Shanmukhanda Front
 
 
Events - 2026-27

  Abbreviations

  SSCSA - Sri Shanmukhananda Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Auditorium
  WW - Programmes organised by Women's Wing of Sabha
  SV - Programmes organised by Sri Shanmukhananda Bharatiya Sangeetha Vidyalaya
 PR - Padma Ranga Chamber Music Hall
 FFF - First Floor Foyer
 AMA - Lion Dr. Ashok Mehta Auditorium (6" Floor Tower Complex)
  BMS - Tickets available on BookMyShow
 
APR | MAY | JUNE | JULY | AUG | SEPT | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB | MAR |
  Day & Date Time Programme Venue
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      APRIL 2026  
  Day & Date Time Programme Venue
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  Saturday, 4 6.00pm Shri. V. S. Amarnath Sury Memorial Concert
Ms. Vidya Balasubramanian - Vocal
Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani
Shiv Kumar Anantharaman - Violin Vijay Natesan - Mridangam
AMA
  Saturday, 11 6.00pm Carnataka Sangeetha Sarvamayam
Archana & Aarathi - Vocal duet
Shri Madan Mohan - Violin
Shri J. Vaidyanathan - Mrudangam
Shri S. Krishna - Ghatam
Tributes to Muthuswami Dikshitar on his 251st Birth Anniversary Sakala Suravinuta
(“O One Praised by all the Gods”) (Siva)
Anahita and Apoorva- Vocal
SSCSA
  Sunday, 12 5.30 pm Paraabava Puthandu Vizha Patti Mandram
Prof. M. Ramachandran (Naduvar)
Shri. Singaravelu Annamalai
Shri. Arukprakash
Shri. Satishkumar Sundhararajan
Shri. R.Sekharan
Smt. Shanthamani
Smt. Anugraha
BMS
SSCSA
  Friday, 17 6.00 pm Tamil New Year Grameeya Natanam by Sabha Natyalaya
AMA (WW)
  Saturday, 18 6.00 pm Saint Thyagaraja & Other Telugu Composer Day
Dr. B. Durga Prasad - Veena
Mumbai Shri S.Shankarnarayanan - Mrudangam
PR (SV)
  Sunday, 19 6.00 pm Tributes to Muthuswami Dikshitar on his 251st Birth Anniversary Sakala Suravinuta
Smt. K. Gayatri - Vocal
Shri V.S. Gokul - Violin
Shri Delhi Sairam - Mrudangam
Shri S. Krishna - Ghatam
AMA
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      MAY 2026  
  Day & Date Time Programme Venue
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  Saturday, 9 6.00 pm Shri A. K. S. Murali - Vocal
Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani
Shri Shivkumar Ananatharaman - Violin
Shri A.S. Ranganathan - Mrudangam
Shri A. S. Krishnan - Marsing
AMA
  Saturday, 30 6.00 pm Koothapiran Nav Bharat Theatres
Present on the occasion of 40 years of blissful stage delights
Surukku Pai - Tamil Drama
SSCSA
  Sunday, 31 6.00 pm Koothapiran Nav Bharat Theatres present
Leela Vinodham- Tamil Drama
Emotional thriller – paranormal tale with a breathtaking twist
SSCSA
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      JUNE 2026  
  Day & Date Time Programme Venue
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  Friday, 12 6.30 pm Golden Jubilee of Nrityodaya, Mumbai of Shanmukha Ratna Dr. Jayshree Rajagopalan in association with the Sabha SSCSA
  Saturday, 13 6.00 pm Shanmukha Nataka Shiromani Shri Y. Gee. Mahendra’s
United Amatuer Artistes present
Light On- Tamil Drama
SSCSA
  Sunday, 14 6.00 pm United Amatuer Artistes present
Varadu Kutty Paritchaiku Neram Aacha-2- Tamil Drama
SSCSA
  Wednesday, 19 6.00 pm Tamizh Composer Day
Smt. Hemamalini Arunkumar - Vocal
Shri Aditya Ganesh - Flute
Shri Rohit Prasad - Mrudanga
PR (SV)
  Saturday, 20 6.00 pm Commencement of centenary celebrations of
Kavi Arasu Kannadasan D.O.B. - 24.6.1927
Subhasree Thanikachalam's
"Kannadasanin Kavidai Payanam"
SSCSA
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      JULY 2026  
  Day & Date Time Programme Venue
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  Wednesday, 1 6.30 pm Guru Vandana Samaroh - honouring all
Gurus of the Sabha's various awardees Celebrating
"Sitaro Shalam". Advance commencement of
centenary celebrations of Guru Padma Bhushan Pandit
Arvind Parekh (DOB : 19.10.1927)
SSCSA
  Saturday, 4 6.00 pm Games & Fashion Show
Sustainable Saheli by Sabha's Women's Wing
PR (WW)
  Saturday, 18 6.00 pm S. Seshadri Memorial Talent Exposure Day
Veena Concert by Sangeetha Vidyalaya Students
Shri Srinivasan Iyer - Mruda
PR (SV)
  Saturday, 25 6.00 pm Carnatic Vocal concert
Ms. Spoorthi Rao - Vocal
Shri Vishwas Hari - Mandolin
Shri Vijay Natesan - Mrudangam
AMA
  Sunday, 26 9.30 am Members' Day followed by Lunch
Conferring Shanmukha Raina Award to
1. Shri. Jayyannt Lapsiaa (Member of the Sabha) President of Shree Hariharaputra Bhajan Samaj
2. Shri. S. K. Banerji (Member of the Sabha),
Vice-Chairman of Saraswat Co-operative Bank Limited
3. Vyasarpadi Kothandaraman (Nadaswara Vidwan)
SSCSA
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      AUGUST 2026  
  Day & Date Time Programme Venue
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  Saturday, 8 5.30 pm Senior Members Day
Talent show by Senior Members of Sabha
PR (WW)
  Saturday, 15 6.30 am Prabhat Pheri
Azadi Ka Ashta Dashak - from Five Gardens to
the Sabha accompanied by
80 school children as National Leaders 80 NCC/ Scouts/ Guides
80 Cyclists - College Students
80 Members of the Women's Wing 80 Men - Sabha's Members
80 Sangeetha Vidyalaya Students/ Teachers
80 kids from Orphanages
SSCSA
  9.00 am Hoisting of Tricolour by Brig. Achelesh Shankar (Retd.) SSCSA
  10.00 am 80th Independence Day Celebrations in association with the office
of General Officer Commanding (Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa).
Lt. Gen. D.S. Kushwah, GoC (MG&G area) presides. Conferring the
Sri Shanmukha Shaurya Ratna Award to
Shri. Parshotam Kumar, Rajouri, J & K
SSCSA
CARNATAKA PON MAZHAI THIRU VIZHA
  Sunday, 16 6.00 pm Carnatic Vocal by Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani
Shri Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal
Shri Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin
Shri Vijay Natesan - Mrudangam
Shri Sunaad Anoor - Kanjira
SSCSA
  Friday, 21 6.00 pm Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar & Vishnu
Narayan Bhatkhande Day
Smt. Suhani Bhat & Tejaswini Mahesh Javeri (Kathak)
AMA(SV)
  Saturday , 23 5.15 pm Distribution of Annual Music Competition Prizes - 2026
followed By Vocal Concert of
Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromanis
Shri Sikkil C. Gurucharan &
Shri L. Ramakrishnan - Violin
Shertalai Shri Ananthkrishnan - Mrudangam
Shri Gurupasanna - Kanjira
SSCSA
  Saturday , 29 6.00 pm Nadaswara Thiruvizha
4th Nadaswara Chakravarthy Shri. T. N. Raja Rathinam Pillai
Nadaswara Thiruvizha.
50 Nadaswaram and Thavil artistes' concert by the
fellowship awardees led by Shri. Vyasarpadi Kothandaraman
SSCSA
  Sunday , 30 7.00 am Swami Porappadu
(From Gokul Krishna Temple, Sion)
SSCSA
  10.00am Conferring the Sri Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Kala Vibhushan
(Nadaswaram) to Shri. T. K. S. Meenakshi Sundaram and
conferring Sri Shanmukhananda Nadaswara Chakravarty
Shri. T. N. Raja Rathinam Pillai Fellowship to 50
young Nadaswara Vidwans
SSCSA
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      SEPTEMBER 2026  
  Day & Date Time Programme Venue
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  Friday, 4 6.00 pm Teacher's Day - Performance by Faculty Members of Sabha Sangeetha Vidyalaya AMA(SV)
CARNATAKA PON MAZHAI THIRU VIZHA
  Saturday , 5 6.00 pm Trichur Brothers
Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromanis
Shri. Srikrishna Mohan & Shri. Ramkumar Mohan - Carnatic Vocal
Shri S.Janardhan - Violin
Shri. Trichur R. Mohan - Mrudangam
Shri G. Guru Prasanna - Kanjira
SSCSA
  Friday, 11 6.00 pm Centenary celebrations of the first recording of Bharat Raina
Dr. M. S. Subbulakshmi (then 1O years)

"Maragatha Vadivum"
(in Raga Chenchurutti) accompanied by her mother
Smt. Madurai Shanmukha Vadivu on Veena.
Released by Twin Recording Company,
the flat disc has Oothikuzhiyile on the other side.
It is a recording in praise of Goddess Madurai Meenakshi.
In 1927, she gave her first public performance in
Tiruchinapalli now (Thiruchirappalli).
Commencement of the centenary celebrations of the
Mahavidhushi ascending the concert stage.

Live playing of the original Vinyl disc of the Twin Recording Company
"Maragatha Vadivum"
100 years of Sangeetha Seva of Dr M. S. Subbulakshmi
Tracing her musical footprints by Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani
Smt. Vasudha Ravi - Carnatic
Vocal Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani
Shri Shivkumar Anantharaman - Violin
Dr. Rajesh Srinivasan - Mrudangam
Shri N.Y Easwaran - Kanjira
SSCSA
  Saturday , 12 6.00 pm Bharat Raina Dr. M. S. Subbulakshmi 110th Birth Anniversary Celebrations. Conferring Sri Shanmukhananda Bharat Ratna
Dr. M. S. Subbulakshmi Sangeetha Pracharya Award 2026 to
Dr. Nandita Ravi and conferring the Sri Shanmukhananda Bharat Ratna
Dr. M. S. Subbulakshmi Fellowship in Music to 50 young
and promising musicians from across the country
SSCSA
  Friday, 18 6.00 pm Swathi Thirunal Day
Smt. Lakshmi Krishnakumar- Vocal
Ms. Mangala Vaidyanathan- Violin
Shri Rohit Prasad- Mrudangam
PR (SV)
  Saturday , 19 6.00 pm Kamal Theatres present - Tamil Dramas
"Siva Sankari" - 6 short stories on stage
SSCSA
  Sunday, 20 6.00 pm Kamal Theatres present - Tamil Drama
"Endru Thanium"
SSCSA
  Saturday, 26 6.00 pm Principal K. S. Narayanaswamy Memorial Vaineeka Award to
Vidwan Shri. Kannan Balakrishnan followed by his Madhuraveena
Bombay Shri V. Anand - Violin
Shri Siddhanth Anand - Mrudangam
Shri S. Sainath - Ghatam
Shri N. Sundar - Tabla & Marsing
AMA
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      OCTOBER 2026  
  Day & Date Time Programme Venue
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  Sunday, 11 10.00 am Navarathri Kolu inauguration FFF
(ww)
  4.00 pm Bhajans & Chanting by Local Groups
  6.30 pm Kalyanapuram Brothers
Shri S. Dayaparan & Shri S. Vedagiri - Nadaswaram
Sembanarkovil B. Muthukumar - Thavil
Ammapemai V. Gopeeshwaran - Thavil
Thirupungur S. Saminathan - Thalam
Ammapettai Venkateshan - Shruthi
  Monday, 12 4.00 pm Bhajans & Chanting by Local Groups FFF
(ww)
PR
  6.30 pm Devotional songs by Master Sooryanarayanan
Ms. Mangala Vaidyanathan - Violin
Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani
Shri Rohit Prasad - Mrudangam
  Tuesday, 13 4.00 pm Bhajans & Chanting by Local Groups FFF
(ww)
PR
  6.30 pm Mandolin Concert by Mandolin Sisters Sreeusha and Sreesha
Mumbai Shri S. Shankarnarayan - Mrudangam
Shri Swaminathan Jayaraman - Ghatam
  Wednesday, 14 4.00 pm Bhajans & Chanting by Local Groups FFF
(ww)
PR
  6.30 pm Carnatic Vocal by
Ms. Vaishnavi Ramdas
Shri S.V. Ramachandran - Violin
Shri Suresh Sethumadhavan - Mrudangam
  Thursday, 15 4.00 pm Bhajans & Chanting by Local Groups FFF
(ww)
AMA
  6.30 pm Bharata Natyam on Devi Kritis by students of
Shanmukhananda Natyalaya
  Friday, 16 4.00 pm Bhajans & Chanting by Local Groups FFF
(ww)
AMA
  6.30 pm Kamalamba Navavarna Kritis of Muthuswami Dikshithar
by Students and Teachers of Sri Shanmukhananda Bharatiya
Sangeetha Vidyalaya
  Saturday, 17 4.00 pm Bhajans & Chanting by Local Groups FFF
(ww)
AMA
  6.30 pm Carnatic vocal concert by
Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani
Shri. Rahul Vellal
Shri Kesav Mohankumar - Violin
Shri Sreeraam Subbaraman - Mrudangam
  Sunday, 18 4.00 pm Bhajans & Chanting by Local Groups FFF
(ww)
AMA
  6.30 pm Carnatic vocal concert by
Shri. Sai Vignesh
Shri Bhargav Vignesh - Violin
Shri Akshyaram - Mrudangam
  Sunday, 19 4.00 pm Bhajans & Chanting by Local Groups FFF
(ww)
PR
  6.30 pm Shri. Sudharsan Muralidharan - Vocal
Dr. Badrinarayanan, MD, Chennai - Violin
Dr. Rajesh Srinivasan - Mrudangam
  Friday, 23 6.00 am Muthuswamy Dhikshithar Day
Shri N. D. Vijayakumar - Vocal
Shri S. Dinesh - Violin
Shri Aditya Rajagopalan - Mrudangam
PR (SV)
DRAMA FESTIVAL....Continued
  Saturday, 24 6.00 pm Conferring Sri Shanmukha Nataka Shiromani Award to
Shri. Sreevathson
followed by Dummies Drama Presentation
Filter Coffee - Tamil Drama
SSCSA
  Sunday, 25 6.00 pm Dummies Drama present
Kapidhwaja - Tamil Drama
SSCSA
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      NOVEMBER 2026  
  Day & Date Time Programme Venue
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  Friday, 6 6.00 pm Inauguration of the Amrut Mahotsav - 75 years of the Sabha
Documentary on Amruta Varshini.
Felicitation of all members above the age of 75 with minimum of 1O years
as member of Sabha followed by Dinner
SSCSA
  Saturday, 7 6.00 pm Grand violin concert by 75 violinists and other accompaniments
led by Sangeetha Kala Vibhushan Ms. A. Kanyakumari
SSCSA
  Saturday, 14 4.30 pm Pratibha Pradarshan - Annual Day of Sangeetha Vidyalaya
and Natya Vidyalaya
SSCSA
  Saturday, 21 6.00 pm Sri Shanmukha Nataka Shiromani Shri. Kathadi Ramamurthy's
Stage Creations present "Jugal Bandi" - Tamil Drama
SSCSA
  Sunday, 22 6.00 pm Stage Creations present
"Pillayar Pidikka" - Tamil Drama
SSCSA
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      DECEMBER 2026  
  Day & Date Time Programme Venue
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  Friday, 4 6.00 pm Bharatiyar Day - Scholarships Awards
Ms. Bindumalini - Vocal
Shri Vedant - Banjo/ Guitar
AMA(SV)
  Saturday, 5 10.00 am Cookery Competition
Display of cooking talent by Women
FFF
(ww)
  Friday, 11 6.30 pm Mahaswami Sangeethanjali by
Shri.T. M. Abdul Azeez and
Shri. Mihir Rajeev - Violin Duet
Shri. Vijay Natesan - Mrudangam
Tripunithura Shri N. Radhakrishnan - Ghatam
SSCSA
  Saturday, 12 5.30 pm 27th Sri Shanmukhananda National Eminence Award to
Padma Bhushan Dr. N. Rajam, Hindustani Violin Maestro
and Shanmkha Shiromani Award
to
1. Ms. Tejaswini Vernekar - Hindustani Vocal
2. Shri. Vijay Natesan - Mrudangam
3. Shri. S. Srivathsan - Carnatic Vocal
SSCSA
  Sunday, 13 6.00 pm Kanchi Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswathi National
Eminence Award to Dr. Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam.
Followed by a percussion ensemble led by him.
SSCSA
  Friday, 18 6.00 pm Sitar Performance by
Students of Mumbai University and Sabha Sangeetha Vidyalaya
AMA (SV)
  Saturday, 19 5.30 pm 29th SIES Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National
Eminence Award 2026
SSCSA
  Thursday, 24 6.30 pm Sri Shanmukhananda Mohammed Rafi Yuva Kalakaar Puraskar to
Shri. Prasan Rao followed by a musical show
SSCSA
  Thursday, 31 6.30 pm Akhanda Bhajan
Students of Sankara Vidyalaya, Tambaram (East), Chennai
SSCSA
  8.15 pm-
9.00 pm
Dinner
  9.15 pm-
12.05 pm
(01.01.2027)
Dr. Udaiyalur Kalyanaraman Bhagavathar and party -
Namasankeertanam
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      JANUARY 2027  
  Day & Date Time Programme Venue
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  Saturday, 2
3.30 pm Marghazi Festival
TO BE ANNOUNCED
AMA
  6.30 pm Shri. T. N. S. Krishna - Vocal
Trivandrum Shri N. Sampath - Violin
Nanjil Shri A.R. Arul - Mrudangam
  Sunday, 3
3.30 pm Marghazi Festival
Shri. C. S. Sajeev - Vocal
Shri T. K. V. Ramanuja Charlu - Violin
Shri Arun Chandrahasan - Mrudangam
Vaikom Shri R. Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam
AMA
  6.30 pm Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani
Smt. Nisha Rajagopalan
Shri R. K. Shriramkumar - Violin
Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani
Shri Vijay Natesan - Mrudangam
  Monday, 4 6.30 pm 33rd Kanchi Mahaswami Aradhana.
Pancharatna Kritis led by disciples of Shanmukha Ratna
Dr. Kalyani Sarma
AMA
  Friday, 8 6.00 pm Thiruvathirai Natya Samarpanam by
Annual Dance Competition Winners
AMA (SV)
  Saturday, 9 3.30 pm Marghazi Festival
Smt. Anahita & Smt. Apoorva - Vocal duet
Shri H. N. Bhaskar - Violin
Dr. Rajesh Srinivasan - Mrudangam
AMA
  6.30 pm Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani
Shri S. Saketharaman - Vocal
Shri H. N. Bhaskar - Violin
Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromanis
Shri N. C. Bharadwaj - Mrudangam
Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam
SSCSA
BHAJANA MAHOTSAVAM
  Friday, 15 6.30 pm "Vallikalyanam" - Divine union of Lord Muruga
and Valli by Vinay Varanasi
Ms. Archana & Ms. Samanvi - Vocal Duet
Ms. Shruti Sarathi - Violin
Ms. Adamya Ramanand - Mrudangam
SSCSA
  Saturday , 16 6.00 pm Sri Shanmukhananda Inaugural Namasankeertanam Award
Sangeetha Kala Vibhushan (Namasankeertanam) to
Shri Mahesh Kale followed by his "Yatra"
SSCSA
  Sunday, 17 6.00 pm Namasankeertanam by
Kadayanallur Rajagopalan Bhagavathar & Party
SSCSA
  Friday, 22 6.30 pm Ayodhya Ram Lalla Pratishtan Day -
Paraa - Voices of Ramayana - Mega Dance ballet by
Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani Shri Pavitra Krishna Bhat,
Anupama Shastry Bhat & Ensemble
SSCSA
  Sunday, 24 6.00 pm Trichy Shri Kalyanaraman - Upanyasam on
Kaman Moksham &
Dharmar Pattabhishekam
SSCSA
  Tuesday, 26 7.00 am Unchavruthi - Saint Thyagaraja's 180th Aradhana FFF
  5.30 pm 78th Republic Day celebrations SSCSA
  Wednesday, 17 6.30 pm 180th Saint Thyagaraja Aradhana. Group rendering of
Pancha Ratna Kritis of Saint Thyagaraja by Mumbai based
Vidwans and Vidushis. Followed by Dinner
SSCSA
  Saturday , 30 6.00 pm United Visuals of Sri Shanmukha Nataka Shiromani
Shri. T. V. Varadharajen present Sangeetha Mummoorthigal
Tamil Musical Drama
SSCSA
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FEBRUARY 2027
  Day & Date Time Programme Venue
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  Wednesday, 3 5.00 pm Annual Budget review by Shri Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar SSCSA
  Sunday, 7 11.00am-
5.00 pm
Anand Bazar
Buy & Support Small Scale Industries
FFF
(ww)
  Friday, 12 6.30 pm Shyama Shastri Day
Smt. Priyadharshini & Party- Vocal Concert
Shri Suresh Sethumadhavan - Mrudangam
PR (SV)
  Saturday, 13 6.00 pm Musical Orchestra organised by Siddharth Enterprises for
raising funds for Sri Shanmukhananda Charitable Community
Healthcare Centre - Ticketed Programme
SSCSA
  Saturday, 20 6.00 pm Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam's Srinivasa Kalyanam
Celestial wedding of Lord Srinivasa with Goddess Padmavathi
SSCSA
  Sunday, 21 6.00 pm Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam's Srinivasa Kalyanam SSCSA
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MARCH 2027
  Day & Date Time Programme Venue
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  Sunday , 07 6.00 pm International Women's Day. Honouring
Smt. Poonam Gupta - Dy. Governor of RBI
Smt. Priya Nair - Managing Director, HUL Ltd.
Smt. Vatsala Varadarajan - Dy. FA & CEO - Central Railway
SSCSA
(WW)
  Saturday , 20 6.00 pm Post Trinity Day - Vocal concert by
Shri Vignesh Shankarnarayanan & Party
PR (SV)
  Saturday , 27 6.00 pm Bansuri Musical Group - Musical show - Fundraising for
Sri Shanmukhananda Charitable Community Healthcare Centre
BMS
SSCSA
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