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Kalakendra is a small but significant effort to expose the hitherto un-projected facets of India's vibrant tradition and enable the world to appreciate the civilizational greatness of the country. As a portal, it will showcase all that is India is synonymous with - Yoga, Vedas, Bharathanatyam and other forms of Indian dance, Carnatic Music or the South Indian classical music, Ayurveda, the ancient Indian school of medicine, Hindustani or the musical traditions of northern India- or simply any Indian art.

Kalakendra is presented by Swathi Soft Solutions, a Chennai based IT company that has distinguished itself for its slick interpretations of the arts and sciences of ancient India using innovative technologies.

DVD Awards

And the Awards go to.... SWATHI SANSKRITI SERIES. Yes, we bagged three awards in the Prestigious Home Entertainment India Summit INDIAN DVD AWARDS Digital Cinema India Expo 2009 conducted in Mumbai on June 5, 2009.

There were over 240 entries across 20 categories in total, most of which pertain to Movies.

Swathi Sanskriti Series applied for 5 categories and bagged home 3 awards. The categories in which Swathi bagged the awards are

DVD pays tribute to Tanjore S.Kalyanaraman

Chennai - Swathi Soft Solutions, which has launched DVDs of carnatic music, bharatanatyam and Tamil plays as part of its Sanskriti Series won many of the Indian DVD Awards announced recently.

At the conclusion of a conference at the Home Entertainment India Summit, there were over 240 entries across 20 categories, most of which pertained to movies. Swathi Soft Solutions applied for 5 categories and bagged 3 awards.

The Hindu News


If there's something as rich, deep and also as old as the Indian civilization, it is the science of Yoga. The term 'Yoga' has its origin in the Sanskrit word 'Yoktra' meaning a yoke. Yoga reins in human beings from temptations by providing a regimen for a disciplined life. The frontiers of Yoga extend much beyond grotesque body contortions and regulated breathing as widely perceived.
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Almost all forms of Indian art have an inextricable and intimate bond with the land's mythology and spiritualism. Bharathanatyam, one of the classical dance forms of India is no exception. In fact, the very word Bharata Natyam brings images of another form of Lord Siva- Nataraja, the dancing deity or the 'king of dancers'. The strong theological undertones in Bharatha Natyam are further demonstrated by a divine ensemble that includes Lord Ganesha and Sri Krishna.
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The Tamil theatre is almost defunct. But that does not detract anything from the brilliant creativity of those colorful personalities who made signal contributions to the Tamil stage. If the 40s & 50s belonged to Swami Shankaradas, Pammal Sambanda Mudaliar, Nawab Raja Manickam Pillai who gave a judicious variety of socials and mythologies, the 60s and 70s belonged to the comedy kings.
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No study of India is complete without understanding the Vedas, the bedrock of the country's cultural life. 'Veda' in Sanskrit means knowledge which it provides to lead a wholesome life sans any conflict or confusion. Interestingly, the topics covered by the Vedas are not bound by narrow parameters like time, region or religion. They are eternal and their relevance transcends all such barriers.
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