Recently, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the three-day Mysuru Sangeetha Suganda, a music festival celebrating the Dasa tradition of Carnatic music, at the KSOU Convocation Hall in Mysuru, Karnataka.
Key points
- The music festival was jointly organised by the Central Ministry of Tourism and State Ministry of Culture and the Tourism Department.
- The event celebrated Mysuru’s rich Carnatic music traditions, and also promoted lesser-known tourist destinations, cuisine, handicrafts and textiles of Karnataka.
- Dasas during the Bhakti movement kept the entire population together and helped people to remain positive. Because of their roles, Karnataka contributed immensely despite the difficult era. Mysuru is a blessed place.
- In Dasa Sangeetha, each of the verses sung by the Dasas reaches us without language barriers. The verses are a humble plea of these Dasas, who lived on Bhiksha, followed a Guru and attained Diksha with that Guru’s guidance.
