The Temple of Fine Arts International was given the honour to perform at the Lincoln Centre, New York on 29th December. The group of 20 dancers and musicians from Kuala Lumpur, Perth & Singapore performed a lively garland of items, the Kadhambari.

The Temple of Fine Arts International celebrated the joyous 9-day festival - Navaratri, in New Jersey, USA. Nava (nine) and ratri (night), this ancient festival in praise of the Divine Mother was rejoiced in a blissful mixture of dance, music & prayer. Every night performances of moving melodies, enthralling movements and stirring ancient poetry was dedicated to the Divine. On the tenth day, known as Vijaya Dhashami (victorious ten days) The Temple of Fine Arts International presented a Kadambri - a garland of movement, music and expression, a love offering to the community.


Scenes from Devi Upasana

The Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival had come to Western Australia for the first time. The festival of fusion music featured some of the most popular names in Indian music, such as Dr. L. Subramaniam on the violin, and singing sensation Kavita Krishnamurthy.

Founded by renowned violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam in 1992, in memory of his late father, Professor V. Lakshminarayana, the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festivals held annually and has been hosted by India, the United States, Germany in conjunction with the Berlin Festival, Sri Lanka, Norway and other countries. The festival has seen the coming together of the finest musicians from all around the globe.

The festival is the only global music festival where eminent artists around the world share the stage in a mélange of cultural and musical traditions. In the past, the festival had featured collaborative works of L. Subramaniam, his wife Kavita Krishnamurthy Subramaniam, Steven Seagal, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Stanley Clarke, Pandit Jasraj , Billy Cobham, Jean Luc Ponty, Miya Masaoka, Chris Rhyne, Ghulam Ali, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, Roar Engelberg and others.

The tour which culminated in Malaysia, was presented by The Temple of Fine Arts International. The tour had presented a 14-member fusion orchestra by some of the world’s best musicians. Utilising a plethora of instrumentation such as the Indian violin, sarangi, bass guitar and keyboards, the show came together as an exciting package, that comprised of the finest fusion of artists and their music, that reached out to cultural audiences in Western Australia.

Artists from Temple of Fine Arts had the opportunity to accompany Dr. L. Subramaniam, his troupe and Kavita Krishnamurthy to Singapore and Malaysia as a part of the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival. The Temple of Fine Arts was given the opening act for the evening, and at other times accompanied the mellifluous voice of Kavita Krishnamurthy, through movement - as she churned out her Bollywood hits.

A group of artists had travelled to Europe on a three-week tour, taking part in performances in France and Italy. The group had also been conducting workshops that involved:
• Dance & Music Performances
• Vegetarian Cooking
• Henna - Traditional Indian Herbal Hair colouring
• Mehendi - Traditional Indian Temporary Tattooing
The group also premiered Shakti - the eternal energy, an intoxicating concoction of live music, dance & poetry with tinges of Odissi, Kathak, Bharatanatyam & Contemporary Dance styles.

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