The stage is set for the annual Rudrapatna music festival at this village located on the banks of the River Cauvery in Arkalgud Taluk, Hassan district of Karnataka, India.
This year's fest is special because, on the first evening of this fest - that is on May 18 (Sunday) - the unique temple dedictaed to music, the Sapthaswara Mandira, will be inaugurated.

Vidwan R. K. Padmanabha is the man behind this concept and project.

There are programmes in the morning and in the evening. Here are the details -

18/5/2008 – Sunday
6:00 pm - Inauguration of Sapthaswara Devatha Mandira – By Jagadguru Sri Ganapathi Sachidananada Swamiji. Sri K Jairaj – Chief Guest – Chief Secretary Panchayatraj, Karnataka state, Sri A T Ramaswamy – Chief Guest.

Nacharamma Award presentation to - Vid Narashimamurthy Ghanapati – Veda – Representing Sa. Prof V Ramrathnam – Music – Reprasenting Ri. Dr. Doddarange Gowda – Litreture – Ga. Dr. Master Hirannnaiah – Drama – Ma. Guru Prathibha Prahalad – Dance – Pa. Dr. Gururaj Khargigi – Education – Da. Dr. K Sudrashan – Social Service – Ni
11:00 pm - Drama – Nadubeedi Narayana – Hirannnaiah Mitra Mandali

19/5/2008 – Monday
10:00 am -Haridasa Namana – Talk on Sripadaraja – Life & Contribution – By Dr. Vinayakacharya
11:00 am to 1:15 pm - Concert - Sripadaraja Krithis
Vocal - Vid Harini & Vid Sharada, Violin - Vid T S Krishnamurthy, mridanga - Vid V Krishna, ghatam - Vid S N Narayanamurthy
6:00 pm - Sangeetha Seva
6:30 pm to 10:00 pm - Concert - Vocal - Vid Malladi Brothers, violin - Vid H K Venkatram, mridanga - Vid Arjun Kumar, khanjira - Vid N Amrit

20/5/2008 – Tuesday
10:00 am - Haridasa Namana – Talk on Kanakadasa – Life & Contribution – By Dr. Vinayakacharya
11:00 am to 1:15 pm - Concert - Kanakadasa Krithis. Vocal - Vid Lakshmi Nagraj & Vid Indu Nagraj, violin - Vid Veena Suresh, mridanga - Vid V S Ramesh
6:00 pm - Sangeetha Seva
6:30 pm to 10:00 pm - Bharathanatya – Kumara Sambhava, Vid Sridhar & Vid Anuradha Sridhar & Troupe

21/5/2008 – Wednesday
10:00 am - Haridasa Namana – Talk on Vadiraja– Life & Contribution – By Dr. Gokulnath
11:00 am to 1:15 pm - Concert - Vadiraja Krithis. Vocal - Vid Krishna Prasad & Vid S R Vinay, violin - Vid Adithi Krishnaprakash mridanga - Vid C Cheluvaraju
6:00 pm - Sangeetha Seva
6:30 pm to 10:00 pm - Concert - Vocal - Vid Gayatri Venkatraghavan, violin - Vid C N Chandrashekar, mridangam - Vid C Cheluvaraju, khanjira - Vid Sukanya Ramgopal

22/5/2008 – Thursday
10:00 am - Haridasa Namana – Talk on Purandaradasa– Life & Contribution – By Dr. H S Muralidhar
11:00 am to 1:15 pm - Concert - Purandaradasa Krithis. Vocal - Vid Saralaya Sisters, violin - Vid C N Chandrashekar, mridanga - Vid C Cheluvaraju, khanjira - Vid Sukanya Ramgopal
5:30 pm to 6:15 pm - Concert - Vocal - Vid Lalithachalam, violin - Vid C N Chandrashekar, mridanga - Vid C Cheluvaraju
6:30 pm to 10:00 pm - Chiraveena concert by Vid N Ravikiran, violin - Vid Lalgudi Vijaylakshmi, mridanga - Vid H S Sudhindra, ghatam - Vid Giridhar Udupa

23/5/2008 – Friday
10:00 am - Haridasa Namana – Talk on Vijayadasa– Life & Contribution – By Sri Brahmanyatheerthacharya
11:00 am to 1:15 pm - Concert - Vijayadasa Krithis. Vocal - Vid Manasi Prasad & Vid Sahana Ramachandra, violin - Vid M S Govindswamy, mridanga - Vid Mannargudi Subramanyam
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm - Thepotsava in River Cauvery
8:00 pm to 10:00 pm - Hasya Sanje – Sri Hiremaglur Kannan & Party

24/5/2008 – Saturday
9:00 am - Rathotsava
10:00 am to 11:45 am - Talk – “Rudradarshana” – Vid Pavgada Prakash Rao
11:45 am to 1:15 pm - Musical Discussion – Presided by Ganakalabhusana Vid R K Padmanabha
Valedictory function - Chief Guest – Sri A Manju
6:30 pm to 10:00 pm - Ganabhsheka to Sapthaswara Devathas & Goshti Gayana.

If you are interested to be at this unique festival, you need to plan now. For details contact R. K. Phalgun on 91- 9980197141 or e-mail to rudrapatnasangeethotsava@yahoo.com

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