Nettoor.

05 Oct-
07.30 pm- Kathakali
Story: Dakshayagam;
Artists:  Actors - Padmashree Kalamandalam Gopi (Dakshan), Kalamandalam Ravikumar (Dakshan 2), Kalamandalam Adithyan (Vedavalli), Kalamandalam Anilkumar (Sivan), Kalamandalam Hari R Nair (Bhadrakali), T M Premnath (Indran), Kalamandalam Visakh (Sathi), Kalamandalam Vaisakh (Nandikeswaran), Kalamandalam Adithyan (Veerabhadran).
Singers: Kalamandalam Babu Namboothiri, Kalamandalam Viswas, Kalamandalam Abhijith
Chenda: Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan, Kalamandalam Venumohan
Maddalam: Kalamandalam Rajnarayanan, Kottakkal Rameshan
Chutti: Kalanilayam Saji, Kalamandalam Sudheesh

06 Oct- -
8.00 pm- Hindustani Music (Instrumental) by Hariprasad Chaurasia (Flute).

07 Oct-
07.30pm- Music Concert by Kottayam Jamaneesh Bhagavathar

08 Oct-
10.00 am : Flute Concert by Sooryanarayanan Palakkad
Mrudangam: V K Prabhakaran
Tabla: Prasanath Nettoor
02.30 pm: Music Concert by Kalamandalam Vasudevan Nambeesan
Violin: Vazhamuttam Suresh
Mrudangam: Chengalam M S Dineshkumar
Ghatam: Kurichithanam Ananthakrishnan
07.30 pm- Classical Music concert
Vocal- Pattabhirama Pandit, Bangalore,
Violin - Ramanuja Jaralu
Mrudangam - Susheendra
Ghatam - Vazhappilli Krishnakumar

09 Oct-
10.30 am : Violin Concert by Harikumar Sivan
03.00 pm : Gaanamela (Music Programme) by Renjith Sreekumar
07.00 pm : Saxophone (Instrumental) concert by  Kadri Gopalnath
Violin: Padmashree A Kanyakumari
Mrudangam: B Harikumar
Tabla: Rajendra Nakkode
Mukharshankh: Bangalore Rajasekharan

10 Oct-
10.00am- Nadaswaram by A T Ashokan
Tavil- Hidanori Japan
Tavil – Babu Vadakara
11.30 am-  Triple Thayambaka by Mattannur Sankarankutty Marar and team (Instrumental Music)
02.30 pm- Kolkkali by Payyannur Fine Arts Society
 03.30pm- Poorakkali
 04.30 pm- Nadaswara Kacheri by Mannarkudi M S K Sankaranarayanan & Mannarkudi M S K Venkitesh, 07.30pm- Chendamelam by Cheruthazham Chandran & team

 11 Oct -
02.30 pm: Subhaganamrutham (Music Program) by S Sabareesh, Chennai
04.00 pm: Sopana Nrutham by Mankombu Rajeev Krishna