We are much pleased to invite you with family to the Interntional SreeSankara Dance & Music Festival at Kalady, the serene birth place of JagadguruAdi sankaracharya, organized by Sree Sankara School of Dance from Dec 22nd

to 30th.Nearly 1700 artists including world famous artists will perform in the festival.

58 art forms will be staged under the title ‘SAKALAKALA’ on 8 stages from Dec22nd to 24th. Classcal dance and music wll be staged on the mega stage and panthalnear SSD from Dec 26th to 30th.

Sri P.SreeRamakrishnan, Hon. Speaker, Kerala Legislative AssemblyHonourable Minister Sri.Kadannappalli Ramachandran, Honourable OppositionLeader Sri.Ramesh Chennithala, His Excellency Baraka .H .Luvanda( Tanzanian High Commissioner to India) and other dignitaries will grace the culturalevents organized at Kalady.

Looking forward for your gracious presence.For the Organizing committee,

Prayer : Students, S.S. Music AcademyWelcome : Prof. P V Peethambaran Promoter & Chief Co-ordinator

Presidential Address : Sri. K T Salim,Chairman,OrganizingCommiteeInauguration : Padmasree Awardee Kalamandalam

KshemavathySpecial Address : Sri. Innocent , M.P.Presentation of Awardsto Schools & Colleges Sri. Roji M John, MLASpecial Address : Dr. K V Tolin,M.D,Tolins Group of Companies

Sri. T R Renju ,President Bharatham,ThrissurFelicitation : Smt. Ruby Antony (Member Grama Panchayath)

INAUGURAL SESSION, DEC 22Venue: St. George Parish Hall , 4.00p.m.

Inauguration : DEC 22

Stage-1: Sri. P.T Paul (President Block Panchayath, Angamaly)Sri. Kalamandalam Prabhakaran (Famous Ottanthullal Artist)

Stage-2: Sri. Monkompu Rajan (Famous Nadaswaram artist)Smt. Saradha Mohan (Dist.Panchayath Member)

Stage-3: Sri. A.C.K Nair (Director CIAL)Smt. Anupama Mohan (Famous Kuchupudi Artist)

Stage-4: Smt. Rajalakshmi Asokan (Musician)Sri.T.P George (Member, Block Panchayath, Angamaly)

Stage-6: Sri. Samson Chacko (Dist. Panchayath Member)

Sri. V P Thankachan,(President Merchant Association,Kalady)Stage-7: Advo. K. Thulasi (President, Grama Panchayath Kalady )

Dr. A.K Balachandran (President NAS)Stage-8: Sri. K.T Eldose (Ward Member & Opposition Leader, Kalady Gramapanchayath)

DEC 23 - Venue: St. George Parish Hall, 5.00p.m.

Presidential Address : Sri. Roji M John, MLAPresentation of NRI awards &Special Address by : Sri. Ramesh Chennithala (Honourable

Leader of Opposition,Kerala Legislative Assembly)

2017 December 22nd

Venue-Stage 5:- St.George Parish Hall,Kalady“Pradakshina” Dance programme by Reshma U Raj ,Dr. Jishnu SajaykumarAparna Muraleekrishnan, 6.00pm-6.45pmGuest of Honour: Sri.M.P Antony ( M.D, Pavizham Group of companies )Kuchupudy by Sreelakshmi Govardhan , 7:00pm – 8:30 pmVocal: Sri. Bijeesh Krishnan, Nattuvangam:Sri. Suresh NilamperoorMridangam: Sri. Kalamandalam Charudutt, Flute: Sri. Murali NarayananGuest of Honour: Sri. A.C.K Nair, Director, CIALVenue –stage 1:- Adi Sankara Temple HallCarnatic Music Recital by Athul Krishna, Baharin, 6.15 pm – 6.45 pmViolin: Sri. Vadhyaratna Kalanjoor D ViswanathanMridangam: Sri. Unnikrishnan Aluva, Gatom: Sri. Jayakumar ParavoorGuest of Honour:Sri.Soorya Narayanan, Asst. Manager, Sringeri MuttCarnatic Music Recital by Harirag Nandan , 7:00 pm – 9:00 pmViolin: Sri. C S Anurup, Mridangam: Sri. K M S ManiGatom: Sri. Vellatanjoor SrijithGuest of Honour: Adv. K Ananad, Managing Trustee, Adi Sankara TrustVenue –stage 7:- NAS AuditoriumVayalar Gana Sandhya ,Karaoke by Cochin Mansoor, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

2017 December 23rd

Venue-Stage 5:- St. George Parish Hall, KaladyClassical Dance by SSD Resmi Narayanan, 6:00 pm – 6:12 pmClassical Dance by SSD Akshara V R, 6:15 pm – 9:25 pmClassical Dance by SSD Ambili A, 6:25 pm – 6:45 pmGuest of Honour: Sri.T.C. Balasundaram, FCA,Chartered Accountant, T.C. Balasundaram & CoBharathanatyam by Dhakshina Vaidyanathan Baghel,NewDelhi , 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Nattuvangam: Dr. S. Vasudevan,Vocal: Sri. K. VenkateswaranMridangam: Sri. Sumod Sreedharan, Violin: Sri. Vijin SivanandGuest of Honour: Sri. Roji M John, MLAVenue-Stage 1:- Adi Sankara Temple HallNadaswara recital by Mankompu Rajan, 5:30 pm – 6:45pmNadaswaram: Sri. Thathamangalam SureshThakil: Sri. Alappuzha Prasanna Kumar, Thakil: Sri. Nandipunam SajeevGuest of Honour: Sri. P.T Paul, President Block Panchayat, AngamalyKacheri by Changanassery Madhavan Namboodiri, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pmViolin: Sri. Edappally Ajith Kumar, Mridangam: Sri. Kottayam SanthoshKumar, Gatom: Sri. vazhappally Krishna KumarGuests of Honour: Sri. D SreekumarManaging Trustee, Sree Krishna Temple, Kalady.Sri. Mathews Kolenchery, Director KSRTC

2017,Dec.24th

Venue –Stage 5:- St.George Parish Hall,KaladyBharathanatyam by RevathySreenivaasRaghavan& Team(Mumbai),6:00pm– 6:45 pmVocal: Sri. Sreedev Rajagopalan, Mridangam: Sri. Satish KrishnamurthyGuest of Honour: Sri. N.P GeorgeChairman, Pavizham Group of CompaniesClassical Dance by SSD Anila Joshy 6:45 pm – 6:57 pmGuest of Honour: Dr. Edanad Rajan Nambiar Chakyarkoothu ArtisteBharathanatyam by Parswanath Upadhye& Team (Bangalore),7:00 pm – 8:30 pmVocal: Sri. Rohith Bhat & Sri. Abhishek N. S, Flute: Sri. K Jayaram Nattuvangam/Kanjeeram: Sri. KarthikDataran, Mridangam: Sri. Harsha Samaga

Guest of Honour: Sri. Prakash Parakkatt (Chairman, Parakkatt Group)

Smt. Preethi Prakash (Vice Chairperson, Parakkatt Group)

CULTURAL PROGRAMMES - DEC. 22-30

Venue-stage 1:-Adi Sankara Temple HallFlute Recital by Mysore ChandankumarViolin: Sri. C S Anurup, Mridangam: Shri. K M S ManiGadom: Sri. Vellatanjoor SrijithGuest of Honour: Sri.Mathews Kolenchery, Director,KSRTCVenue-stage 2:-Sree Krishna TemplePayyannur Kolkkali, 4:00pmGuest of Honour: Sri. Manoj Antony, Managing Director,Surya Group of Companies

2017 Dec.26th

Venue –stage 3:-Special Pandal, Tharanga Nrutham, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pmGuest of Honour: His Excellency Baraka .H .Luvanda,Tanzanian High Commissionar to IndiaCarnatic Music by Students of Sree Sankara Music AcademyArangetram & Programme by Seniors 5: 15p.m – 5.45p.mSreelankan Dance by Shirani De Costa &Chithrini Weeratunga 5.30p.m – 6.30p.m.

Guest of Honour : Sri.P.SreeramakrishnanHonourable Speaker, Kerala Legislative AssemblyFlamenco dance by Paris Laxmi, 6.30 pm – 7.00p.mGuest of Honour: Sri. Varghese Moolan Chairman,

Moolan’s Group of Companies & Global Malayalee Council

& Smt. Jane VargheseKathak by Aditi Bhagwat, 7.15 pm – 8.30p.mGuest of Honour: Sri. P.S Rajan, DGM, Union Bank of India

2017 Dec.27th

Venue-stage 3: Special PandalHonourable Minister of Ports, Museums, Archeology and Archives.,Govt.of KeralaArangetram & Program by senior students of Sree Sankara School of Dance,Kalady, 3.00p.m. – 5.15p.m.Special Address : Sri. Kadannappally Ramachandran,Bharathanatyam by Rukmini Vijayakumar, Bangalore, 5.30pm-7.00pmVocal: Nandankumar Unnikrishnan,Mridangam: Chenda KesavanNattuvangam: Aranya Narain, Flute: Vivek K Krishna

Guests of Honour: Sri. A V George IPS, Rural SP, Aluva

Sri.Thomas Mathew, Unit Head, HMT, KalamasseryArangetram & Program by senior students of Sree Sankara School of Dance,Kalady, 7.00p.m. – 9.00 p.m.

2017 Dec.28th

Venue –Stage 3: Special PandalArangetram & Program by senior students of Sree Sankara School of Dance,Kalady, 3.00p.m. – 5.15p.m.Arangetram & Program by senior students ofSree Sankara Music Academy,Kalady, 5.15p.m. – 5.30p.m.Mohiniyattam by Gopika Varma ,5.30pm-7.00pmMridangam: Nagarajan, Vocal: Girish Menon, Violin: Suresh NamboothiriIdakka: Nandakumar, Nattuvangam: ShamnaGuest of Honour: Sri. K K Karnan & Smt. Ammini Karnan, K K RGroup of CompaniesArangetram & Program by senior students of Sree Sankara School of Dance,Kalady, 7.00p.m. – 9.00p.m.

2017 Dec.29th

Venue –stage 3: Special PandalArangetram & Program by senior students of Sree Sankara School ofDance, Kalady, 3.00p.m. – 5.15p.m.Odissi by Sanchitha Bhattacharya &Team, Kolkata , 5.30pm-7.00pmGuest of Honour: Sri.T S Jagadeeshan, KPBF, M.D, AluvaArangetram & Program by senior students of Sree Sankara School of Dance,Kalady, 7.00p.m. – 9.00p.m.

2017 Dec.30th

Venue-stage 3: Special PandalArangetram & Program by senior students of Sree Sankara School of Dance,Kalady, 3.00p.m. – 5.15p.m.Kuchupudy by Pratheeksha Kashi, 5.30pm-7.00pmNattuvangam: Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi, Vocal: Kum. Abhinandini KMridangam: Sri. Suresh Namboothiri, Flute: Sri. MuraliGuests of Honour : Sri.P.J Joy(Ex.MLA)

Sri. Bose P B, MD,Osaka AirTravelsArangetram & Program by senior students of Sree Sankara School of Dance,Kalady, 7.00p.m. – 9.00p.m.

CULTURAL PROGRAMMES - DEC. 22-30

Patrons - N. GangakumarK.K.KunjappanE.N. Viswanathan

Chief Co-ordinator Prof. P.V.PeethambaranChief DanceCo-ordinator Sudha PeethambaranTechnical Director Dr.C.P.UnnikrishnanGeneral Convenor K. T. SalimReception A.R. Anil Kumar

T.G.Haridas,M.S. TharunkumarSyamala Sudarsanan,Shyja RajAnitha Sathyan,Soumya AnilSmitha Ginesh,Radhamani RajanHema Shaju,Sini Saju,Udaya Mohan,Sindhu Ajayan

Programme K.T.Salim, T.K.Jayan, T.G.HaridasStage & Pandal N. Gangakumar, G.Sreekumar

K.Babu, Sudha RameshRajeswary Nandakumar, Anil V.P

Decoration K.N.Jayakrishnan, M.K.LeninT.K.Jayan

Light & Sound K.N.Jayakrishnan, V.N.SivadasFood T. G. Haridas, K.N.Jayakrishnan

T.S. RadhakrishnanMakeup Sini Poulose, Mini Shaji

Rekha RadhakrishnanVasanthi Sukumaran, Kumari BhaskaranRajeswary Nandakumar, Raji KR,Viji UnniVrinda Saji, Bijitha Sali, Sindhu GopiSoumya Anil, Siji Kunjumon

Publicity (outdoor) Sajith T.S. Kumar, Sabu VFinance Sabu V, Latha SivadasSponsorship A.R. Anil Kumar, Sujatha Anilkumar

Sini Poulose, JancyVargheseMini Sebastian,Girija GopakumarT.N. Mohanan

Volunteer &Welfare K.K.Kunjappan, Sudha Ramesh

Vrinda Saji, Latha SivadasAccomodation Jancy Varghese, Mini Sebastian

Sujatha Anilkumar,Vasanthi SukumaranGirija Gopakumar, Archana Sanal

Trophy C.N. Baby, V.N. SivadasT.K.Jayan, M.K.Lenin

Media ( Print)Electronic Media M.K.Lenin, T.K.Jayan, Anand Elavungal

Assistant Dance Co-ordinators Neethu P.R, Amrutha Suresh, Akshara V.R.,Vaishnavi Sukumaran, Anila Joshy,Prathibha N.S, Seethalakshmi V., SarishmaSatheesan, Meenakshi V.P.

Carnatic Music Director Smt. Sindhu VenugopalSupport Kumari Drishya, Seethalakshmi V.Playback Artistes Sri. Sreekumar Urakam , Smt Rajalakshmi

Ashokan (Vocal), Sri. RLV VenuKurumassery,Sri. Babu Palluruthy(Mrudangam), Sri. M. S. Unnikrishnan,Sri. A.K. Reghunath (Flute), Sri. Edappally A.Anilkumar (Violin) Sri. TrippunithuraKrishnadas & Sri. Arun Krishnadas( Edakka) Sri. Rajesh Aluva( Khadam).

Makeup Artistes Sri. Babu Manickamangalam, Sri. Joy Potta,Sri Mani Master, Sri Surendran Urakam,Sri Ravi Chalakudy, Sri Babu Irinjalakuda,Sri Shameer Muvattupuzha,Sri Vijeesh Irinjalakuda , Sri Gireesh Thrissur,Sri Krishnan ParavoorSri Benny Thrissur, Sri Murugan Aluva,Sri Boby Kottayam, Sri Sreenivsan, Thrissur,Sri Joby Kothamangalam.

Presentation of Sakalakala Awards(1) Sree Sankaracharya Trophy: Vidhyadhi Raja Vidhyabhavan HSS, Aluva for Participating

the highest number of students among the schools.(2) Mannam Trophy: Sree Sarada Vidhyalaya,Sankar Nagar, Kalady, for securing second

position.(3) Dr. Ambedkar Trophy:Vysa Vidhyanikethan Central School,Chalakkudy, for securing third

position .(4) Agamananda Trophy: Pazhanji College,Thrissur Dist., for participating the highest

number of students among colleges.(5) Mahathma Ayyankali Trophy: MES College, Marambilly, for securing second position

among colleges.(6) Kalamandalam Kalyanikuttiyamma Trophy: SD College,Alappuzha, for

participating the highest number of individual items.(7) Chattambi Swami Trophy: Adi Sankara Training College,Sankar Nagar, Kalady,

for participating the highest number students among training colleges.(8) Sree Narayana Gurudeva Trophy: SRVCS State Committee, for participating the highest

number of students among cultural organizations.

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