The event in honor of “Harikatha Pitamaha” Srimadajad Adhibitla Narayanadas began on Saturday, August 16th in Vijayawada in Vijayawada. The weekly event, which contains the daily rendition of Harikath from prominent artists, takes place in Sri Sitarama Kalyana Mandapam near Sivaji Café Center in Satyanarayanapurama and will continue until August 22.
The inauguration day began with a loan and the daily meeting Harikath included the rendering of the Nagalakshmi Bhagavatarini (Parvathi Patinaayam) (performing Das’s own composition Srikrishna Jananam) and Mudapaka Balasundaram Bhagavatar (Srikrishna Mahimal). The procedures were under the supervision of Burra Padmanabha Sarma Bhagavatul and Yanamandra Venkata Krishnaiah.
The celebrations are organized together by Das Sishyya Sangham, Annamayya Parivaram based in Hyderabad, Rajalakshmi Sankaranarayana (Planjery Foundation) and Aswini Subbarao.
The event in memory of “Harikadha Kesari” late Neti Lakshminarayana Bhagavatar, which was helpful in installing the statue of Narayanadas in Vijayawada, will take place on August 20.
The fact that Maying, SV Sriram Bhattar Bhattar Bhagavatul from Hyderabad, Rajyalakshmi Sankaranyana Planjery will honor two prominent artists Harikath – Dulipal Sivaramakrishna Sarma Bhagavatar (Guntur) (Guntur) (Guntur) (Guntur) (Guntur) (Guntur) (Guntur) (Guntur) and Ch. Bhavani Bhai (Nellore) – with cash awards of 25,000 GBP.
Valedictory event 22. August will coincide with the 161. Jayanthim of Narayanadas. On this occasion, Mrs. Kalla Nirmala (Vizianagaram) will be awarded to Narayanadas Memorial Award by organizational bodies.
Narayanadas was born on Sravan Bahul Chaturdasi, 31 August 1864, considered to be Doyen Harikath tradition, mixing music, narration and philosophy to inspire generations. He died of Pushya Bahula Panchami, January 2, 1945.
His statue was installed in Vijayawad Peddinti Suryanarayan Dikshitadas in the presence of several prominent personalities. The statue is now located in the neighboring Sri Sitarama Kalyan Mandapam.
Published – August 16, 2025 18:29
