''Lakshman Sruthi'' is a musical consortium founded by V. Raman and V. Lakshmanan in 2003 in
Kanchipuram
Kanchipuram (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: '; ), also known as Kanjeevaram, is a stand alone city corporation, satellite nodal city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in the Tondaimandalam region, from ...
, India. It was preceded by a musical collaboration between the founders that led to an orchestra and the founding of a musical instrument store, a music school and an
Indian classical music
Indian classical music is the art music, classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It is generally described using terms like ''Shastriya Sangeet'' and ''Marg Sangeet''. It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as ...
festival.
Lakshman Sruthi Orchestra
The ''Lakshman Sruthi Orchestra'' is an orchestra founded by V. Lakshmanan in the name of ''Sruthi Innisai Mazhai'' in 1987 with 10 students; since then, it has performed thousands of times in several Indian languages and across the world. This orchestra maintains completely manual orchestration: it does not use synthesizers or any other electronic equipment.
The orchestra gained prominence with a record setting 36-hour non-stop light music performance on 17–18 December 1994 at ''Kamarajar Arangam'' in
Chennai
Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
, India.
Lakshman Sruthi Musicals
After the great success of the light music orchestra, Lakshman Sruthi started their own musical instrument store in
Ashok Nagar, Chennai
Ashok Nagar is a residential locality situated at the southern part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established in 1964. At the heart of this colony, stands the Pillars of Ashoka, Ashok Pillar. This four lion head stump, resembles the one ...
with the name Lakshman Sruthi Musicals in 2003, which was inaugurated by
Kamal Haasan
Parthasarathy Srinivasan (born 7 November 1954), known professionally as Kamal Haasan, is an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Considered as one of the most accomplished actors of Indian Cinema, Haas ...
.
Subsequently, more branches of the store were opened and more musicians started connecting with Lakshman Sruthi thus becoming more popular day-by-day, until the junction in front of the music store was named by the public as Lakshman Sruthi Signal.
Lakshman Sruthi Music School
The music school started in the year 2003 and is affiliated to
Vels University. Courses offered included diploma/certificate courses in
Carnatic
Carnatic may refer to:
*Carnatic region, Southern India
*Carnatic music, the classical music of Southern India
*, the name of several ships
*, a minesweeper of the Royal Indian Navy
*, the name of several ships of the Royal Navy
See also
*Karnata ...
,
Hindustani
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* something of, from, or related to Hindustan (another name of India)
* Hindustani language, an Indo-Aryan language, with Hindi and Urdu being its two standard registers
* Hindustani Muslims are the Urdu-speaking, Hindust ...
, Light Music and
Western music.
Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru
In 2005, Lakshman Sruthi started promoting a platform for Indian classical music in the form of a festival with the name ''Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru'', which provides a forum for established artists as well as new talent to exhibit their musical skills.
See also
*
List of Indian classical music festivals
The following is an incomplete list of Indian classical music festivals, which encapsulates music festivals focused on Indian classical music. The origins of Indian classical music can be found in the Vedas, which are the oldest scriptures in t ...
References
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The Hindu Article Archive 30 December 2005
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Music organisations based in India