A concert by Bombay Jayashri marked the start of the 11-day Panguni Peruvizha and Vedaiyaatri Music and Dance Festival at the Kapaleeswarar Temple in Mylapore on Tuesday evening.
The festival was inaugurated by N. Murali, co-chairman, Kasturi & Sons Limited, and P.S. Sachu, member secretary, Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Mandram.
The music and dance festival is slated to conclude on March 28 with a performance by Sudha Raghunathan. Accompanying Bombay Jayashri on Tuesday were Embar Kannan on the violin, J. Vaidyanathan on the mridangam, and Raja Ganesh on the kanjira.
The festival will host performances by eminent artistes and dance troupes including T.N. Krishna, N. Vijay Siva, T.M. Krishna, P. Unnikrishnan, Ranjani and Gayatri, Priya Sisters, Jayashree Vaidyanathan, Abhinaya Natyalaya, Sri Devi Nrithyalaya, and Sanjay Subrahmanyan.
The programme is being sponsored by Preetha Reddy and Vijaykumar Reddy and is open to all.