Varanasi: The second day of the five-day Ganga Mahotsav witnessed the amalgamation of music and dance at Rajghat on the banks of Ganga on Friday evening.The programme commenced with the classical singing by Archana Aditya Mahaskar. She was followed by Ashutosh Srivastava (bhajan singing), Deepak Singh (folk singing), Pt Anshuman Maharaj (sarod recital), Divya and Rahul (Odissi and Bharatanatyam dance).Padma Shri Malini Awasthi presented folk songs followed by an attractive presentation of KachchiKuchipudi dance by Padma Shri Padmaja Reddy.Earlier, the cultural programmes started with the Shehnai recital by Mahendra Prasanna on Thursday evening. He was followed by Samit Tyagi (semi-classical music), Ashish Kumar (Dhrupad singing), Pt Taraknath Mishra (sitar recital), Parnika Srivastava (folk dance) Shivang Balhakeshwar (bhajan) and Sujit Kumar Tiwari (bhajan). The winning participants of Kashi MP Cultural Mahotsav gave their presentations at Dr Rajendra Prasad Ghat.We also published the following articles recentlyChinmayi sings a song for Vaibhav and Athulaya Ravis nextActor Vaibhav stars in a heist comedy film directed by Vikram Rajeshwar and Arun Keshav. Chinmayi sings a song in D Immans music. Athulya Ravi is Vaibhavs co-star. Anandraj, Naan Kadavul Rajendran, John Vijay, Redin Kingsley, Ilavarasu, and PL Thenappan are also part of the cast. The film marks the first time Vaibhav and Sunil share screen space. Tijo Tomy handles cinematography and Suresh A Prasad edits the film.Hema Malini performs dance drama based on life of saint Mirabai at Braj Raj Utsav 2023Hema Malini, BJP MP from Mathura, captivated onlookers with a dance play during the Braj Raj Utsav 2023 in Mathura. She paid tribute to Mira Bai through a play depicting the late saints life. PM Modi attended the event and launched a coin in Mirabais memory. He emphasized Indias reverence for Nari Shakti and Mirabais significant contributions to society. PM Modi also offered prayers at the Lord Krishna Janmabhoomi.Stalin reveals his favourite P Susheela song which he used to sing in many placesChief Minister M K Stalin awarded honorary doctorates to playback singer P Susheela and Hindustani musician PM Sundaram during the convocation of Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalitha Music and Fine Arts University. Stalin praised P Susheelas voice, stating that she is famous throughout the country. He also mentioned that the decision to award honorary doctorates was possible because the university has the chief minister as its chancellor. Additionally, Stalin discussed the Supreme Courts inquiry into changing education from the concurrent list to the state list, which would benefit all states. He announced a grant increase and funding for a research center, library, and learning management system in the university.

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