ART INDIA is committed to the promotion of excellence and genuine quality in the arts. We believe that art is an enriching and civilizing factor in life and essential to the physical, mental and spiritual well being of the world. Art at its highest is at once a celebration of life and a homage to the Creator of its beauties. It is the distilled experience of humankind.

Monsoon Festivals
The first Monsoon Festival was held in August 1990. Artists who have performed over the years in this festival that celebrates the season of rains, romance and rejuvenation include Nandini Singh (Kathak), P.L. Pawar (violin), Devaki Pandit (Hindustani vocal) Priyadarshini Govind (Bharata Natyam), Salil Bhatt (Mohana veena), Shashadhar Acharya (Chhau), Chengannur Srikumar (Songs of Monsoon), Prathibha Prahlad (Bharata Natyam), Ranjana Gauhar (Odissi), Jayaprabha Menon (Mohiniattam), Vyjayanthi Kashi (Kuchupudi), Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra (Contemporaray Dance), Madhup Mudgal (Hindustani Vocal), Shanti Sharma (Hindustani vocal), Sunanda Nair, USA (Mohiniattam), Sarathi Chatterjee (Hindustani vocal), Madhavi Mudgal (Odissi), Prerna Shrimali (Kathak), Shiram Bharatiya Kala Kendra (Contemporary Dance), Rama Vaidyanathan (Bharata Natyam), Marie Cecil and Aurelie Fery, France (Western classical flute) and others.

This year, on 7, 8 and 9 July 2006, the Monsoon Festival will take place at Kamani Auditorium, 1, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi 110 001. daily at 6.30pm onwards. List of artists proposed is given below for information. Howver these are only proposed names and forms and is subject to change as per availability of artists.

Organized jointly by two well-known cultural organizations of the Capital - Art India in association with Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kenrda - Monsoon Festival will feature raagas and themes on Monsoon. Tickets will be available at Kamani Auditorium on festival days from 10.00am onwards.

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