in photo: Bahauddin Dagar, playing Rudra Veena

In remembrance of Pandit Chandrashekhar Raman Kunwar Shastri, a renowned classical musician of ancient time, 5^th musical show ‘Pancham Dhrupad Samaroha’ will be organized from 12^th November to 15^th November at Vivekanand Hall, Science College, Udaipur.

Pandit Chandrashekhar Raman was also awarded with the title ‘Sanskriti Vyas’ by then Royal house of Mewar.

Schedule of the show is as follows:

12th November: 7 pm

Classical Karnatak song by Rukmani Vijayraghvan and Kuashalya Vijyaraghvan( from Delhi). Nancy Kulkarni (from U.S.A) will be playing cello in Dhrupad.

Chief Guest: Dr. J.K. Taliya (Social Worker)

Special Guest: Dr. Prem Bhandari

Director: Narhari Thakkar (Senior Priest Head, Nathadwara Temple)

13^th November: 7 pm

Dhrupad singing by Aparna Shashtri (from Mumbai), Ritvik Sanyal (from Banaras) and Rajshekhar Vyas will be on Rudra Veena.

Chief Guest: L.N Mantri (Registrar, M.P.U.A.T, Udaipur)

Special Guest: Hemshankar Dixit

Director: Poonam Ladiya

14^th November: Morning 9:30 am

A seminar is planned in which Raj ShekharVyas and Rameshvar Ameta will deliver their intellectual speech on the subject “Indian Classical Music and Dhrupad”

Chief Guest: Amrit Kavtyakar

Special Guest: Yashwant Kothari

Director: Ritvik Sanyal

In the evening at 7 pm:

Dhrupad singing by Udai Bhvalankar (from pune) and Rudra Veena will be played by Ustad Bahauddin Dager (from Mumbai).

Chief Guest: Shailendra Dashora (Director, West Zone Cultural Center, Udaipur)

Special Guest: Rajesh Kasara

Director: Vinay Joshi.

15^th November: 7 pm

Group Dhrupad a song by Fariduddin Dagar, Udai Bhvalankar and his student and Ashish Lalit, Group Rudra Veena will be played by Bahauddin Dagar and Rajshekhar Vyas and his students Ashish and Lalit.

Chief Guest: Shyam Rawat

Director: Murli Shankar

In the entire programme an instrument Pakhvaz will be played by Shrikant Mishra (from Banaras).

Patrons of the show are:

Omkaar Singh Rathore (Former Dean, Agricultural College, Udaipur), Narhari Thakkar( Senior Priest Head, Nathadwara), Shyam Rawat( Manglam Arts, Udaipur), M.S Meena (Former Income Tax Commissioner, Jaipur) and J.K Taliya (Social Worker).