PADMA PATRA MANGALACHARAN OMKARA FESTIVAL
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- Manasa-Art Without Frontiers presented its Omkara Dance Festival & Seminar 2024 curated by Guru Sharon Lowen at the India International Centre, New Delhi May 31-June 1, 2024. The festival highlighted Odissi from Odisha and Delhi and Seraikella Chhau from Jharkhand including disciples of Sharon lowen and those of Padmashri & Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee gurus, Kumkum Mohanty, Ranjana Gauhar and late Gopal Dubey’s Trinetra Chhau Centre.
The festival opened with this mangalacharan by the Manasa-Art Without Frontiers disciples of Guru Sharon Lowen.
Padma Patra Mangalacharan This invocation is offered to Vishnu in his form as Padmanabhan, reclining with a lotus from his navel bearing the Creator, Brahma. In "Shanta Karam" and "Meghashyaman", he is described as: Embodiment of Peace, Lord of the demigods, sky-like, cloud coloured, husband of the lotus-eyed Lakshmi, reliever of worldly fear, God of all Worlds. Mangalacharan concludes with the Trikhandi Pranam to God, Guru and the distinguished audience.
Choreography is by Sharon Lowen and performed Pragya Ghosh, Nitisha Nanda, Vishwanath Mangaraj and Perrine Legoullon.
So exquisite
Thank you. I created this for a performance in thiruvanathapuram decades ago and love seeing my disciples perform this meditative choreography