Date:03/02/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2006/02/03/stories/2006020302810100.htm

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An evening with legends

MESMERISING Pandit Birju Maharaj will perform with Ustad Zakir Hussain in Bangalore on February 10

Premaanjali Educational Trust, a registered charitable organisation, is engaged in several activities focused around the homeless, destitute, and needy children. In order to raise funds for the trust, Premaanjali has been organising cultural festivals. In 2004, the Trust featured a jugalbandi of musical titans Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna.

This fourth festival will bring to Bangalore the Kathak exponent Birju Maharaj and his ensemble along with tabla virtuoso Ustad Zakir Hussain.

Ask Mr. Balakrishna Hegde how they manage to bring such big stars and pat comes the reply: "We try for the best and we see that we get them." He also says that how other auditoriums in Bangalore cannot hold as much as the Koramangala Indoor Stadium can and makes the tickets much cheaper and thereby making it accessible to the common man.

Details

This event, titled Legends in Harmony, is on February 10, 7.30 p.m. at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium.

The tickets are available at Super Market Brigade Road - 25581248, Calypso Jayanagar, 2654 9706, Raymonds Shop CMH Road, 25252878, Sapna Book House, Sadashivanagar, 2344 6444 and can be booked at 25705858 for door delivery.

All donations made to the Trust are eligible for exemption under Section 80-G of the Income Tax Act.

The Trust is also permitted by the Home Ministry to accept donations from abroad.

The event is supported by well-known companies like Puravankara Projects, HDFC, Hindustan Lever, Spice Telecom, Chaithanya Projects and many others.