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News Round UpApril 02, 2004
Nishagandhi Festival
By KutcheriBuzz staff / Chennai		 
Vikku Vinayakram The well known Nishagandhi festival in Kerala rolls this week. From April 5 to 12, the classical music and dance fest will be held at the the famed Nishagandhi open air auditorium of the sprawling Kanakakkunnu Palace grounds in Thiruvananthapuram.

And this year, the partnering state, Andhra Pradesh, brings a 60-member troupe to perform here. (Last year, the partnering state was Rajasthan)

Andhra Pradesh Tourism Director, Kishen Rao and Asst. Director Radhakrishna Moorthy will attend the festival too. A Kuchipudi group will perform at the inauguration. Later, folk artistes present Dola Vinyasam, Tappetagullu, Garagallu and Veeranatyam.

And the backdrop on the stage will be based on the Golconda Fort of Andhra Pradesh. This festival, being organised by Kerala Tourism, will also feature a crafts bazar, food festival and an ethnic plant and flower show.

Schedule:

05 April: Vineeth & Lakshmi Gopalaswami - Bharatanatyam
06 April: Paushali Chatterji and group - Odissi-Manipuri jugalbandhi
07 April: Malaysian Group - Lion Dance
08 April: Rajendra Gangani & Deepthi Omcheri - Kathak-Mohiniattam Jugalbandhi
09 April: Anoop Jalotta - Ghazal and Bhajan
10 April: Andhra Pradesh Folk Arts
11 April: Shiela Mehta and group - Kathak
12 April: Vikku Vinayakram - Ghatam ensemble

Click here to read KutcheriBuzz's on-the-spot coverage of the Nishagandhi Festival 2003.

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