Come December, every year, thousands of music rasikas, practitioners, scholars and other curious on-lookers from all over the world descend on Chennai to experience the remarkable cultural coming-together that is the annual Music and Dance Season. However, the Tamil Heritage Trust (THT), has created a parallel ‘concert’ experience this year, which allows rasikas an opportunity to immerse themselves in the magnificent ocean of history, literature, fine arts, sculpture and architecture that is India’s Heritage. Pechchu Kachcheri 2018 is a celebration of heritage along with music.
As part of the event, a series of lectures, Cholavanadu Kalayudaithu, has been organised that will foster an understanding of the Cholas and their unique legacy across art, architecture and literature. The two-day event will see nine speakers.
Saturday, December 15
Rangarathnam Gopu – Tracing the wide arc of Chola History
Dr Chitra Madhavan – Rajendra the Great
Dr. S. Balusamy – Tamil literature in the Chola period
Ramachandran- Chola Meikeerthis
Sunday, December 16
Dr Kudavayil Balasubramanian – The three big Chola temples
Vijay Kumar – The everlasting allure of Chola bronzes
Sivaramakrishnan – Early Chola miniatures
R.Viswananath – Chola paintings
Madhusudhanan Kalaichelvan – Religious practices during the Chola period
Venue:
Tamil Virtual Academy,
Gandhi Mandapam Road,
Kotturpuram, Chennai,
Tamil Nadu 600 025
Date & Time:
December 15-16, 2018
9.00 am – 5.00 pm
