| | Dear Members: You might all be aware of the upcoming VKK event, Dasa Day Celebrations, organized by the Dasa Day committee. We have, in the past, provided exclusive information of an event through special bulletins. Here is one such bulletin with details of a musical event that helps to preserve and promote a great musical culture of Karnataka and pay homage to Purandaradasa and others musicians who have contributed to Karnatak Sangeetha. We hope that the information provided will be extremely useful to all members and more so to more than 120 new members who have joined the organization this year. The information is provided below. With warm regards and hoping to see you all on October 27th at the event, President and Members of the Executive and Dasa Day Committees.
| Dasa Day event has been an annual fixture at Vidyaranya Kannada Kuta for the past two decades. The main purpose of celebrating a Dasa Day event is to promote Carnatic music and also celebrate the works of and pay tributes to, Purandaradasa (considered the father of Carnatic music), other haridasas and to all other great composers of Karnataka Sangeeta or Karnatak Music (as it is normally called) by rendering their select compositions. Another objective is to promote Karnatak Music in Chicagoland area.
Music concerts are also part of Dasa Day program thus providing music lovers in Chicagoland occasions to enjoy performances by great musicians. Over the years, DASA Day has presented many excellent music concerts by renowned musicians. Some of the musicians who have performed over the years include Rudrapatnam Brothers, Sri Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, Smt. Rajeswari Pariti, Smt. Arundhati Sarcar, Sri S. A. Shashidhar, Smt. Nagavalli Nagaraj, Sri Nagaraj Havaldar, Smt. Sangeetha Swaminathan, Smt. Loka Shankar, Smt. Vani Sateesh and Smt. Rajalakshmi Krishnan. In the past, at the dasa day celebration events, along with the music concerts, dance programs and a drama have also been presented.
Dasa Day event offers opportunity to all Karnataka Sangeeta lovers to see and hear Carnatic music and to pay tribute to the great composers. The program is normally organized as a community event with attendance and participation from adults and children, amateur and professional singers to whom the event provides an excellent platform to showcase their musical talents.
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TRIBUTE TO SAINT PURANDARADASA |
|  | Sri Purandara Dasa (1494-1564) is considered to be the main architect of Kannada Haridasa literature and foremost among the talented Karnatic composers. He is known as the father (Pitamaha) of Carnatic music. His influence on the Haridasa literature has flown like a tide which became as sacred as Ganga and created waves of Bhagirathi river. The dasas, among them Sripadaraya, Sri Kanaka Dasa, Sri Jagannatha Dasa, Sri Vijaya Dasa, and Sri Kamalesha Vittala, propounded bhakti to the Lord through music over several years. Sri Purandara Dasa always concluded his songs with a salute to Lord Purandara Vittala. He is believed to have composed around 475,000 songs, although only a thousand or so of them are known today. All his musical compositions are in Kannada. He was part of the | | Bhakthi Movement in India and most of his compositions are designed to reach the common man allowing him to comprehend the glory of God. About a quarter of his songs deal with his spiritual life and how it grew stage by stage. The remaining songs reveal his abundant experience, devotion, wisdom and his detachment. Because of his noble character his songs have become all time great and powerful and earned the name 'Purandaropanishat' . Today in Carnatic music, no artist's concert is complete without the rendering of a few of his compositions. |
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| | This year the Dasa Day Celebrations will be held at The Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, IL on Saturday October 27, 2007. The day-long program is split into morning and evening program sessions.
The morning session begins at 10:30 am in the Gupta Dining Hall with the chanting of Vishnu sahasranama followed by musical tribute by children and adults. There will also be a light lunch served. The evening session begins at 6:00 pm in the Sama Rathi Auditorium with a dance performance by Smt. Sushmita Arunkumar and students which will be followed by a musical concert by Smt. Priya Krishnamurthy accompanied by Smt. Manjula Rao and Master Athrey Nadhan . Dinner will be served after the program.
Dasa Day Program information has been mailed to VKK members. If you have not received it or wish to view it again, you can download a PDF document of the same from VKK website by clicking on the link below.
Download Program Brochure - PDF
Daytime (Morning) Program(Gupta Dining Hall - lower level)| Time | Program | | 10:30 am | Sahasranama Chanting | | 11:00 am | Music by Young participants | | 1:00 - 2:00 pm | Light Lunch (singing program continues) | | 2:00 pm | Music by Adult Participants | | 5:00 pm | Coffee break |
Evening Program(Sama Rathi Auditorium)| Time | Program | | 6:00 pm | Dance recital depicting Dasa Krithis | | | Smt. Sushmita Arunkumar & students- Nrithyanjali School of Dance | | 7:00 - 9:00 pm | Music Concert | | | Vocal - Smt. Priya Krishnamurthy | | | Violin - Smt. Manjula Rao | | | Mridanga - Master Athrey Nadhan | | 9:00 pm | Dinner (Gupta Dining Hall) |
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PARTICIPATION & TICKET/SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION |
| To participate in the morning session, there is a registration fee of $10 per person. Guests are requested to perform in the order that they register, without exception. No-shows, when called on the stage, will lose their turns and will be moved to the end of the singing order. Those interested should register early to avoid disappointment.
The evening program is a ticketed event and the tickets and sponsorship amount will be as follows:
Tickets : $25 (Family of two), $15 (single), Students/Children $10/-
Sponsors : $75 and above ( includes 4 tickets)
Please note: Free admission to children aged 12 and under when attending with parents Tickets/Sponsorships for the evening event can also be purchased online at VKK's website. Those interested in either participating or attending this event can contact the members of Dasa day committee or Vidyaranya Kannada Kuta for more details.
Tickets/Sponsorships - Online @ VKK Website | | This year's Dasa Day Committee consists of the following individuals as members. Those wishing to get more information can contact any of the committee members by phone or email.
Dasa Day Committee
(email: dasaday@vidyaranyakannadakuta.org) | | Kalyani Prasad | 630-578-5201 | | Mohan Rao | 630-852-6708 | | Mukund Akkoor | 630-692-0935 | | Shailaja Iyer | 630-499-9383 | | Sathya Sridhara | 708-478 5194 | | A.V. Satish | 847-229 8017 |
| | DASA DAY SPONSORSHIPS
Dasa Day event is one of the oldest annual events organized by Vidyaranya Kannada Kuta. As mentioned, the main purpose of celebrating a Dasa Day event is to promote Carnatic music and also pay homage through music to Purandara Dasa, other haridasas and all other great composers of Carnatic music.
The Dasa Day event is planned, organized and conducted every year by a committee created for this purpose. The committee (Dasa Day Committee), like many other committees or organizations, often depends on sponsorships to meet the expenses of this daylong musical event. We are very glad to note that many music lovers and patrons do come forward every year and support this event.
On behalf of Dasa Day Committee, we request you all to continue to support and contribute generously to Dasa Day event this year too. We are happy to inform that patrons can now pay for the sponsorships or tickets online using a major credit card at our own website - vidyaranyakannadakuta.org.
We will be counting on your participation and support at the event on October 27th.
- 2007 Dasa Day Committee | | 
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| | A 'THANK YOU' TO OUR PROGRAM ADVERTISERS
We thank the following program advertisers
and welcome those who wish to further sponsor
the 2007 Dasa Day event.
- 2007 Dasa Day Committee
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