Sama Festival of Music & Dance 2026

The 18th Sama Festival of Music & Dance, dedicated to the Defence Forces of India — two days of Carnatic vocal, violin, veena and flute concerts, dance, and the Sama awards ceremony. Sat 21 – Sun 22 November 2026 Venue: AC Auditorium, Second Floor, Jayarama Seva Mandali, Jayanagar 8th Block, Bengaluru 560070 Day 1: • 7 AM — Compositions related to "Guru": Vidushi Anjana P Rao (vocal), Vid. Achyut Rao (violin), Vid. Sridhar B R (mridanga), Vid. S Raghavendra Prakash (ghata). Guest: Vid. Thirumale Srinivas • 8 AM — Vid. Manoj Chintalapalli (vocal), Vidushi Amrutha Varshini (violin), Vid. Balasubramanya (mridanga), Vid. Raghavendra Prakash S (ghata). Guest: Sri Prakash G S • 9 AM — Compositions of Vid. Anoor Sooryanarayan: Vid. Anoor Phaneendra Sharma (vocal), Vid. Vibhudendra Simha (violin), Vid. Anoor Dattatreya Sharma (mridanga), Vid. Raghavendra Prakash S (ghata). Guest: Vidushi Vimala Mani • 10 AM — Distinct features of the Chintalapalli Parampara repertoire: Vid. Srikantham Nagendra Shastri & disciples (Srikantham Naga Deepthi, Srikantham Naga Pranathi, Dr. Ambika Shastry, Vid. Karthikeya Sharma H S, Vid. Sunil Sharma), direction Prof. Srikantham Nagendra Shastry; Vid. Vibhudendra Simha (violin), Vid. Anand B S (mridanga), Vid. Abhijith R (morsing). Guest: Vidushi T S Vasantha Madhavi • 11 AM — Compositions of Vidushi T S Vasantha Madhavi: Vidushi Archana Bhoj & Vidushi Shruthi Bhaskar (vocal), Vid. Vibhudendra Simha (violin), Vid. Ravishankar Sharma K V (mridanga). Guest: Vidushi T S Vasantha Madhavi • 12 Noon — Devi Krithis: Vidushi Kamala Deepthi (vocal), Kumari Shruthi C V (violin), Vid. Phanindra Bhaskara (mridanga). Guest: Vidushi T S Vasundhara • Lunch break • 2 PM — Vid. Bhargav R Ranganath (vocal), Kumari Shruthi C V (violin), Vid. Pranav Balakrishna (mridanga). Guest: Dr. M R Sathyanarayan • 3 PM — Vidushi Dr. Shubha Raghu (vocal), Vidushi Shruthi C V (violin), Vid. Pranav Balakrishna (mridanga). Guest: Vid. Venugopal H S • 4 PM — Dance recital by Kumari Vaishnavi H R • 5 PM — Dance ensemble directed by Guru Pulikeshi Kasturi • 6 PM — Veena Vaggeyakara compositions: veena recital by Vidushi Geetha Ramanand, Vid. B R Sreenivas (mridanga), Vid. Omkar (ghata). Guest: Vid. T S Chandrashekhar • 7 PM — Veena Vaggeyakara compositions: veena recital by Vidushi Dr. Manjula M R, Vid. Sreenivas B R (mridanga). Guest: Vid. T S Chandrashekhar Day 2: • 10 AM onwards — Felicitations to Veera Narees and the Sama awards ceremony. Guests: Sri Rammohan, Vid. S Shankar, Smt. Hemavathi Shankaranarayana • 1 PM — Lunch break • 2 PM — "Hasya Chikitse": Bun Butter Jam by Laxman Shiva Shankar • 3 PM — Dance performance by students of Natyakalacharyas Kiran Subramanyam & Sandhya Kiran • Coffee break • 4:30 PM — Vid. Prashanth N R (vocal), Vid. Vishwajith Mattur (violin), Vid. Prashanth B S (mridanga) • 6 PM — Flute: Vid. Shashidhar & Vid. Supradeep, Vid. Sudhindra H S (mridanga), Vid. Karthikeya R (violin), Vid. Ranganath Chakravarthy (ghata) Sama awards 2026: • Sama Lifetime Puraskar — Prof. Visweswaran R (veena) • Sama Puraskar — Vid. Sathya Narayan Raju (dance), Vid. Kiran Subramanyam (dance), Vidushi Pusthakam Ramaa (vocal), Vidushi Geetha Ramanand (veena) • Felicitations — Smt. Goda Gopal (Sanskrit), Sri Gaurish Akki (media), Sri Dr. H. Satyanarayanacharya (Sanskrit), Sri Hitlalli SuryaNarayana Bhat (Sanskrit), Sri Raju Somayaji (music connoisseur), Sri Lakshmi Varaprasad (Indian Air Force; Rama Koti Lekhaka) • Sama Fellowship — Kumari Vishrutha R V; Sama Senior Fellowship — Sri Pragalbh • Sama Yuva Puraskar — Sri Pranav S Balakrishna (mridanga), Sri Bhagavat Bhat (mridanga), Chi. Skanda Manjunath (ghata) • Sama Scholarship — Chi. Bharath Chandra R Bharadwaj, Chi. Samarth Chandra R Bharadwaj, Chi. Ananth Narasimha Murthy • Sama Balapuraskar — Chi. Vishnu Vasisht (vocal), Kum. Pramati (Sanskrit), Kum. Aadya Bhave (Bhagavad Gita), G Shreekiran Josyer (vocal), G ShreeNandan Josyer (vocal), Pranav Adiga (flute)