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Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival, Hyderabad

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Years active
  
2012–Present

Founded by
  
Mohan Hemmadi

Dates
  
2012: February 17th to 19th

Locations
  
Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad, India

Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival edition of the festival is also held in Hyderabad, India at the historical Chowmahalla Palace.

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History

It was organised for the first time in Hyderabad in February 2012. It is organised by Mohan Hemmadi and Abhijit Bhattacharjee. It was decided to make it an annual event in Hyderabad like the Pune edition, and possibly an all-night event.

Controversy

The festival started on a wrong note with police denying permission and the show on the first day had to be curtailed. And the police gave a limited permission till 10 p.m. in the night, making it difficult for artists to be accommodated well in stipulated time.

2012 festival

17 February

  • Shrinivas Joshi - Hindustani vocal
  • Rajan and Sajan Mishra - Hindustani vocal

    • 18 February

  • Alarmel Valli (Bharatanatyam)
  • Kumar Bose (Tabla)
  • Ustad Shahid Parvez (Sitar)
  • Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty (vocal)

    • 19 February

  • Shobhana (Bharatanatyam)
  • Pandit Shankar Ghosh (Tabla)
  • Ganesh and Kumaresh (violin)
  • Ronu Majumdar, Bickram Ghosh (fusion)

    • References

    Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival, Hyderabad Wikipedia
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