In the midst of honking and chaotic traffic, the Old Fort High School Grounds was brimming with melodious music. It is the venue of the month-long 77th Sree Rama Navami National Music Festival that was inaugurated on Saturday evening.
Hundreds of people, who were dressed in their best silks, sat back and enjoyed the concert by Bombay Jayashree.
The concerts will be held under a pandal covering 40,000 sqft area.
Several people with their eyes shut were lost in the happy world of their own. Many had come much before the inauguration and waited restlessly for the musical performance by Bombay Jayashree to begin.
The festival attracted not only music enthusiasts from other cities, but the nostalgia factor brought in several more from abroad . The festival, which is close to eight decades old, was started by late S.V. Narayana Swamy Rao and the legacy is being continued by his sons and daughter.
Murali Krishna, an IT consultant and a regular at the festival, said that the music festival was the most respectable platform. “The warmth, the ambience and the arrangements made bring us back to the festival year after year,” he said.
To obtain more details on the festival, you can log on towww.ramanavami.org