Udaan: The Melodic Flight of Indian Poetry

Date and Time: Saturday, 28 June 2025, 6:30pmAdd to Calendar 28/06/2025 18:30 28/06/2025 20:00 Asia/Kolkata Udaan: The Melodic Flight of Indian Poetry Must check for Details and on Event day before visiting -
https://www.delhievents.com/2025/06/music-chitra-srikrishna-indian-poetry-india-international-centre-lodhi-estate.html C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003, IndiaDD/MM/YYYY

Entry: Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

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Venue: C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003, India

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Event Description: Udaan: The Melodic Flight of Indian Poetry

Concert presented by Chitra Srikrishna, Carnatic vocalist, writer and teacher of music appreciation

Chitra Srikrishna (vocal & narration) 

Accompanists: Arvindd Narayanan (violin) and Vignesh Jayaraman (mridangam).

Udaan explores the melodic realm of Indian poetry, focusing on birds as literary symbols. From the common crow to the partridge, Indian poets through the ages, have used birds as literary devices to compose captivating melodies. The concert will explore these themes through bhajan, classical and folk music compositions in Bengali, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu. With live accompaniment in the Carnatic idiom, the music is interspersed with short narrations in English

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