Mangalore : Alva’s Educational Institution will hold 19th Alva’s Virasat at Shobhavana, near Mijar on January 10.

Speaking at the press meet held at Press Club on Dec 28, Friday, Alva’s Educational Institution president M Mohan Alva said that the ‘Alvas Virasat- 2013’, National award will be conferred on Renowned Classical dancer Padmabhushan Dr Padma Subramanyam at a grand ceremony.

He also said that Dr Padma Subramanyam  will be taken to the dais in a grand procession on January 10 at 5.45 pm. Dharmastala Dharmadhikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade will inaugurate the event at 6 pm. Dr N Vinay Hegde president of Nitte Educational Institution will preside over the event.

MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLA K Abhaychandra Jain, Capy Ganesh Karnik, Former Miniter K Amarnath Shetty, Businessman Shashikiran Shetty, Nadoja Dr G Shankar , president of G Shanka Family Trust, Udupi, Kannada and Samskrithi department secretary Basavaraju, Karnataka Bank CEO P Jayaram Bhat, Canara Bank DGM M Dasayya, Businessman Sudhir Shetty and Suresh Bhandary, Mumbai will be the chief guest.

He said that the event will present the carnataic classical singing programme ‘Raga Lahari’ by Dr M Balamuralikrishna on the first day from 7 pm to 8.30 pm. He will b accompanied by Pandit Ronu Majumdar on flute, Pamdit Abhijit Banerjee on Tabla and Vidhwan Ghatam Karthik on Ghatam.

In the second session, the musical programme by  Grami Award Winner Pandit Vishwamohan Bhat’s ‘Mohan Veena’, Ustad Anwar Khan’s ‘Rajasthani Folk Songs’, Ustad Gazhi Khan’s, ‘Khadthal’, Ustad Firozi Khan’s Dholak, Pandit Prithviraj Mishwara’s Tabla, Pandit Deepak Pandit’s Violin Jugalbandi will mesmerize the audience from 8.40 pm to 10.15 pm.

On the second day, from 6 pm to 8 pm, there will be east-west melodies where artists like Dr Mysore Manjunath, Vakla Zimpell (Poland), Pandit Rajesh Vaidhya, Ustad Fazal Qureshi, Vidwan Arjun Kumar and Vidwan Giridhar Udupa will perform. At 8.10 pm, various forms of classical and folk dances of Orissa performed by 60 artists of Konark Natya Mantap will be presented.

On third day, there will be Kuchipudi performance by Padmabhushan Dr Raja and Padmabhushan Dr Radha along with their team from 6 pm to 8 pm. Around 60 artists of Konark Natya Mantap will perform diya dance, Gootipuva dance and Chavo dance.

On January 13, playback singer Vijayprakash and M D Pallavi will present musical nite from 6 pm to 8.20 pm. Followed by Malaysian fusion dance from 8.30 pm.

Mohan Alva also said that Alva’s Varna Virasat, a national-level camp for artists will be held from January 4 to January 9, in which 22 prominent artists from Delhi, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and other states will participate in the event. A national-level painting exhibition will also be hosted from January 4 to January 13, he added.

Alva said that the 19th Virasat will be the last Virasat organized by Alva’s Education Foundation, since in the coming years, the foundation will combine Alva’s Virasat and Alva’s Nudisiri as ‘Vishwa Alva’s Nudisiri Virasat’.