BHARAT KALACHAR

38TH MARGHAZHI MAHOTSAV

13TH DECEMBER 2026 to 17TH JANUARY 2027

36 DAYS ARTS FESTIVAL

at SRI YGP AUDITORIUM, NO:17, TIRUMALAI ROAD, T NAGAR, CHENNAI 600017

Invitation

38th Marghazhi Mahotsav invitation - page 1
Invitation - Page 1
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Note:
Date Time Artists Entry
13/12/2026
SUNDAY		 4.15 PM
Inauguration & Award Function
Padmashree Awardee Haridwara-Mangalam Dr A K Palanivel presents "NadhaLaya Bharatham" by Students of Thapasya School of Dance
Hari Dwaramangalam A K Palanivel
Thavil
Rathnamala Saravanan
Nattuvangam & Choreography
Thirukkalar Sri Durai Bharathidasan
Nathaswaram
 All Are Welcome
6.30 PM Award Function —
14/12/2026
MONDAY		 6.30 PM
Trichur Brothers Sri Krishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan
Vocal
Idappally Ajithkumar
Violin
Trichur R Mohan
Mridangam
Sunilkumar
Kanjira
 Ticketed
15/12/2026
TUESDAY		 6.30 PM Shobhana
Bharathanatyam		 Ticketed (SPL)
16/12/2026
WEDNESDAY		 7.15 PM Dr Vinisha Kathiravan (Disciple of Smt Urmila Satyanarayana)
Bharathanatyam		 All Are Welcome
17/12/2026
THURSDAY		 6.30 PM
Mandolin Day - U Rajesh and Party
Fusion Music
Anil Srinivasan
Piano
 Ticketed
18/12/2026
FRIDAY		 6.30 PM
Dushyanth Sridhar
Harikatha
Bolava Vitthala
Vocal
Vocal Support - Swarathmika Srikanth
 Ticketed
19/12/2026
SATURDAY		 6.30 PM Unnikrishnan and Uthara Unnikrishnan and Party
Light Classical		 Ticketed (SPL)
20/12/2026
SUNDAY		 10.30 AM
Ritvik Vaddi Rao
Vocal
Naveen
Violin
Sriram Srinivasan
Mridangam
Samyuktha Sriram
Ghatam
 All Are Welcome
4.00 PM
Sid Sriram
Vocal
Kamalakiran Vinjamuri
Violin
J Vaidyanathan
Mridangam
Dr S Karthik
Ghatam
 Ticketed (SPL)
7.00 PM
Visakha Hari
Harikatha
Sri Ranga Mahathmyam
 Ticketed
21/12/2026
MONDAY		 6.30 PM Sudha Ragunathan and Party
Vocal		 Ticketed
22/12/2026
TUESDAY		 6.30 PM Priyadarsini Govind
Bharathanatyam		 Ticketed
23/12/2026
WEDNESDAY		 6.30 PM
Mohammed Rafi 102 Night
Prasan Rao and Jaya Rajagopal Party
Ritvik
Anusha
 Ticketed
24/12/2026
THURSDAY		 5.30 PM
Sakshi Ashok
Bharathanatyam
Guru: Natyacharya Shri Mithun Shayam
 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM Baladevi Chandrasekaran
Thematic Bharathanatyam		 Ticketed
25/12/2026
FRIDAY		 10.30 AM
Kannan Balakrishnan
Madhuraveena
Bombay V Anand
Violin
Melakaveri K Balaji
Mridangam
Dr S Karthick
Ghatam
Guest Artistes: Dr Gayatri Kannan & Mahathi Kannan
Vocal
VG Vigneshwar
Violin
Sarvesh Karthick
HandSonic
 All Are Welcome
2.00 PM
Malladi Yasashvi Anand
Vocal
Malladi Sindhu Rageshwari
Violin
Jayendrakumar
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
4.30 PM Sivasree Tejasvisurya
Devotionals		 Ticketed
7.15 PM Dr Padma Subrahmanyam
Bharathanrityam - Bharathikku Anjali		 Ticketed
26/12/2026
SATURDAY		 10.30 AM Rajesh Vaidya Veenai and Flute Jayanth & Party
Veenai & Flute Duet		 Ticketed (SPL)
4.30 PM Surya Gayatri and Party
Vocal		 Ticketed
7.15 PM
Padmini Krishnamurthy
Bharathanatyam
Padhumaigal Sollum Kadhaigal (Vikramadityan Demystified)
 Ticketed
27/12/2026
SUNDAY		 10.30 AM
H. Sooryanarayanan
Vocal
B Vaishnav
Violin
Siddhanth Anand
Mridangam
G Ganapathy
Ghatam
 All Are Welcome
2.00 PM
Rishabh Kaushik
Vocal
Sanjay Gururam Sharma
Violin
A P Mahizhan
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
4.30 PM Malladi Brothers - Sri Ramaprasad, Ravikumar & Party
Vocal		 Ticketed
7.15 PM "Agre Pashyami" by Anithaguha's Bharathanjali
Bharathanatyam		 Ticketed
28/12/2026
MONDAY		 10.30 AM Bala Kala Vaibhavam by Bala Kala Bharthy Awardees
Performances		 All Are Welcome
2.00 PM
Priya Krishnamurthy (Chicago)
Vocal
Prahlad Saravanapriyan
Violin
Anirudh Raj
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
4.30 PM
Vaishnavi Ramdos
Vocal
Gayathri Vibhavari Vyakaranam
Violin
Lavanya
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM
Nandhini Suresh & Party
Bharathanatyam
Hari Hara Nandan - Dance Drama
 Ticketed
29/12/2026
TUESDAY		 10.30 AM
Vishaal R Sapuram
Chitravina
(Madison) Sanjay Suresh
Violin
Sai Govind Vijayaraghavan
Mandolin
Aduthurai Guruprasad
Mridangam
Sunil Kumar
Kanjira
 All Are Welcome
2.00 PM
Karthik Raju - USA
Vocal
Sameth Sitaram
Violin
Ajeet Sridhar
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
5.00 PM
Akshara Ramachandran
Bharathanatyam
Ulai - Forged by Fire
Disciple of Hema & Krithika Rajagopalan, Chicago
 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM Narthaki Nataraj
Bharathanatyam		 All Are Welcome
30/12/2026
WEDNESDAY		 10.30 AM
Kalyanapuram S Arvind
Vocal
Rishabh Ranganathan
Violin
Delhi Sairam
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
2.00 PM
Siddharth Kaushik
Vocal
R Srikrithi
Violin
Abhinav Anand
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
4.30 PM
Tamilselvan Bharathi & Priya Parthasarathy
Film Songs - Ragas
(Paattum Naane Bhavamum Nane)
 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM Meenakshi Chittaranjan
Bharathanatyam		 Ticketed
31/12/2026
THURSDAY		 10.30 AM
Bharathi Tirumagan and Yuva Kala Bharathi
Villu Pattu
T Kalaimagan, Dr S Thirumugan
"Villum Sollum Vellum" - Humour in Villupattu
 All Are Welcome
2.00 PM
Bharadwaj Subramaniam
Vocal
Bhargava Balaji
Violin
Rangasubramanian
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
4.30 PM
Kunnakudi M Balamuralikrishna
Vocal
Mysore V Srikanth
Violin
Patri Sathishkumar
Mridangam
K V Gopalakrishnan
Kanjira
 Ticketed
7.15 PM
Sheela Unnikrishnan
Bharathanatyam
Sridevi Nrithyalaya presents "Sri Krishna Vaibhavam"
 Ticketed
01/01/2027
FRIDAY		 10.30 AM
Ganesh Kumaresh
Violin Duet
Patri Sathishkumar
Mridangam
Trichy Krishnasamy
Ghatam
 Ticketed
2.00 PM
Aditya Sridhar
Vocal
Sahana Sriram
Violin
H Aishwarya
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
4.00 PM
Vaibhav Mahesh (Shree Rama Nama Vaibhavam)
Harikatha
Sureshkumar
Violin
Umashankar
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
5.30 PM
Giridharan
Vocal
Viswesh Swaminathan
Violin
Arvind Srikanth
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM Tom Mediaas - Perumale
Drama		 Ticketed
02/01/2027
SATURDAY		 10.30 AM Rishabh Ranganathan and Viswas Hari
Carnatic Fusion		 All Are Welcome
2.00 PM
Rasika Sivakumar (USA)
Vocal
Indalur Shyam Raghav
Violin
Sairam Kumar
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
4.30 PM
R Suryaprakash
Vocal
Pappu Gyandev
Violin
Balakumar Paramalingam
Mridangam
Mukunda Sai
Kanjira
 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM Sai Vignesh & Kavya Muralidharan
Dance Drama		 Ticketed
03/01/2027
SUNDAY		 10.30 AM
Shishir Kumar
Saxophone
Vignesh Shankar
Guitar
Sriram Srinivasan
Mridangam
Ganapathy G
Ghatam
 All Are Welcome
2.00 PM
Vishruthii Girish
Vocal
Tejas Murali
Violin
Anirudh Bombay
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
4.30 PM Sikkil Gurucharan and Party
Tribute to Ilaiyaraaja 50		 Ticketed
7.00 PM
Ramana Balachandran
Veenai
S Hariharan
Mridangam
Anirudh Athreya
Kanjira
 Ticketed
04/01/2027
MONDAY		 5.30 PM Sanji Piranthapan (Disciple of Sikkil Vasantha Kumari)
Bharathanatyam		 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM
Nivrithi Mahesh
Bharathanatyam
(Guru: Aishwarya Chakravarthy)
 All Are Welcome
05/01/2027
TUESDAY		 5.30 PM Sanjana Chandrasekaran (Disciple of Gayathri Chandrasekaran)
Bharathanatyam		 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM
Patra Pravesa Daruvus in Kuchipudi Natyam
Kuchipudi
By M V N Murthy and Disciples of Siva Foundation
 All Are Welcome
06/01/2027
WEDNESDAY		 5.30 PM Master Vittal Prasad (Disciple of Gayathri Chandrasekar)
Bharathanatyam		 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM
Riha Giri
Bharathanatyam
(Guru: Dr R Vijay Madhavan)
 All Are Welcome
07/01/2027
THURSDAY		 5.30 PM S Roshini (Disciple of Prabhavathy Satheeshkumar)
Bharathanatyam		 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM
Aishwarya Valli Kakulapati & Harini N S
Bharathanatyam
(Disciples of Madurai Muralidharan)
 All Are Welcome
08/01/2027
FRIDAY		 5.30 PM
Amurtha Soundarya & Pavithrasai
Bharathanatyam
(Disciples of Sudha Vijayakumar & Anushaa Girish)
 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM
Srekala Bharath
Bharathanatyam
Srekala Bharath & Thejas present "Moksha Margam" on Akka Mahadevi, Ramanujar & Raghavendra
 Ticketed
09/01/2027
SATURDAY		 10.30 AM
Cotah Sisters
Vocal
Pantula Vennela
Violin
Kavichelvan
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
2.00 PM
Jayashree Vaidyanathan
Vocal
Durai Srinivasan
Violin
Thillaisthanam Surya Narayanan
Mridangam
S Venkatramanan
Kanjira
 All Are Welcome
5.00 PM Vrindha Parthasarathy (Disciple of Dr Shobhana Chandrasekar)
Bharathanatyam		 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM UAA presents PN-2 Varadu Kutty
Drama		 Ticketed
10/01/2027
SUNDAY		 10.30 AM
Charulatha Chandrasekar
Veenai
Bharath Narayanan
Vocal
Siva Teja M
Violin
Puttur Nikshith
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
2.00 PM
V Deepika & V Nandhika
Duet
Prithvi Bhaskar
Violin
Malladi Sreearvind
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
4.30 PM Carnatica Brothers
Vocal		 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM Mahathi Kannan presents "Ramaya Thubhyam Namaha"
Bharathanatyam		 Ticketed
11/01/2027
MONDAY		 5.30 PM
Rukshikaa Elankumaran
Bharathanatyam
(Disciple of Priyadarshini Govind)
 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM Prabhavathi Suresh
Bharathanatyam		 All Are Welcome
12/01/2027
TUESDAY		 5.30 PM Jahnavi (Disciple of Dr Himaja Atulkumar)
Bharathanatyam		 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM Lakshmi Ramaswamy
Bharathanatyam		 All Are Welcome
13/01/2027
WEDNESDAY		 5.30 PM M Oviya (Disciple of Himaja Atul Kumar)
Bharathanatyam		 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM
Sindhu Shyam
Bharathanatyam
(Gurus: Kalamandalam Hymavathy, Padmashri Chitra Visweswaran)
 All Are Welcome
14/01/2027
THURSDAY		 5.30 PM Pravarthika Balaji (Disciple of Maalini Balaji)
Bharathanatyam		 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM
Harinie Jeevitha
Bharathanatyam
Varadaraja Mupasmahe
 Ticketed
15/01/2027
FRIDAY		 5.30 PM Aparajitha (Disciple of Nandhini Suresh)
Bharathanatyam		 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM
Padmalakshmi S Suresh
Bharathanatyam
Chidambara Kuravanji - A Classical Folk Dance Ballet
 Ticketed
16/01/2027
SATURDAY		 10.30 AM
Atul Kumar
Flute
Madurai Vijay Ganesh
Violin
G N Bhuvan
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
2.00 PM
Mandolin Siblings Samhitha Shivram & Shreyas Shivram
Mandolin Duet
Indalur Adarsh Deverajan
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
4.30 PM Cuddalore S J Jananiy's Band
Eternal Fusion		 Ticketed
7.15 PM
Nandhini Karthik
Bharathanatyam
Bala Bhramam - A Divine Portrayal of the Bala Leelas of Lord Ganesha, Lord Murugan & Lord Krishna
 All Are Welcome
17/01/2027
SUNDAY		 10.30 AM
Mohan Santhanam
Vocal
Mysore Srikanth
Violin
Poongulam S Subramaniam
Mridangam
N Guruprasad
Ghatam
 All Are Welcome
3.00 PM
Samanvitha Sashidharan
Vocal
Harita Narayanan
Violin
A Rohith
Mridangam
 All Are Welcome
5.30 PM
Sharmatha Viswanath
Bharathanatyam
(Disciple of Acharya Smt Sukanya Ravindhar)
Guru: Padma Shri Smt Chitra Visweswaran
 All Are Welcome
7.15 PM
Yuva Kala Vaibhavam
Music & Dance by Yuva Kala Bharathi Awardees
 All Are Welcome
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