Indian Musicology Day festival in Mysuru from Aug. 11 to 13

A three-day festival to celebrate Indian Musicology Day will be held in Mysuru from August 11 to 13.

The event organised to honour the legacy of distinguished musicologist and Padmashri awardee R. Sathyanarayana features Young Masters’ music, Kannada poetry and ayurveda discourses, said a press statement here while adding that the programmes will start from 5.30 p.m. on each evening of the three-day festival to be held at Sri Vasudevacharya Bhavan on Jhansi Lakshmi Bai Road in Mysuru.

The festival will feature music concerts, musical features like ‘Nanda Gana’ and ‘Vachana Pada Vaidya’, Kannada poetry recital and percussive ensembles. An award ceremony to honour distinguished individuals on their achievements will be held on August 13.

The Indian Musicology Day will acknowledge the growing importance of Indian Knowledge Systems in interdisciplinary studies from education and social sciences to artificial intelligence. “The festival aims to preserve, promote and propagate this rich academic tradition,” the statement said.

The Indian Musicology Day will be hosted by Brahmvidya, an institution founded by noted musicologist R. Sathyanarayana in 1989 to promote Indian arts and culture, and DVG Balaga Pratishtana, an organisation dedicated to celebrating the literary works of noted writer D.V. Gundappa.