As introduced in our earlier post, next edition of Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam is scheduled for May 29th to 31st, at the Sama Rathi auditorium & Gupta Hall at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago (HTGC), Lemont, IL.

Address; 10915 Lemont Road, Lemont, IL, United States‎ – (630) 972-0300‎

Its a must attend community event for all Carnatic music lovers who’re settled far away from their mother land. So be sure to mark your calendar and be there this month end.

Main attractions of this year’s edition of CTU are:
May 29th:
* Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram (8:00am)
* Chetulaara on instruments (children) (8:55am)
* Pancharatnam (9:00am)
* Nauka Charitram (10:30 AM)
* Homage to Tyagaraja (Teacher Sessions, Groups and Individual Sessions)

May 30th:
* Homage to Tyagaraja (Accompanied Performances) (8:30am)
* Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal) (2:00 pm)
* Vijay Siva (Vocal) (6:00pm)

May 31st:
*Children’s Utsava Sampradaya Kritis procession (9:00 AM)
*Prince Rama Varma of Travancore (Vocal) (1:00pm)
*Chitravina N Ravikiran (5:00pm)

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Here’s the map to the venue:

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