The Palghat Fine Arts Society (PFAS) organised its 13th national music festival here last week. The week-long festival saw several stalwarts of Carnatic music performing at Palghat Fine Arts Society auditorium at Tharekkad.
The Palghat Fine Arts Puraskaram 2023 was awarded to Mridangam maestro Parasala Ravi. Well known Carnatic percussionist Yella Venkateswara Rao inaugurated the festival. He also gave away the Palghat Fine Arts Puraskaram to Mr. Ravi.
When the inaugural day marked a flute recital by Mysore A. Chandankumar with Mysore Karthik on violin, Dr. Rao on mridangam and Guru Prasanna on kanjira, the following days saw vocal recitals by such artistes as Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran, Suchitra Balasubramanian, Madurai T.N.S. Krishna, C.S. Sajeev, Bharat Sunder, and G. Ravi Kiran.