Current Activities

• SRI PURANDARA DASA MEMORIAL TRUST (SPDMT) celebrated its 16th anniversary on 18^th June, 2023.

  It was yet another occasion to remember all those who contributed to make PURANDARA MANTAPA what it is today & was celebrated with the usual grandeur at TRUST’s Sabhangana, near ISRO Layout, Bengaluru. It was sponsored by Karnataka Gana Kala Parishat and its president Ganakalabhushana Dr. R.K. Padmanabha happened to be CHIEF GUEST. Other eminent artistes who made it to the occasion were Vid. R.K. Sharma, Vid. M.B. Hariharan, Vid. Ashok and Vid. Shanta Narasimha Swamy among others. It was a packed auditorium with over 200 participants!
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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• "Purandara Gurum Vande Dasa Sreshtam Dayanidhim"

  Who does not enjoy Sangeetha Pitamaha’s devarnamas? In chaste Kannada, with dripping devotion, enriched with honey of Ragas --- they are enjoyed by the singer as well as the listener. Whenever I sing Dasara pada, I feel I have done much punya in the previous birth to render them musically.
  

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• Organizing at least two cultural programs every month (since the inauguration of the new memorial complex in June 2013) – music concerts, lectures, harikathas & dance recitals, all related to the life & compositions of Sri Purandara dasa.

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• Running a library of books and CD’s for free use by public.

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• Running a free music school (enrolled about 150 students of all age groups) for learning Dasara kritis.

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Hold  the annual Aradhana festival on a decent scale, honour some select persons every year with 'Purandara Puraskara' award in recognition of their yeoman service for the cause of Sri Purandara Dasa.