Saturday 15 April 2017

Organising a festival tests you; the Rajarajeswari Nagar experience

Complaining about Bengaluru's traffic does not raise eyebrows. It goes with the flow of life.
It takes us an hour and forty minutes to travel from Bannerghatta to Sri Rajarajsewari Nagar, where the local mandali is hosting a music and dance fest.

And then we go around in a few circles because we have not taken note of the fact that the venue has moved from last year's.

The mandali uses public space in this BEML Layout neighbourhood. It erects a large mantap, one which can accommodate at least 700 to 800 people.
Which maybe ambitious in an area which does not seem to have a large following for classical music/dance.

But this year, the mandali team was put off when they found that the civic authority had rented out the 'usual' space to a crafts mela organizer. So the fest had to be held at a private space, quite large and airy though. ( Munivenkataiah Bayalu Ranga Mandira in the Ideal Homes Hosuing zone)


Organising tests (this year it was for nine days) at Sri Ramanavami time is trusting a challenge to organizers; rising costs, lesser donors and payments for artistes test the mandali teams. The one in Rajarajeswari Nagar must be feeling the heat of these pressures.

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