Yesterday was the 5th arangetram, which means 2 more to go. She was so lovely - and did such a good job. I've known her since I joined the school 17 years ago (i'm no longer there though). I'm so happy she did so well ;)
Labels: bharathanatyam, dance, dancer, expression, indian, live performance
…. The ever playful Krishna remarked, I would have come sooner if you had trusted me fully. You hailed me but kept one hand on your saree. Lord Krishna saved Paanchali’s dignity by magically sending a stream of colourful sarees to cover her as Duriodhana tried to strip her.
I had the privilege to watch Kalaimamani Urmila Satyanarayanan perform her piece de resistance “Paanchali Sabatham” again.
All my life as an avid dance viewer, her performance of this very same piece in Chennai was the only performance that has moved me to tears – that’s how strong her portrayal of Paanchali is. She brought each character to life as she changed her expression and body movement effortlessly. With all that great knowledge and talent she remains such a humble person.
“Paanchali Sabatham” tells the story of how the Pandava queen ends up cursing the death of all the Gaurava’s after her dignity is saved by Lord Krishna when the Gaurava Prince Duriodhana tries to strip her in public. She vows to leave her hair unbound till she is avenged.
She was left to his predictment when her husband the Pandava king loses her in a game of dice in an attempt to win back his wealth, kingdom, brothers and his own self!
The Pandava’s went on to win the great war with the help of Lord Krishna and Paanchali’s vow was fulfilled. This is the core and driving force behind the epic Mahabharatha.
Labels: arangetram, bharathanatyam, dance, dancer, indian, live performance
I designed her brochures few weeks back and had been waiting to share it with you guys. Her photo shoot inspired me and I am totally in love with my own work. ;p hehhehe talk about being vain.
UPDATE: I AM NOT A DESIGNER - please do not contact me about designing your sisters, daughters, second removed cousins arangetram brochure design - please contact me if you need a photographer or would just like to comment something. THANKS.
Photos by me and Kervin Chong ;)
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Labels: arangetram, bharathanatyam, dance, dancer, design work, indian, live performance
I had an amazing time on saturday - dropped our brochures at KLPAC, walked around the current exhibiti, bought tickets fro a show in June because of their amazing poster, then drove around kl, got some lovely shots while stuck in traffic, then headed to annexe, bumped into friends, introduced to them this other world - arts gallery, viewed the klphotoawards exhibition, went to the arts for grabs festival twice, bought a book, got it signed by the author (incidentally she was launching it), drove home, got inspired by the sun rays, drove around shooting, accidentally knocked lightly into a car (no scratches), went for a wesak day procession, phew.
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Labels: kuala lumpur, people, photography, potrait, potraits, street, travel
There was another arangetram last night. Altogether 7 gals and 1 boy will be doing their arangetram.
I loved the speech by the gals father, it was heartfelt, personal and super humorous. He had us laughing in stitches.
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Labels: bharathanatyam, dance, dancer, expression, live performance, photography
,,,,, as she wrote a letter to Vadivela
The second arangetram dancer from the batch. I was sitting quite far away, planning to go sit on the floor tonight. I don’t like what they’re doing with the lights – they put too much blue light on her. Removed all and hence you see a black background the actual background was a bright blue – you can manipulate light to make it look otherwise or just remove blue as in this shot’s processing.
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For a quick fix - check out Love portraits or Family portrait slideshows.
2+2=love
A tale of two
Baby Shravan
The way you make me feel
From India with love
Sweethearts
Saved
U
4th Time's a Charm
Daughters
Sneak Peek
Funny Shoot
Shorty Shoots
Baby Sharvesh
Rockstar Baby
Water Shoot
Play Time
Warped
Bored
Shield
Yellow and Red
A Day in School
Glowing
Sweet Deepavalli
Selamat Hari Raya
Curious
Princess
Daicon 2009
Four for Company
Kervin
Would you care for a stone
Curiosity
Cheeky
Lullaby
Peeking
Popcorn
Hey
Walking
Sweet Munchkin
Kiddy Time
Daddy don't kiss me
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Labels: bangalore, chennai, children, couple, engagement, family, india, love, malaysia, malaysian, photography, portrait, portraits, post, pre, singapore, visithra, wedding
... in just a few more days it will be her turn. we're all getting excited and tensed. So pray for her will ya ;)
But she's been giving us comic relief - we've been instructed to use specific colour sarees, matching bangles that must be the same colours and combination on both sides (I have been instructed to make sure my mom complies), we must wear flowers (at first it was jasmine now its roses), she will be inspecting us on the day - and we're to stand in a row ;p lol
ps : she's not happy we've been telling her demands everywhere ;p
Labels: bharathanatyam, dance, dancer, live performance, photography, photography moments
There’s a buddhist centre near my old house – the Nalanda – a centre based on sri lankan teachings. Different budhist practices from different countries have slightly different styles of workship – the Tibetian one is more similar to hinduism where Buddha is portrayed in various forms and devi plays a major role. I never found the time to go there till on Wesak Day, last Saturday.
It’s a very new centre and I was told it was started to offer students in the local univ (I live in a univ town) a place to workship and bond. What I liked about the place was they were very welcoming. Lights and flowers and food was given to all.
I’ve always loved the serenity of Buddha, I fell in love with one particular statue in chiang mai last year and was sitting in front of him forever. I’m also prone to sit and enjoy the chants of the workshipers – very soothing.
Few years back we had the opportunity to perform in a dance drama on Sidharta. Upon seeing our performance, the main buddhist vihara in KL invited us to perform again on the steps of their temple on a full moon day. It was one of our most memorable performance as there was just an amazing serenity to it facing the moon and performing to the world. Ps : was recovering from flu yesterday – feeling much better today
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Labels: buddhist, celebration, chinese, culture, festival, prayers, procession, travel, wesak day
The arangetram season begins well at this school at least – 8 students will be doing their arangetram in the next 2 weeks. Yesterday was a real turmoil for the dancer as her venue was changed 5 times, the last was on Tuesday. The family was pretty tensed when I got there. I used to teach music to this kid a long time ago.
Congrats darling ;)
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Labels: bharathanatyam, dance, dancer, expression, live performance, photography
You're invited to our photography exhibition in June. Now you know what I'v been busy with.
We often breeze through life seeing things without connecting to our surroundings. The duality of our surroundings is revealed, only when we stop, for a moment, and view through unclouded eyes.
Shot in various places across Malaysia, using Canon point and shoot; and DSLR cameras, the exhibition aims to capture the spirit of the photographers, Visithra and Kervin who have found a convergence in photography through a shared passion in life.
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Labels: achievements, exhibition, klpac, photography, photography moments, visithra
Slideshow of previous travel images
India
Blazing corn
Kings Matriculation
Bored
Golden Wedding
Shield
Durge
Yellow and red
Cute
A day in school
Baggage Drama
Glowing
Sweet Deepavalli
Cambodia
Priceless Moments - an exhibition of photos shot in Cambodia
Malaysia
A Journey
On reuters
Kumbabhishegam
Syawal menjelang tiba
Thaipusam 2010
Urban Rain
Thaipusam Guide
Inniya Ponggal Nalvalthukal
Selamat Hari Raya
Lotus
Rain
Towards the dark
Sunrise at Kuantan
Imagine
Oh KL
Curiosity - exhibition of photos shot in Malaysia
Walking
Peace
Thaipusam Journey
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Labels: asia, cambodia, festivals, india, indonesia, kerala, malaysia, tamilnadu, thailand, thaipusam, travel, vietnam
List of posts related to Dance - this will be updated every now and then ;)
A Slideshow of numerous dance performances
Nine Days
Raghava Yadhava
Enchanted Lover
In Motion
Dance: Gelombang Baru
Painted Face
Garlands of Offerings
Thrilling Zombies
Navarathri 2009
Natya Prasath
Mirror
Merchants of Bollywood part 2
Daicon 2009
Merchants of Bollywood part 1
Gather the energy
Light
Dance Potraits
Serene
Music in the dark
I'm innocent my love
Getting ready
The dancer
I surrender
Mesmerising Dance
Jumping in Joy
Lost in Thoughts
Counting Down
Grace
The invite - back
The invite - front
Fear
Paal Vadiyum Mugam
Navarathri 2008
Pole Dancing Competition
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Labels: bharatanatyam, chennai, contemporary, dance, dancer, india, indian, kuala lumpur, malaysia, odissi, traditional
If you love my blog and my photographs - vote for me please ;)
Thanks a million ;)
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Labels: kuala lumpur, malaysia, photography, travel, visithra
..... brilliant blues and greens
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2018
- Underwater photography featured in inaugural issue of The Brown Orient
2016
- Featured in Fotografika, Issue 31
- Honorable Mention in PX3, Paris, France
- Published in Inspired Eye
- Astro V-Buzz Interview
- Thaipusam Series - Dodho Magazine
- CWC 6 Photography Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, India 16 – 22 November 2015
- Exhibition for the 3rd Guerilla Photography Exhibition in April, 2014 at Publika
- Exhibition for the 4th Guerilla Photography Exhibition in October, 2014 at Jaya Shopping Centre
- Interview on Chennai for Ethno Traveler
2013
2011
- Published in Asian Geographic: Festival edition
- NTV 7 Interview
- Celebrating Women
- Women 100: Photography Exhibition
- Urban Goddess
- KL Photoawards finalist
- Women 100: Collaboration with Kakiseni
- Featured by Canon
- Femmecity Exhibition
- On Reuters
- Shooting in a Saree for ChiqClicks
- Featured in Faces Magazine as Top Ten Female Wedding Photographer
- A Dance Tutorial for USA based photo blog Tiffinbox
- Featured on a San Francisco Photographer's Blog
- My photos that have been published on Reuters.com
- An Opportunity to meet and shoot with world famous photographer Joe McNally
- Commissioned to shoot the King's Matriculation school in India
- My photo was used in an ad for The Agathians Shelter - A home for underprivileged kids
- Published in Klue Magazine and my photos were shown at Urbanscapes 24Hour KL digital exhibition
- The photos that were exhibited in my second solo exhibition at KLPAC in June 2009
- Sold these artwork during the exhibition
- June 1 - 14, 2009 - in/Visible - my second solo photography exhibition
- The photos that were exhibited in my first exhibition
- My first solo photography exhibition Beauty in Destruction was held from April 6 - 19 2009 at KLPAC
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2016
- CWC 6 Photography Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, India 16 – 22 November 2015
- Exhibition for the 3rd Guerilla Photography Exhibition in April, 2014 at Publika
- Exhibition for the 4th Guerilla Photography Exhibition in October, 2014 at Jaya Shopping Centre
2013
- Published on cover and as feature story in NST
2011
- Published in Asian Geographic: Festival edition
- NTV 7 Interview
- Celebrating Women
- Women 100: Photography Exhibition
- Urban Goddess
- KL Photoawards finalist
- Women 100: Collaboration with Kakiseni
- Featured by Canon
- Femmecity Exhibition
- On Reuters
- Shooting in a Saree for ChiqClicks
- Featured in Faces Magazine as Top Ten Female Wedding Photographer
- A Dance Tutorial for USA based photo blog Tiffinbox
- Featured on a San Francisco Photographer's Blog
- My photos that have been published on Reuters.com
- An Opportunity to meet and shoot with world famous photographer Joe McNally
- Commissioned to shoot the King's Matriculation school in India
- My photo was used in an ad for The Agathians Shelter - A home for underprivileged kids
- Published in Klue Magazine and my photos were shown at Urbanscapes 24Hour KL digital exhibition
- The photos that were exhibited in my second solo exhibition at KLPAC in June 2009
- Sold these artwork during the exhibition
- June 1 - 14, 2009 - in/Visible - my second solo photography exhibition
- The photos that were exhibited in my first exhibition
- My first solo photography exhibition Beauty in Destruction was held from April 6 - 19 2009 at KLPAC
For more information on packages and schedule.
Please contact
Visithra
visithra(@)gmail.com
V-Eyez Imagery on Facebook
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Labels: bharathanatyam, dance, design work, invitation card
Labels: bharathanatyam, dance, design work, invitation card
Thaipusam 2017
Dodho Magazine: THAIPUSAM BY VISITHRA MANIKAM
Astro V-Buzz Interview
Goddess Within
Honorable Mention in PX3 2016, Paris France
Published - Fotografika, Issue 31, 2016
Featured - Inspired Eye - 2016
Exhibition in Chennai India - November 2015
4th Guerilla Photography Exhibition at Jaya One, P...
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