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Till December 26: Madhya Pradesha Darshan: Festival of Madhya Pradesh (at DakshinaChitra)
Highlights of the festival
Folk dance forms (Gudum Baja, Karma Saila, Malwa Nrithya and Matki dance performances)
Master craftsmen from Madhya Pradesh will work and exhibit their works (Gond art, bamboo craft, terracotta ware, and stone craft). There will also be a display of Maheshwari saris, batik and Bagh print textiles.
Photo exhibition and documentary films on Madhya Pradesh.
For information contact: 95511 66889, 2491 8943, 2446 2435
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December 27-31: Marghazhi Festival. Kurumba artistes’ tribal performance from the Nilgris (at DakshinaChitra).
Till January 31: A retrospective of P. Perumal’s paintings and drawings. Perumal is an important painter who emerged from the Madras College of Arts and Crafts in the 1960s, having trained under KCS Paniker, Roy Chowdury, Dhanapal and others (at DakshinaChitra).
December 31: Last date for submission of DVDs for Moksha Moola, a video film competition in cooperation with LV Prasad Film & TV Academy. Open to anyone living in Tamil Nadu and under 23 years. ‘Seeking a Space called Peace’ is the overriding theme and the video should not exceed 60 seconds in duration, excluding the titles (For details: Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai).
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Tamil Heritage Trust programmes at Ragha Sudha Hall in Mylapore, near Nageswara Rao Park. All talks will be at 10 a.m. and in Tamil.
December 23: Kurunthokai – A gateway to Tamil poetry tradition by writer B. Jeyamohan.
December 24: Arjunan Tapas – A new interpretation of Mamallapuram sculptural composition by Prof. S. Balusamy.
December 25: Indian Sacred Art Tradition by Acharya K.P. Umapathy Acharya.
December 26: The History and Art of Gangaikonda Cholapuram by Dr. Kudavayil Balasubramanian.
December 27: Life of Raghunatha Nayaka – An audio-visual presentation by famous dancer Swarnamalya Ganesh.
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