Raghu Dixit dazzles crowd

Palace Dasara cultural programmes

Mysuru: Amidst the flash of lights, noted folk-rock singer Raghu Dixit and team dazzled the gathering at the Dasara cultural programmes organised at the Mysore Palace premises last evening.

Raghu Dixit’s rendition of spiritual song ‘Kande, kande, parasivana…’ caught  the crowd spellbound, while his rendition of ‘Kallu-Mullina Haadi…’  and ‘Oo Alemari, Na Alemari…’ from ‘Shakkar’ album, Shishunala Shariff’s ‘Kodagana Koli Nungitta …’ and ‘Gudu Gudiya Sedi Nodo…’, ‘Belagina Modala Belakinalli…’ etc., captivated the crowd.

Raghu Dixit was accompanied by Naresh on Bass Guitar, Akshay Ganesh on Violin, Joe Jacob on Drums, Goutham Hebbar on Flute and Sanjay Kumar on Guitar.

Bengaluru’s Aayana Dance Company drew the applause of the gathering for its scintillating performance.

Abhinava Sri Gavisiddeshwara Mahaswamiji of Gavimutt, Koppal, who formally inaugurated the 416th Mysuru Dasara (Nada Habba) festivities atop Chamundi Hill on Oct. 11, was seen trying his hands on camera as he witnessed the Raghu Dixit concert at Palace last evening.

At the start of the programme, Smruthi Ramesh and team presented a Bharatanatyam performance, Imtiyaz Sultan and team presented Kannada Ghazals, H.C. Holasalaiah and team of Bengaluru presented Sugama Sangeetha concert and Karnataka Sugama Sangeetha Parishat Mysuru District President  Nagaraj V. Bairy and team presented Sugama Sangeetha concert.

The event also featured rendition of several Sugama Sangeetha songs by singers A.D. Srinivas, Indrani Anantharam, Nitin Rajaram Shastri, Rashmi Chikkamagalur, Rajesh Padiyar and Divya Sachhi, that fascinated the large gathering.

The singers were accompanied by Ganesh Bhat and Nagalingachar on Keyboard, Atmaram and Indushekar on Tabla, Ravikiran on Dhol, Puneet on Flute and Vinay Rangadol on Rhythm Pad.

At the end, Vidwan Mysore Harish Pandav and team presented a Saxophone concert, which delighted the gathering.