Monday, October 9, 2017

MAHAA MAAYI - KANNADA DRAMA

Sunday 8th October 2017
TaralaBalu Kendra, R T Nagara, NammaBengaluru.

KALAVIDARU with Kappanna
That was an excellent presentation of 150-minutes play by Alvas Shikshana Prathistana, Moodbidri, and Alvas Ranga Adhyayana Kendra at TaralaBalu Kendra, R T Nagara.


Director JeevanRam Sullia


 Dr ChandraShekara Kambara, writer of the play and JeevanRam Sullia was the director, costume, music, lighting, stage decor and stage logistics. The presentation was very powerful with no time wasted between the scenes, lighting and music well coordinated.

Scenes from the play
The story line is about the conflict between life and death. We all live in the shadow of death.

The urge of the human being to live without the fear of death, to live with his own ambition and aspiration is powerfully portrayed by the Play "MAHHA MAAYI"

RajaKumari and PushpaGandhi



The Goddess of Death, appearing as mother Shatavi, old woman, Shiva and Garuda bird, tried to control the lives of MahaaMaayi's adopted son SanjeevaShiva (Doctor) and the Princess (suffering from a serious ailment) who are in love.

The determination and the effort of the couple between life and death, and eventually the Goddess of Death loses in the struggle is highlight of the climax.



The 103rd presentation of the play is not only the story, but songs, dances of the artists, special lighting effect and stage setting for different scenes is simply mesmerizing.

The Director of the play, JeevanRam Sullia is a highly talented and creative, trained the artists with excellent expression, clarity of dialogues and movements on stage.


Congratulations to the Director and all the artists who performed so well.

posted Monday 9th October 2017

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

WEDDING - VASUDHA & SRIGANESH

Monday 2nd October 2017
GuruNarasimha Kalyana Mantapa, NammaBengaluru



It is the wedding of Vasudha Sharma from Bengaluru and ShriGanesh Damle from Brahmavara at
Guru Narasimha Kalyana Mantapa, Bengaluru.


Balakrishna Shrama, who was our close family friend during Dubai days, now settled in Bengaluru invited us and was happy to see us at wedding hall.


Balakrshna Sharma, wife and children


It was traditional wedding and there were lot of friends and relatives.

Au usual, we had grand wedding lunch, wished the newly married couple happy married life.



Niranjan, Jaya's son, who is friend of ShriGanesh was with us.

posted Tuesday, 3rd October 2017

Sunday, October 1, 2017

AYUDHA POOJE - BIRTHIMANE

Friday 29th September 2017
BirthiMane, BhuvaneshwariNagara, Hebbala, NammaBengaluru.



Ayudha Pooje is integral part of  10 - day Navratri Festival celebrated throughout India.

It's worshiping "Instruments" used in our daily life. It falls on the ninth day of Navratri Festival.

The most commonly used for daily usage is the car, motorbike.

Here in BirthiMane, the car, the bike washed wiped and cleaned.



The pooja is performed with flowers, agarabatti and Mangalarathi performed.

Lemons are placed under the car and bike, vehicles moved and prayed for safe usage of the vehicles.


posted Tuesday 2nd October 2017



PRARABDA KARMA (ಪ್ರಾರಬ್ದ ಕರ್ಮ) - KANNADA DRAMA

Sunday 1st October 2017
Seva Sadana, Malleshwara, NammaBengaluru


That was a childish Kannada drama, , they called it a comedy.




The play was presented by amateur drama group "KALATMAKA" at Seva Sadana.

It was about 105 minutes play with youngsters performing on some story line.



The miser elderly person with two children, a boy and a girl, wants girl Geetha,  to be married to a

rich 60 year old Hanumantha Rao for money.

The son Kitty makes a plan to defeat this and marry his sister to her boyfriend.


They come in the guise of a sanyasi and rob money etc etc and there finally happy ending.


Message - The parents should look after their children with love and affection.

Posted 2nd October 2017


Wednesday, September 27, 2017

NAVARATRI FESTIVAL 2017

Sunday 24th September 2017
BirthiMane, BhuvaneshwariNagar, Bengaluru






Navratri is 9-day festival dedicated to DeviDurga by Hindus all over India. Nine days represents nine manifestations of Goddess Durga.




Here in BirthiMane, we have special pooja relations are called for lunch prepared at home by mom Nalini Somayaji.



It is more or less get-together and catching up with what has been over the past year.

Few photos are posted.

written Wednesday 27th September 2017

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

UDYAVARA DODDAMMA - SHRADDHANJALI

Doddamma, my Doddamma,  big mother, who had immense love and affection for children of her younger sister.




She lost her husband long ago and she didn't have her own children. Sister Varija's children Nalini, Vijaya and Sujatha were brought up affectionately by Doddamma. The children grew up under her care and guidance of Doddamma.


These very children were with her during her dying moments last Saturday 9th September 2017 at Udyavara, her house. The youngest sister, Sujatha, who looked after doddamma for last several years when she was bed-ridden, taking care with dedicated service, devotion, conscious effort, and love to the core.


Nalini, eldest of the sisters, reached Udyavara from Bengaluru just 30 minutes after doddamma took her last breath at 10.20pm. The binding and affection had pulled her to reach and they were all together with doddamma's soul and the body overnight, expressing feeling that they were with her after taking last breath.


Some years ago when we went with our children Ravi and Rishi, were small, went to their house she had boundless joy of seeing Nalini's children and expressed that too.


"The light of the house has gone" she said when my brother Padmanabha Somayaji passed away in 1997, as she well understood the personality and character of a person.


She lived her life well, loved by all.

Here is "SHRADDHANJALI" for the departed soul. OM SHANTHI....

posted Tuesday 12th September 2017

Sunday, September 10, 2017

ENGAGEMENT - VIGNESH RAO

Sunday 3rd September 2017
SriKrishna Dhama, Mysuru.

Vignesh is son of Ananath Rao, who is elder brother of Nalini Somayaji.



Very pleasant and likable boy was getting engaged to a pretty girl, Priya Ural from Mysuru, her parents and grandparents settled in Mysuru. The engagement was organized for post lunch session.





Grand lunch was there, after which, parents, relations of both families were invited to the stage for witnessing the occasion. After a brief Ganesh pooja, date and venue for the wedding were finalized and invitations were exchanged.




Exchange of rings by the bride and the groom took place, and program ended with photo session.

We traveled to Mysuru by train in the morning and returned to Bengaluru in the evening.

posted Monday 11th September 2017