A philately exhibition was planted in the driveway to the college quadrangle at Seshadripuram. And it attracted rasikas; especially children.
N. Sridevi is a keen philatelist and at the concert venue she was displaying a sale of her collection themed on music. The sample itself was a wonderful collection - unique postal cancellations which used musical instruments in the visuals, stamps on Rajarathnam Pillai and Veena Dhanammal, the Thiruvaiyaru aradhana cancellation which the postal department offers during the aradhana season at saint Thyagaraja's samadhi in Thanjavur . . .
The best of the lot here was the United Nations postage stamp on M S Subbulakshmi, recently released there when Sudha Ragunathan gave a concert, marking MS' centenary year.
"I got these stamps just before the music fest started here," Sreedevi told us.
This Bengaluru philatelist is keen to hold similar exhibitions elsewhere; so mandalis and sabhas in Bengaluru and Chennai may want to invite Sridevi to their festivals.
Such sideshows add to the color of an event. Agree?
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