Performance by 3 generations of family steals show on final day

Shankar Mahadevan's tribute to Late Bhimsen Joshiu00a0Shankar Mahadevan took the audience in thrall of Carnatic classical music on the third day of the fest. He took the audience to a pleasant surprise when he paid a tribute to Panditiji and his guru Shriniwas Kahale by belting out Maze Maher Pandhari and earned a standing ovation.u00a0

He was supported on tabala by Bharat Kamat who has performed with Panditiji for 18 years. Earlier, Kumar Mardur, a first-timer at the fest, started the day's session with Raag Multani. He was followed by sitarist Kartik Seshadri, disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar. The day ended with the performance of the stalwart, Pandit Jasraj.u00a0

Day four started off with the performance of Yojana Shivanand,a first-timer at the fest. She was followed by Late Pundit Bhimsen Joshi's son Shrinivas Joshi. He started his performance with Raag Puriya Dhanashree and ended with abhang ( devotional song) Kanhoba Tuzi Ghongdi Changli. He was also appreciated by the audience. After his performance there was a visual treat to the audience when Bharatnatyam dancers performed to the tune of Panditji's bhajans to pay tribute to the legend. Nritya Niketan was formed by Bharatnatyam exponents Sudhir Rao and his elder sister Laxmi Gururaj. On this occasion the Bharatnatyam was being performed on Hindustani classical music instead of Carnatic classical music to pay tribute to Panditiji. The session for the forth day was concluded by the impressive performance of Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan.u00a0