The 47th Sri Prakash Foundation Day celebrations on 19th August 2023 were held in an electrifying atmosphere to realise that “EAST or WEST, SRI PRAKASH stands for ALL THE BEST”.
To prove this point positively, two masters of two invaluable fruits of our age-old heritage – Classical Music and Yoga – Pakhavaj maestro from Hungary, Sri Balazs Viragh, Sri. V Durga Prasad, International Yoga master adorned the Foundation Day celebration on 19th as Chief Guest and jurist, and Special Guest to be felicitated respectively.
The Musical show of Gatha Rahe Mera Dil, celebrated on the occasion of the Foundation Day for two days, echoed with the memorable playback numbers in Hindi and Telugu, proving the ultimate mantra of Indian Culture - unity in diversity.
24 budding singing stars in the Juniors category and 11 in the Seniors category from different educational Institutions of Sri Prakash gave their performances in Round -1, the singers choice round on 18th August, the eve of the Foundation Day.
They were judged by Supreme Sekhar, an accomplished singer and G Rama Rao, a versatile keyboard player. The audience enjoyed the lively performances of the two maestros as well.
The 13 contestants in juniors category and 6 contestants in the seniors category who were through round 1 , gave their performances in round 2.3 and 4 respectively on the Foundation Day, 19th August.
The entire arena vibrated with the lively songs as the contestants heartfully rendered the compositions of musicians Sri K V Mahadevan and Sri. S D Burman and the lyrics of Irsadh Kamil and Chandra Bose .
The special Pakhawaj concert by the Chief Guest Sri. Balaz Virag left the audience spell bound . This was the first time that the Gatha Rahe Mera Dil stage had a classical musician from the west as the Guest of Honour.
Later the Guest of honour and jurist Smt. T E Rani gave a rendering of beautiful songs. On this special occasion the International Yoga Master Sri. V Durga Prasad was felicitated for his remarkable services to the society through Yoga.
Sri. Ch V K Narasimha Rao , Secretary & Correspondent , Sri Prakash Educational Society, addressed the gathering on working towards a better society by following good practices in life.
The Guests were honoured with mementoes by Sri Ch Vijay Prakash, Joint Secretary , Sri Prakash Educational Society.
