HERITAGE

  Anju Sudarshan, who runs the Ranga Shankara Cafe very successfully, is serving Onam Sadhya on Sunday, the 11th of September, 2011, at the Cafe.Anju is well-known for serving dishes that often resonate with the theme of the play being staged at Ranga Shankara. The lunch is priced at Rs. 185, and will be served from 11.30am onwards.Happy Onam to all of you! ⊕

 WHITEFIELD DIARIES:Saythu and Jaaga Media Center present their latest project - Whitefield Diaries. This is a series of six short films that are each about seven mins in duration.Part of a larger idea titled "Neighbourhood Diaries", these short films aim at documenting personal histories as well as the neighbourhood's tangible and intangible heritage and socio-cultural centres that make Whitefield special.The current films are an outcome of Krupa's project to document Whitefield's intangible heritage. In turn this was a continuation of an earlier project to establish the significance of the settlement and its built heritage. The oral history project followed on…

 WHITEFIELD DIARIES:Saythu and Jaaga Media Center present their latest project - Whitefield Diaries. This is a series of six short films that are each about seven mins in duration.Part of a larger idea titled "Neighbourhood Diaries", these short films aim at documenting personal histories as well as the neighbourhood's tangible and intangible heritage and socio-cultural centres that make Whitefield special.The current films are an outcome of Krupa's project to document Whitefield's intangible heritage. In turn this was a continuation of an earlier project to establish the significance of the settlement and its built heritage. The oral history project followed on…

INTACH Bangalore invites you to the Foundation stone-laying ceremony of Bengaluru Parampareya Udyaana (Bangalore Heritage Park), a one-of-its-kind, open air, garden museum showcasing urban heritage. It was conceived of as a theme park by the Government and has been conceptualised and designed as a heritage park by INTACH Bangalore.The museum will highlight the art, architecture, culture and history of Bangalore. It is spread over the Bugle Rock Park, Bull temple area and Mallikarjuna Temple area. Foundation stone-laying ceremony on:  2 September 2011, at 6.00 pm.Location: In front of the Bull Temple, Basavanagudi (opposite BMS Engineering College)Shri Sadananda Gowda, Honourable Chief Minister of Karnataka, will lay the Foundation…

A clay idol of Ganesha on sale at Malleshwaram. Pic By Ravi Kaushik. ⊕

INTACH Bangalore invites you to the Foundation stone-laying ceremony of Bengaluru Parampareya Udyaana (Bangalore Heritage Park), a one-of-its-kind, open air, garden museum showcasing urban heritage. It was conceived of as a theme park by the Government and has been conceptualised and designed as a heritage park by INTACH Bangalore.The museum will highlight the art, architecture, culture and history of Bangalore. It is spread over the Bugle Rock Park, Bull temple area and Mallikarjuna Temple area. Foundation stone-laying ceremony on:  2 September 2011, at 6.00 pm.Location: In front of the Bull Temple, Basavanagudi (opposite BMS Engineering College)Shri Sadananda Gowda, Honourable Chief Minister of Karnataka, will lay the Foundation…

A clay idol of Ganesha on sale at Malleshwaram. Pic By Ravi Kaushik. ⊕

There seems to be a little confusion as to which day JanmAshtami (the eight day of the lunar calendar, which, in this month, marks the birthday of Krishna) falls. Yesterday at my friend's home, I was told it was yesterday. Today, when I visited my friends Hema and Ganu, she had just lit the lamp and made the little "foot marks" of the baby Krishna: So I offered geetAnjali...I sat and sang "sri krishNam bhaja mAnasa sathatham" in Todi, a majestic kriti, and then "maNi nUpura dhAri" by OotthukkAdu in nIlAmbari...and she lit the karpoora Arathi: Outside her front door,her maid had…

There seems to be a little confusion as to which day JanmAshtami (the eight day of the lunar calendar, which, in this month, marks the birthday of Krishna) falls. Yesterday at my friend's home, I was told it was yesterday. Today, when I visited my friends Hema and Ganu, she had just lit the lamp and made the little "foot marks" of the baby Krishna: So I offered geetAnjali...I sat and sang "sri krishNam bhaja mAnasa sathatham" in Todi, a majestic kriti, and then "maNi nUpura dhAri" by OotthukkAdu in nIlAmbari...and she lit the karpoora Arathi: Outside her front door,her maid had…

  INTACH Bangalore invites you to ART REACH - an attempt to reach art to people. The event will have a charity sale and display of works by the famed artist Dr MS Murthy. Dr Murthy has generously agreed to display nearly 100 of his creations, ranging from some rare early works to more recent ones. A part of the proceeds will go to fund INTACH Bangalore's activities.Dr Murthy has participated in many national and international exhibitions and has won numerous awards. His works are on display at the NGMA, New Delhi, and are also part of several private collections. At…