SREE RAMANAVAMI CELEBRATIONS

Since it’s inception in 1939, the Mandali has been celebrating the birth of Lord Rama in a colourful manner. Our Ramanavami Celebrations is a confluence of Gnana and Gana. The Ramanavami National Music festival organised by the Mandali enjoys a rare status as a unique Spiritual platform to perform; it has acquired a national stature and has gained wide acceptance both by Artistes and Music lovers.

Venue
The 31 days Music Extravaganza will be celebrated at the Specially Errected 40,000 sq.feet Pandal(which can accommodate over 10,000 audience), Old fort high school grounds, Bangalore.

The National Music Festival: Over 300 Nationally and Internationally acclaimed artistes will participate in the Festival, every year. The schedule of the Music festival will be published in our official facebook page and our website on the New Year’s day every year. The Festival will attract more than 1.25 lakhs audience every year.

Over the past 8 decades The Mandali has provided opportunity and groomed Hundreds of Young artistes, who are the leading artistes of today.

The Month long fest with over 100 Volunteers, 300 artistes, 1.25 lakhs audience is the LARGEST INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL.

Arrangements

1. ! The Arrangements of the ensuing Ramanavami will start from the Month of September, every year.
2. ! The Programme List will be published on our web and facebook page. Over 1 lakh copies of the Mandali’s Iconic 1 meter long Programme list will be printed and distributed every year.
3. ! To ensure that the Rasikas enjoy the nectar of Gnana & Gana without any trouble, facilities like Artificial flooring, restrooms & Canteen are provided at the venue.
4. ! Apart from the Canteen, the Mandali also runs an in house Kitchen which serves Lunch & Dinner to about 10,000 people.
5. ! The Mandali has also taken many steps to enhance the ambience of the Pandal. The splendor and grace of the bedecked idols and the Darbar Set in the background at the celebrations brings in a revered sanctity to the massive pandal at Fort High School grounds venue.
6. ! Over 7000 sq.feet of flex signage boards are installed at the venue.
7. ! A mobile clinic and an ambulance are also provided in the venue.
8. ! Fire extinguishers are also installed at the venue.

Founders Day

In the year 2001, the Mandali started the tradition of conducting Founders Day as part of our Ramanavami celebration in the memory of our beloved founder Late Sri S V Narayanaswamy Rao.

In the first 3 installments of the Founders Day the Mandali honoured associates of SVN Rao who helped him in his mission of Preserving Music.

In the later years the felicitations were made for the people who have contributed immensely in the fields of Music, Dance, Science etc along the people who have served Sree Ramaseva Mandali. Till date over 50 people have been felicitated.

A Foundation in the name of “S.V.Narayanaswamy Rao Foundation for Education & World Music” has been established by S.N.Varadaraj & Abhijith Varadaraj S to celebrate the legacy of S.V.N Rao

The Rama Gana Kalacharya awards

The Veda Vyasa Sanman

Prathibhakankshi Youth Music Competition

The Prathibhakankshi was started in the year 2001. The Competition is conducted in the memory of Late Smt Rajam Vaidyanathan. The Competition was started to identify future MS Subbalakshmi, Maharajapuram Santhanam, Lalgudi.

Around 318 budding artistes have performed in the Competition, as of 2017. The awards are given in 2 categories. Since the year 2016, the theme of the competition is Raga Tana Pallavi.

Till day, the Mandali has received around 10,000 applications.