Bolava Vitthal 2018: Bengaluru Leg
On Friday, 27th July 2018, I had the good fortune of attending the Bengaluru leg of the All India Tour of Bolava Vitthal 2018 , organized by Pancham Nishad at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall, Malleshwaram. They have been doing this tour for 13 years now, and if I am not mistaken, this is the 8th year running at Bengaluru. An evening of Bhakti and Raga bliss that is comparable to none other, with the artists capable of providing us a Darshan of Panduranga Vitthala and Rakhumai with their singing repertoire. In this Bengaluru leg of the program, we had the gracious presence of Padmashri Aruna Sairam , the latest recipient of the Sangeetha Kalanidhi award, the highest honour for a Carnatic musician, Sri Anand Bhate Gandharva and Sri Rahul Deshpande . While I had been to one concert each of Smt Aruna Sairam and Sri Anand Bhate before, this was the first time I was getting to listen to Sri Rahul Deshpande live. The program began with a Jugalbandi invocation song "Jaya Jaya Rama Kri...