Raas Leela | Jayadeva's Ashtapadi | Bhagavatam | Anitha Guha | Vijayathe Gopala Choodamani |

Raas leela is the purest form of bhakti and devotion between Krishna and all the gopis of Brindavan. How melodious it is to hear him play the flute that attracts every gopi, to leave her chores behind and blindly run towards Krishna just to be united with him. How beautiful is the fact that it is the very love of gopi’s that makes Krishna manifest into multiple forms of himself so that every gopi has a chance to shower her love with utmost bhakti.
Presenting, Raas Leela by Anitha Guha’s Bharathanjali, taking the lyrics from Jayadeva’s Ashtapadi - Rathi Sukha and Chandana Charchitha.

Excerpts from Vijayathe Gopala Choodamani (Part 1) which was initially presented in Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana in 2016 and later presented at various sabhas in Chennai during the margazhi season 2017-18

Credits:
Lyrics & music: Kalaimamani Neyveli Sri. R Santhanagopalan
Vidwan Dr. P R Venkatasubramaniam

Concept, choreography, nattuvangam & costume design: Kalaimamani Smt. Anitha Guha

Vocal: Vidwan Vignesh Ishwar
Vidushi Sriranjani Santhanagopalan
Mridangam: Vidwan Ram Shankar Babu
Rhythm pad & special effects: Vidwan Suresh
Violin: Vidwan Rahul
Flute: Vidwan Thyagarajan
Veena: Vidushi Padmini Lakshminrayanan
Keyboard: Vidwan Dr. P R Venkatasubramaniam

Recording: Sri Ganesh (Digi Studios)
Lights: Sri Iyyappan Arumugam
Video: Chella Videos

Dancers
Krishnas :
Pavitra Krishna Bhat
Rohinee Ravee Ramanathan
Daarshinee Venkatesan
Madhavi P
Sudiksha Desikan

Gopikas:
Priyanka Raghuraman
Jayashree Ramamoorthy
Lakshitha Saravanan
Nivedita Ganeshram
Anjali Hariharan
Monaja Jawahar