Shankara Digvijayam
After the outstanding success of Alayam Karunalaya last year, the the Chinmaya School of Music presented Shankara Digvijayam on Saturday, May 7th 2007. This inspiring musical program brought to life the trek undertaken by Adi Sankara through the Chaar Dhaams situated in the beautiful state of Uttaranchal in northern India. The 45 children who participated in this musical presentation, mesmerized the audience and had them spell bound for an hour and a half !
The program paid a humble tribute to the philosopher giant, Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya. Sri Shankaracharya is considered to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva. He was born almost twelve centuries ago, and was instrumental in single-handedly revitalizing Sanatana Dharma. He traveled far and wide throughout Bharatvarsha, undefeatable, unstoppable in his mission of propogating the phiolosophy of Advaita Vedanta. He is the author of several commentaries as well as original compositions whose impact is felt to this day. The four mathas established by him serve as centers of learning for all seekers of truth.
Chaar Dhaam or the four seats of pilgrimage a Hindu must visit, owe their sanctity and popularity to him. Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath are found in the state of Uttaranchal, with the lofty Himalayas as their backdrop. A pilgrimage to the four dhaams is considered to be a culminating point in the seeker’s journey to unity with the divine. May his divine grace empower us in our quest for self-realization…
Credits
Story Inspiration: Br. Uddhav Chaitanya
Story Script: Viji Sridhar
Narration: Viji Sridhar & Ramesh Hegde
Music Teachers: Natana Valiveti, Kalpana Raman, Prem Shah
Harmonium: Prem Shah
Violin: Saipriya Krishnan
Tabla: Shiv Naimpally
Mridangam: Hari Ramsubramaniam
Audio: Biju Verghese of Scorpio Sound
Video: Krishna Puttaparti of Raj Video
The Young Musicians
Abhinav Devalla | Avanika Khanna | Kashyap Valiveti |
Abirami Subramanian | Devika Iyer | Krishna Satyanarayan |
Akhil Manda | Divya Walia | Meghana Bellary |
Akshitha Padiegla | Gopal Raman | Mira Mehta |
Anishka Bhatia | Jay Appaji | Navneeth Murthy |
Anoohya Moravaneni | Jayashree Rajagopalan | Pranav Chandran |
Avani Bellary | Kaavya Valiveti | Pranav Devalla |
Priyanka Melgiri | Ritika Bhatia | Shivani Bhatia |
Raaga Vemula | Ritvik Sridhar | Shivani Madhav |
Radha Satyanaryan | Rohan Asundi | Shruti Hegde |
Radhika Natarajan | Rohitha Kaimal | Tanvee Asundi |
Rakshak Sridhar | Samhitha Murthy | Varsha Appaji |
Rashmi Kamath | Sarvani Bharatam | Vasanthi Bharatam |
Remya Menon | Saumya Gopal | Vyshnavi Maringanti |
Rithivik Ramesh | Shachi Hegde |