Lakhimpur Kheri, 29 November (HIST). This time in the Lakhimpur Mahotsav org.zed for the first time in the district, information was given to the people present about Shiva along with the importance of the Frog Temple in the laser show. This frog is thousands of years old. Along with giving information to the people about this ancient temple, an effort has also been made to promote tourism here through this festival. After the start of the Light and Laser Show, the colorful lights became the center of attraction of the festival.
During this, senior Dhrupad singer Pandit Vinod Kumar Dwivedi, honored with the President’s Award of the internationally renowned Sangeet Natak Academy, enthralled everyone with his Dhrupad singing. Dhrupad is the oldest form of Indian music which is related to Samveda, which Tansen also used to sing. His son Ayush Dwivedi and his senior disciples accomp.ed him in singing and .sh Mishra from Varanasi accomp.ed on Sarangi and Manoj Solanke from Pune provided very impressive accomp.ment on Pakhawaj.
In the beginning of the singing, he presented Aalap in Jog and two of his own compositions based on Lord Shiva, “Adi Dev Mahadev..” and “Bajat Shiv Damru….” You presented the composition “Bharat Punya Dhara..” on India in Raag Desh. In conclusion, Dhrupad was presented on “Om Namo Bhagwate Vasudevay”. Ashutosh Pandey, Akshay Shukla, Mridul Awasthi, Kriti Gupta, Adarsh Gupta, Akshita Awasthi, Vaishnavi Tiwari supported very well in co-singing.
