Parthasarathy Swami Sabha is a
Carnatic music
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Sabha in the city of
Chennai
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,
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. It is one of the oldest of its kind in existence. Sabha has instituted three awards annually namely,
Sangeetha Kalasarathy for a Musician,
Natya Kalasarathy for a Dancer and
Nataka Kalasarathy for a Dramatist. And also it confers best performer awards for young talents were given for Vocal, Violin, Mrudangam two awards on each category who performs during the December Music Festival.
The Sabha also has confers two awards ''The Palghat Mani Iyer Centenary Award'', instituted by
Nithyashree Mahadevan and ''M.L. Vasanthakumari Award'', instituted by
Sudha Raghunathan
History
The Parthasarathy Swami Sabha was founded by Manni Thirumalachariar in 1900.
The ''sabha'' acquired its first permanent venue, the site of a cremation ground, in 1959.
In 1962, the ''sabha'' constructed an open-air theatre.
References
Carnatic music
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