CHENNAI, December 3: The annual music festival of Brahma Gana Sabha will get under way here on December 3. Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, Member of Parliament, will preside over the function and present the title Gaana Padhman on Aruna Sairam and Naatya Padhman on K. J.Sarasa. The dance component of the festival will commence on January 1, 2009 and the Nadaswaram part on December 19. On the inaugural day, there
will be a bharathanatyam by K.R. Manasvini.

For details, contact: 94444 44767/ 98410 70390

The festival schedule is given below:

December 03, 2008 (WED)
05:30 PM	Inauguration
06:00 PM	Deepti Ravichandran - Bharatanatyam
December 04, 2008 (THU)
02:15 PM	Swarna Rethas - Vocal
03:45 PM	Geetha Rajasekhar - Vocal
06:00 PM	Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal
December 05, 2008 (FRI)
02:15 PM	Akshay Padmanabhan - Vocal
03:45 PM	Ganesh R Dr. - Vocal
06:00 PM	Sankaranarayanan T V - Vocal
December 06, 2008 (SAT)
10:00 AM	Saraswathi Ramraj - Vocal
02:15 PM	Subhiksha Rangarajan - Vocal
03:45 PM	Charulatha Mani - Vocal
06:00 PM	Krishna T M - Vocal
December 07, 2008 (SUN)
01:00 PM	Aditya Venkatesh - Vocal
02:15 PM	Vasudha Ravi - Vocal
03:45 PM	Gayathri K - Vocal
06:00 PM	Lalitha Sivakumar - Vocal
December 08, 2008 (MON)
02:15 PM	Rithvik Raja - Vocal
03:45 PM	Savita Narasimhan - Vocal
06:00 PM	Vijay Siva N - Vocal
December 09, 2008 (TUE)
02:15 PM	Calcutta Kala Chitra - Vocal
03:45 PM	Saxophone Sisters - Lavanya and Subbulakshmi - Saxophone
06:00 PM	Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal
December 10, 2008 (WED)
02:15 PM	Banu Kannan - Vocal
03:45 PM	Moorthy T.N.R - Nadaswaram
06:00 PM	Sowmya S - Vocal
December 11, 2008 (THU)
02:15 PM	Ranjani Hebbar - Vocal
03:45 PM	Bhaskaran - Flute
06:00 PM	Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal
December 12, 2008 (FRI)
2:15 PM	Mandolin Sisters - Srisha and Sriusha - Mandolin
3:45 PM	Geetha Raja - Vocal
06:00 PM	Ranjani and Gayathri - Violin
December 13, 2008 (SAT)
01:00 PM	Priya Krishnamurthy - Vocal
02:15 PM	Chitra Srikrishna - Vocal
03:45 PM	Pantula Rama - Vocal
06:00 PM	Priya Sisters - Shanmukhapriya and Haripriya - Vocal
December 14, 2008 (SUN)
01:00 PM	Isai Mazhalai Vishweshwar - Flute
02:15 PM	Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal
03:45 PM	Akkarai Sister - Subhalakshmi and Swarnalatha - Violin
06:00 PM	Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal
December 15, 2008 (MON)
02:15 PM	Prasanna Venkatraman - Vocal
03:45 PM	Raji Gopalakrishnan - Vocal
06:00 PM	Seshagopalan T N - Vocal
December 16, 2008 (TUE)
02:15 PM	Gayathri K - Vocal
03:45 PM	Suryaprakash R - Vocal
06:00 PM	Maharajapuram Srinivasan - Vocal
December 17, 2008 (WED)
02:15 PM	Vasudha Kesav - Vocal
03:45 PM	Mambalam Sisters Vijayalakshmi and Chitra - Vocal
06:00 PM	Ashok Ramani - Vocal
December 18, 2008 (THU)
02:15 PM	Ajay Nambudiri - Vocal
03:45 PM	Sriram Gangadharan - Vocal
06:00 PM	Sankaranarayanan M.S.K - Nadaswaram
December 19, 2008 (FRI)
02:15 PM	Sandeep Narayanan - Vocal
03:45 PM	Aruna Ranganathan - Vocal
06:00 PM	Shashank S - Flute
December 20, 2008 (SAT)
10:00 AM	Muthukumaraswamy Dr. - Vocal
01:00 PM	Ashwin D.B - Vocal
02:15 PM	Vilasini S M - Vocal
03:45 PM	Nisha Rajagopal - Vocal
06:00 PM	Rama Vaidyanathan - Bharatanatyam
December 21, 2008 (SUN)
10:00 AM	Bombay Gnanam - Drama
01:00 PM	Dharini K - Vocal
02:15 PM	Nirmita Narasimhan - Vocal
03:45 PM	Trichur Brothers Krishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Jayant Kastuar - Kathak
December 22, 2008 (MON)
10:00 AM	Soundaravalli N C - Vocal
01:00 PM	Mahathi K - Keyboard
02:15 PM	Sankaranarayanan V - Vocal
03:45 PM	Nirmala Sundarajan Dr / Subhashini Dr - Vocal
6:00 PM	Arun O S - Vocal
December 23, 2008 (TUE)
10:00 AM	Mathangi Ramakrishnan - Vocal
01:00 PM	Pattabhirama Pandit T S - Vocal
02:15 PM	Aditya Prakash - Vocal
03:45 PM	Carnatica Brothers Sashikiran and Ganesh - Vocal
06:00 PM	Malladi Brothers Sriram Prasad and Ravikumar - Vocal
December 24, 2008 (WED)
10:00 AM	Saranathan K R - Vocal
01:00 PM	Deepika V - Vocal
02:15 PM	Delhi Mahalakshmi – Vocal
03:45PM	Sathyanarayana k - Keyboard
06:00 PM	Chitra Visweswaran - Dance Ballet
December 25, 2008 (THU)
10:00 AM	Crazy Mohan - Drama
01:00 PM	Jayashree - Vocal
02:15 PM	Manasi Prasad– Vocal
03:45PM	Sikkil Gurucharan -Vocal
6:00 PM	Malavika Sarukkai - Dance Ballet
December 26, 2008 (FRI)
10:00 AM	Neela Ramgopal - Vocal
01:00 PM	Lalitha Santhanam - Vocal
03:45 PM	Ramprasadh T V- Vocal
06:00 PM	Urmila Satyanarayanan - Bharatanatyam
December 27, 2008 (SAT)
10:00 PM	Trichur Ramachandran - Vocal
01:00 PM	Roopa Mahadevan - Vocal
03:45 PM	Gayathri Girish- Vocal
06:00 PM	Anitha Guha - Dance Ballet
December 28, 2008 (SUN)
10:00 AM	Kathadi Ramamurthy - Drama
01:00 PM	Kashyap Mahesh - Vocal
03:45 PM	Gayatri Venkataraghavan- Vocal
06:00 PM	Dhananjayans - Bharatanatyam
December 29, 2008 (MON)
01:00 PM	Arundathi Krishnan- Vocal
02:15 PM	Rajini Hariharan - Vocal
03:45 PM	Saketa Raman- Vocal
06:00 PM	Krishnakumari Narendran - Dance Ballet
December 30, 2008 (TUE)
10:00 AM	Melatur Mali "Rukmani Kalyanam" - Harikatha
01:00 PM	Subhiksha K - Vocal
02:15 PM	Sushma Somasekhar- Vocal
03:45 PM	Jayanthi Kumaresh- Vocal
06:00 PM	Priyadarshini Govind - Bharatanatyam
December 31, 2008 (WED)
10:00 AM	Ghatam Karthik and Party - Musical Presentation
01:00 PM	Siddharth Kumar - Vocal
03:45 PM	Meenakshi Seshadri- Vocal
03:45 PM	Rajan G S- Flute
06:00 PM	Visaka Hari - Discourse
January 01, 2009 (THU)
04:30 PM	Swetha Skandan - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Mythili Prakash - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Srekala Bharath - Bharatanatyam
January 02, 2009 (FRI)
04:30 PM	Shoba Narayanan -Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Deepa Raghavan - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Bhargavi Gopalan - Bharatanatyam
January 03, 2009 (SAT)
04:30 PM	Kavitha Dwibedi - Odissi
07:30 PM	Narthaki Nataraj - Bharatanatyam
January 04, 2009 (SUN)
04:30 PM	Maheetha Bharadwaj - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Anirudha Knight - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Gopika Varma - Mohiniattam
January 05, 2009 (MON)
04:30 PM	Prasanna Thodathri - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Gayathri Balagurunathan - Bharatanatyam
January 06, 2009 (TUE)
4:30 PM	Namritha - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Jyotsna Jagannathan - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Srikanth and Ashwathi – Bharatanatyam
January 07, 2009 (WED)
4:30 PM	Vidhyamol - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Meenakshi Srinivasan - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Disciples Of Ranganayaki Jayaraman Thematic Dance "Lalitha Prabhavam" - Bharatanatyam
January 08, 2009 (THU)
04:30 PM	Smitha Madhav - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Neeraja Srinivasan - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Lavanya Ananth - Bharatanatyam
January 09, 2009 (FRI)
04:30 PM	Nandini Ravichandran - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Praveen Kumar - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Shobana Bhalchandra - Bharatanatyam
January 10, 2009 (SAT)
04:30 PM	Shilpa Viswanath - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Bala Devi Chandrasekar - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Lakshmi Viswanathan - Dance Ballet
January 11, 2009 (SUN)
04:30 PM	Sudharna - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Aishwarya Dhanush - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Revathy Ramachandran, Kavitha Ramu, Lavanya Shankar Thematic Dance "Dhaayini" - Dance Ballet
January 12, 2009 (MON)
04:30 PM	Preethi Srinivasan - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Divyasena Somanna - Kuchipudi
07:30 PM	Smitha Ranjan - Mohiniattam
January 13, 2009 (TUE)
04:30 PM	Aishwarya Jayaraman - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Shankar Kandasamy - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Ranjana Gauhar - Odissi
January 14, 2009 (WED)
04:30 PM	Sanjana Prasad - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Sirisha Shashank - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Hari and Chetna - Kathak
January 15, 2009 (THU)
04:30 PM	Shambavi Chidambaram - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Sushma Ranganathan - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Lakshmi Ramaswami - Bharatanatyam
January 16, 2009 (FRI)
04:30 PM	Vidya Valli - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Nithya Nagarajan - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Krishna Chidambaram - Bharatanatyam
January 17, 2009 (SAT)
04:30 PM	Kottur Sisters - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Indu Vadana Malli - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Roja Kannan - Bharatanatyam
January 18, 2009 (SUN)
04:30 PM	Shivani G - Bharatanatyam
06:00 PM	Aishwarya Narayanaswamy - Bharatanatyam
07:30 PM	Dhakshayani Ramachandran - Dance Ballet