Vyjayanthimala, Hema Malini To Offer Ram Rag Seva At Ram Mandir In Ayodhya

Ayodhya's Ram Mandir was inaugurated on January 22 with Ram Lalla's Pran Prathishtha. It was attended by numerous celebs such as Katrina Kaif-Vicky Kaushal, Alia Bhatt-Ranbir Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Chiranjeevi, Rajinikanth and Anup Kher. w, Ram Mandir is going to witness a 45-day festival where several celebs such as Vyjayanthimala, Hema Malini, Malini Awasthi, Anup Jalota, Anuradha Paudwal and Sonal Mansingh, among 100 artists will perform at newly-constructed Ram temple to offer Shree Ram Rag Seva.

A list of celebs to perform at Rag Seva

45-day devotional music festival dedicated to Lord Ram will begin on Friday, January 26 and conclude on March 10. "In line with classical tradition, Rag Seva will be organised at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple from January 26. This event will be organised in 'gudi mandap' before Lord in which more than 100 well-kwn artists from different provinces and art traditions from across country will offer ir 'Rag Seva' at feet of Lord Ram for next 45 days," a member of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra said.

Among artists who will perform Rag Seva are Vyjayanthimala, Hema Malini, Sikkil Gurcharan, Pandit Sajan Mishra, Jasbir Jassi, Aruna Sairam, Swapna Sundari, Rahul Deshpande, Suresh Wadkar, Darshana Jhaveri, Uday Bhawalkar, Jayanth Kumaresh, Purna Das Baul, Rajani and Gayatri and Devaki Pandit.

Basanti Bisht, Prerana Shrimali, Sunanda Sharma, Meeta Pandit, and Padma Subrahmanyam will also perform during 45-day festival.

All about Rag Seva

gudi mandap is located in front of garbha griha (sanctum sanctorum) where new idol of Lord Ram was consecrated in a grand ceremony led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.

" architect and coordinator of this programme on behalf of trust is Yatindra Mishra and curation has been supported by Sangeet Natak Akademi in Delhi," trust member said.

"Rag Seva is a classical tradition. First in series is Malini Awasthi from Uttar Pradesh whose rendition will include 'sohar', 'badhawa' and 'mangal gan'," member said.

Yatindra Mishra also orchestrated Mangal Dhwani that reverberated during consecration ceremony. Fifty traditional musical instruments from across country were part of grand musical rendition.

se included pakhawaj, flute and dholak from Uttar Pradesh; veena from Karnataka; algoja from Punjab; sundari from Maharashtra; mardala from Odisha; santoor from Madhya Pradesh; pung from Manipur; nagada and kali from Assam; and tambura from Chhattisgarh.

re was also shehnai from Delhi; ravanahatha from Rajasthan; shrikhol and sarod from West Bengal; ghatam from Andhra Pradesh; sitar from Jharkhand; santar from Gujarat; pakhawaj from Bihar; hudka from Uttarakhand; and nagaswaram, tavil and mridangam from Tamil Nadu.

Ahead of Mangal Dhwani, re were musical performances by Sonu Nigam, Anuradha Paudwal and Shankar Mahadevan, who sang songs dedicated to Lord Ram.

Lakhs of people watched 'pran pratishtha (consecration)' ceremony on Monday on television in ir homes and neighbourhood temples, becoming part of historic event held just months before Lok Sabha elections.

Music has found ar significant place in heart of temple town as a roundabout named after legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar has of late turned into a major hotspot for residents and tourists seeking perfect selfie. A giant ornate sculpture of a veena that weighs 14 tons has been placed at centre of roundabout.

Lata Mangeshkar Chowk marks intersection of Ram Path and Dharm Path, both bedecked with ornamental lamp posts.

With PTI Inputs