SIXTH ANNIVERSARY( SHRADDHANJALI ) OF  DR.Sheikh Chinna Moulana atTiruchy, 2005.

 

Kasims & Sundarams.  Stage wih invitees.  Nadaswaram prize.

This summary is excerpted from the account of Sri.P.Soundararajan. As usual the function conducted by the Dr. Chinna Moulana Trust in association with Rasika Ranjani Sabha held at Hotel Sangham was a major highlight of Tiruchy musical season  with a memorable concert by Sanjay Subramanyan(accompanied by M.A.Sundaresan , Guruvayoor Dorai∓ TV.Vasan) ∓  open air Nadaswaram concert  by Sheikh Mahaboob Subhani∓Smt. Kaleeshabi Mahaboob with Tavil  Accompanists Mannargudi M.N.Vasudevan ∓ Idumbavanam S. Kannan( on second day, Tamil new year’s day).

 

On the first day the great Nadaswaram exponent  Sri. S.R.D. Vidyanathan( torch bearer of the Sembanarkoil Bani) presided over the function ∓ sang a Virutham with humility∓passion to honour his long association with Dr. Chinna moulana. Cleveland Sundaram( Guest of honour with his wife Smt.Gomathi) nostalgically his month long experiences with Sheikh in North America. Dr.Bala from Malaysia had specially flown in for the occasion. The chief guest was Sri.B.Radhakrishnan (Senior General Manager of Lakshmi Vilas Bank).Purses of Rs. 5000 were presented to Sri.S.R.D.Vaidyanathan , Sri.Sheikh Masthan Saheb(Senior Nadaswara Vidwan from Andhra Pradesh) and Prumpallam Sri.P.P.Venkatesan (senior Tavil Vidwan). The Trust also presented Nadaswarams to: S.Karthikeyan( student at Govt. Music School at Perambalur) ∓ M.Prabhakaran( student at Govt. Music School at Tiruvanur).

These gestures of the Trust have received wide acclamation from the public ∓ Sri.S.Kasim ∓ S.Babu deserve all our praise for their appreciation for their pioneering efforts in this area.