Join us for a workshop with Sarod exponent Abhishek Borkar.
The workshop will focus on the basics of tuning and melody, and is open to Sitar and Sarod students of all levels.

 At the beginning of every year, The Bhavan proudly hosts annual Founders’ Day celebrations. Showcasing the talents and dedication of all our students, teachers, and staff, the weekend event is a grand celebration of Indian Classical Arts and the future torch bearers. It is a chance to applaud the students honing their skills at The Bhavan.

Ramayana- The Journey is the production presented by the students of the Raaga Sudha Music Academy. It attempts to chronicle Rama’s Ayana (journey) from His birth to His Jala- samadhi through a series of 8 plays and 15 songs. A “must-see” for children who want to learn the Ramayana. This hugely successful production brought in 600 people for its first

show in July 2023. The production is in English with the songs sung in various Indian languages.

The show was well appreciated for its approach of story-telling where the incidents from the Ramayana are elaborated with spiritual back-stories thereby making it easier for the audience to understand the reasons behind many incidents in the epic. Another speciality of

the show is its commitment to always focus on the positive characters in the epic and not just on the Rama-Ravana war. Come along with family to enjoy an evening where we can travel with Rama through the various phases of His life to get soaked in devotion and love.

Raaga Sudha Music Academy is a not-for-profit community interest company teaching Indian Classical Carnatic music to 50 students in the North East UK. The school is in its sixth year running with the purpose of teaching children and adults the core human values of love, truth, peace, right conduct and non-violence integrated with Classical music.

Praveena Srikailash has been teaching music for the last 17 years in the North East UK. She has students starting from 5 years to 80 years of age. She started the Raaga Sudha Music Academy in September 2018 as a performing arts academy to enable the students to bring out the musical talents of the students. The key to Praveena’s success is her ability to integrate moral stories with music. Students seldom miss her classes every week. Praveena also teaches Vedam chanting free of charge to nearly 50 students in the UK through her Vedam school, श्रुति- Śruti. As a student of Vedanta, she is able to understand the spiritual

purpose behind many actions of important characters in Ramayana. This clear understanding forms the back-bone of this epic production.

The Bhavan is proud to present the annual youth festival 2024. Our aim with the festival is to create an open platform for emerging Indian Classical artists across the music and dance genres from London and beyond to showcase their talents and creativity. We are delighted to host over 15 groups performances across the genres of Indian Classical Arts and do our bit in fostering the next generation of artists.

Srishti – Nina Rajarani Dance Creations presents SRISHTI PATHWAYS featuring a performance of classical Indian dance performed by a new generation of British-South Asian dancers. The ambitious production will showcase the best of Bharatanatyam through exquisite movements, powerful rhythm and striking ensemble work.  

The dancers will present three works by award-winning choreographer and Srishti’s Artistic Director Nina Rajarani MBE, and a specially commissioned one by the inimitable guest choreographer Mavin Khoo. Versatile music composer and Karnatik vocalist Y Yadavan has created the music score for the performance. 

SRISHTI Pathways is funded by Arts Council England and supported by Harrow Arts Centre, Harrow Council and Creative Academy, Slough.

Creative team 

Concept, Choreography & Direction: Nina Rajarani MBE 

Music Composition: Yadav Yadavan 

Guest Choreographer: Mavin Khoo 

Dancers: Linnea Prema Husmann, Mithesha Mageswaran, Ritu Raj, Disha

Varsani, Varsha Vijay (understudy)

Lighting Design and Technical Management: Paul Micah

The Bhavan welcomes you to The Shivaratri puja celebrations. The festival is celebrated by remembering lord Shiva with Vedic Pooja, chanting, music, and dance performances by students of The Bhavan. Prasad will be served in the form of dinner.

Event sponsored by Smt. Pratibha Sharma and family.

A two-weekend Classical Music Festival with the best of South Indian and North Indian Music traditions.

Sat 9 March

Accompanied by Sri M Balachandar on Mridangam, Sri Balu Raguraman on Violin and Sri Bangalore R N Prakash on Ghatam

Supported by Sri Balu Raguraman on Violin and accompanied by M Balachandar on Mridangam, and Sri R R Pratap on Ghatam

Violin workshop with A Kanyakumari
Sat 9 & Sun 10 March

10am -12pm | £30 for both days

A Kanyakumari will teach a violin workshop at The Bhavan. Open to intermediate and advanced level students.

Tabla by Pt. Rajkumar Misra

Hindustani Vocal workshop with Sajan Misra and Swaransh Mishra

Sun 17 March |11am - 1pm | £10 / Free for Bhavan students

Join us for an evening of Sitar by Punita Gupta and her students. The concert aims to honour Punita ji for her services to the Bhavan and Indian music through her extensive teaching and performances. By showcasing. her students, it also aims to highlight the future Sitar players.

Music by Punita and her students.
Tabla: Udit Pankhania and Hevylen Seenan.

Mridangam : M Balachandran

Kuchipudi exponent Avijit Das will present Kuchipudi Vystha Nrithyam, which is a solo format of presentation. The whole presentation is choreographed by Avijit Das.

A unique all day Indian Classical Music and Dance Conference with live performances by young maestros and eminent artists, that invite the audiences to express the emotions they feel while experiencing the performances through other forms of creativity such as sketching, writing or poetry. The day will be divided into three sessions. The morning and evening sessions will both be double bill concerts in which the audience will be encouraged to grab a piece of paper, pen, pencil and/or colours and exhibit their sentiments in whatever way they see fit as they watch the performances. In between the two sessions of music and dance, the M.P Birla Art Gallery will be converted into a space of creation and contemplation, where the audience may sit and read books on Indian Classical Music and Dance, continue to write, sketch or doodle taking inspiration from the performances they just witnessed, or simply meditate silently or while listening to music.

This third session will also include the screening of a documentary called "Khayal - A Musical Journey" directed by Usha Deshpande in 1987, narrated by tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain.

Morning

Hindustani Vocal - Nagesh Adgaonkar, accompanied on tabla by Dhanraj Persaud Pandey and on Harmonium by Pt Vishwa Prakash

Sitar - Smt Reena Srivastava, accompanied on tabla by Ustad Shahbaz Hussain

Evening

Violin - Yadnesh Raikar, accompanied on tabla by Himanish Goswami

Kathak - Smt Durga Arya, accompanied on tabla by Pt Rajkumar Misra, Vocal by Rakhi Lal,

Harmonium by Pt Vishwa Prakash