A cultural extravaganza featured the best of Carnatic and Hindustani musicians on the day our book Karnataka-A Cultural Odyssey was released in the presence of the His Excellency the President fo India Pranab Mukherjee by His Excellency Governor of Karnataka HR Bharadwaj in October 2013.
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| The release of Karnataka-A Cultural Odyssey was made special by the enthralling performance of Carnatic maestro Vidwan RK Padmanabha, accompanied by Vidwan CN Chandrashekhar on the violin and Vidwan C Cheluvaraj on the mridangam. |
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| The magic of Hindustani Classical music, expertly cast by Ustad Faiyaz Khan and his accompanists, young tabla maestro Trilochan Kampli and Shruti Kamath on the sitar, enraptured the audience. |