Streets of Mylapore to celebrate four days of local culture

The festival will start on January 9 at 7 am with a mikeless group kutcheri at the Nageswara Rao Park by students from Sruthilaya School. The events at the main stage in front of the 16 pillar mandapam opposite the Kapaleeswarar Temple on the four evenings starting at 6 pm include Bharatanatyam dance drama presentation, folk dance and Indian music choir concert. The main highlight of this year’s festival is the Indian Gymnastics show that will be held on January 12 at 6 pm. Another highlight this year is the theme music concert and talks in the evenings in a heritage bungalow in Palathope (Vedanta Desikar Street).

“Today, the Mylapore Festival attracts a wide cross-section of people to savour the ‘Flavour of Madras’. Traditional games (pallanguzhi, dayakattam), kolam contests for kids and adults, rangoli contests, food walks, heritage walks, temple talk, traditional dance drama, folk dance and music will be part of this year’s festival,” TT Srinivasaraghavan, MD of Sundaram Finance, informed.