A Wonderful Offering of Dance and Music

On April 14th and 15th, we staged a performance entitled KRISHNAARPANAM which means "offering to Lord Krishna". This showcased the musical and dance talents of the Temple of Fine Arts. Geetha danced and also took on the role of Yashoda, mother of Lord Krishna. Hari was part of the orchestra, playing his violin alongside his teacher. Giri was once again dressed up as Krishna, with blue painted on him. He appeared as one of the 12 Krishnas in the last piece. The show was very well received by the audience.

Before the performance, Geetha did puja to Swamiji for a smooth performance, invoking his blessings upon all the dancers and musicians as well as members of the audience.

Among the audience was Guruji Durga Charan Ranbir, an Odissi master who was visiting Kuala Lumpur. He had come to watch the show. I had met him earlier in November last year in Delhi during an Odissi festival. After the performance, Geetha met up with him and took his blessings. So did all the dancers.


Madangopal played Narada so beautifully he captured the hearts of the audience with his ease of delivery of lines, singing and dancing with great confidence and love for his work. Before the performance, he even perked up the exhausted dancers with some inspired words. Hari played the violin well, too. His teacher was very proud of him.