NARAYANEEYAM – NARAYANA KATHA

By Shijit Nambiar and Parvathy Menon with live music

Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 6 p.m.

ST. Andrews Dell Fine Arts Center, 5901 Southwest Parkway, Austin, TX, 78735

Narayaneeyam is the story of Lord Narayana. It was composed by Melpatthur Narayana Bhattathiri. Bhattathiri, who was crippled, is believed to have penned this masterpiece sitting in the Guruvayur temple. Local legend says that on the hundredth day, he had the vision of the Lord and rendered a graphic description of this form, after which he was immediately cured of his disease

Shjit Nambiar and Parvathy Menon are young, talented Bhartanatyam dancers who have established a very high reputation internationally. They have produced classic shows like Krishna, Under the Banyan Tree and Meghdootam (all of them staged in Austin by IFA).Habitually performing as a duo, the dancer couple cashed in on their long experience in this show. Shijith Nambiar and Parvathy Menon’s presentation on the life of Bhattathiri and excerpts from Narayaneeyam is imaginatively choreographed and beautifully presented. The program includes a description of Guruvayur temple with daily Pooja, description of  Lord Guruvayurappan, raas kreeda of Krishna and Gopis of Vrindavan, Mathura pravesham, followed by the Kuchela episode ending up in a magnificient Viswarupam,  in the silence of the ‘paramananda sandoha lakshmeem’ prayer. Music by Rajkumar Bharati