CHENNAI, June 26: Sri Krishna Gana Sabha is planning to celebrate ‘Yagnaraman July Fest’ between June 27 and July 5. The event coincides with his birth anniversary on July 1.

The celebration begins with Mangala Isai by Mylai R. Mahendran, followed by the inaugural function. V. Shankar, president, Shri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts & Sangeetha Sabha, Mumbai, will inaugurate and present the Yagnaraman Lifetime Achievement Award to Vyjayanthimala Bali.

The award carries a gold medallion, a tamra patra and a purse of Rs. 50,000.

The Yagnaraman Award of Excellence will be presented to vocalist Abhishek Raghuram and Kuchipudi dancer Deepika Reddy. This award carries a gold medallion, a tamra patra and a purse of Rs.15,000.

The programme schedule is as follows:

June 27, 2009 SAT	‘Thiruppavai’, a Bharatanatyam dance-drama by Anita Guha’s Bharathanjali
June 28, 2009 SUN	A Carnatic jugalbandhi by N. Vijay Siva and T.M. Krishna
June 29, 2009 MON	Instrumental jugalbandhi by Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Carnatic violin) and Pravin Godkhinde (Hindustani flute)
June 30, 2009 TUE	A melharmonic musical event by Ravikiran (Chitraveena) and Anil Srinivasan (piano)
July 1, 2009 WED	The dance festival on choreographic works on Sankhya (numbers) begins with ‘Dasavatharam’ (Mohiniyattom) by Bharati Shivaji. This will be followed by ‘Navarasa’ (Bharatanatyam) by Ananda Shankar Jayant
July 2, 2009 THU	‘Ashta Nayika’ (Odissi) by Aruna Mohanty, followed by ‘Sapta Aavarta’ (Kathak) by Prerana Shrimali
July 3, 2009 FRI	‘Shadrutu’ (Vilasini Natyam) by Swapnasundari. It will be followed by ‘Panchabutham’ (contemporary dance) by Madhu Natraj
July 4, 2009 SAT	‘Chaturveda’ (Kathak) by Rajashree Shirke. This wil be followed by ‘Divya Thriyam’ (Bharatanatyam) by Srikanth and Ashwathy
July 5, 2009 SUN	‘Dvaita’ (Kuchipudi) by Raja and Radha Reddy. It will be followed by ‘Advaita’ (Bharatanrityam) by Padma Subrahmanyam and conclude with ‘Poornam’ (Odissi) by Sonal Mansingh