04/13/2026
Nada Nidhi vainikas had the blessing to offer a Sangeetha Seva at Badarikashrama San Leandro on the auspicious occasion of Sri Ramanavami in the presence of Swami-ji. It was a truly blissful ambience 🙏
- with Viji Chary, Harsha Udayraj, Vaishnavi Venkatraman, Nandini Ananth, Ramya Narasimhan, Badri Varadarajan, Sreemathi Raguraman, Mrudula Talari, Srikanth Chary
03/30/2026
Nada Nidhi vainikas, Laasya Kanakadandi and Dhruva Kotikalapudi, performed superbly last weekend.
Laasya had the opportunity to accompany Smt. Rakhi Nath's Sarangi School of Music at their annual recital. Thank you, Saarangi School, for inviting her to participate in this event.
Dhruva had the opportunity to present a veena concert on the occasion of MaargaUSA's Vasanthotsavam festival. He was accompanied by Umesh Gopi, disciple of Sri. Gopi Lakshminarayanan. Thank you to the Maarga organizers (Rama Thyagarajan, Thyagarajan Swaminathan, Vignesh Thyagarajan, Aparna Thyagarajan) for organizing such an excellent festival, bringing the community together, and inviting Nada Nidhi to participate. 🙏
- with Madhavi Kanakadandi, Viji Chary, Srikanth Chary
03/30/2026
Congratulations to the Nada Nidhi vainikas (Dhruti, Pragati, Amudhan, Mekhala and Omsri) who performed so well at the March monthly concert. Kishore Lakshmanan (disciple of Guru Sri. Gopi Lakshminarayanan) provided very good mridangam accompaniment. Thanks to the wonderful hosts - Karthik, Madhura Sankararama, Pranaya Rishi and Pradyuun.
The discussion panel of our college grads (Omsri Bharat, Hrishikesh Chary, Priyanka Chary, Ananya Devanath) discussing their music journeys was very well received.
- with Srikanth Chary, Viji Chary, Krishna Kotikalapudi, Priya Suri, Ramya Narasimhan, Badri Varadarajan, Meenakshi Kannappan
03/23/2026
Nada Nidhi was blessed to offer a sangeetha seva as part of the Sri Ramanavami celebrations held by VSRCC . Thank you to Venkataraman Iyengar Sastrigal, Smt. Pavithra Narasimhan, and Sri. Parthasarathy Sampathkumar for organizing this series and inviting Nada Nidhi to be a part of it.
Starting from the youngest group (learning for just over a month!) to a student attempting manodharmam on stage for the very first time, all the Nada Nidhi vainikas did a superb job, and performed with grace and devotion.
- with Srikanth Chary, Viji Chary, Raj Rajamani, Nandini Ananth, Ramya Narasimhan, Badri Varadarajan, Mrudula Talari, Pranaya Rishi, Madhura Sankararama, Meenakshi Kannappan, Mali Sri
02/24/2026
Congratulations to our Nada Nidhi vainikas - Anika, Navtej, Srisha, Shravanaa and Priyanka, for their outstanding performances at the February Nada Nidhi house concert. Anirudh Suresh, disciple of Guru Sri Ravindra Bharathy Sridharan, provided excellent mridangam support.
A big thanks to the magnificent hosts, Madhavi, Prakash and Sreelaasya, for opening up their beautiful home for this event.
- with Laasya Kanakadandi, Viji Chary, Priyanka Chary, Raj Rajamani, Mrudula Talari, Srisha Sitaraman, Mali Sri, Madhavi Kanakadandi
02/17/2026
Nada Nidhi was blessed to offer a sangeetha seva on the auspicious occasion of Maha Sivarathri at the Naga Sai Temple. It was a divine and blissful ambience.
- with Srikanth Chary, Viji Chary, Krishna Kotikalapudi, Nandini Ananth, Ramya Narasimhan, Badri Varadarajan, Sreemathi Raguraman, Pranaya Rishi, Madhura Sankararama, Laasya Kanakadandi, Madhavi Kanakadandi, Vaishnavi Venkatraman
01/28/2026
Congratulations to our Nada Nidhi vainikas - Ananya A, Mayuri, Esha, Avinash, Gayatri and Ananya D, for their outstanding performances at the January Nada Nidhi house concert. Niranjan Ravichandran, disciple of Guru Sri Natarajan Srinivasan, provided excellent mridangam support.
A big thanks to the magnificent hosts, Ananth, Nandini, Swara and Soma, for opening up their beautiful home for this event.
- with Srikanth Chary, Viji Chary, Hrishikesh Chary, Priyanka Chary, Ramya Narasimhan, Purnima Kudlu, Gayatri Avvari, Hari Devanath, Sudha Devanath, Nandini Ananth, Vaishnavi Venkatraman
12/27/2025
Nada Nidhi is proud to present two budding vainikas, Dhruva Kotikalapudi and Karthik Sista, in concert on the occasion of Margazhi Utsavam hosted by Smt. Sudha Chandrasekaran and Sri. Chandrasekaran in Fremont, CA. They will be accompanied on the mridangam by Akshay Suresh (disciple of Guru Sri. Gopi Lakshminarayanan) and Ram Srivathsa Sankar (disciple of Guru Sri. Shriram Brahmanandam), respectively.
Please come listen to them on Monday, December 29, from 6-9 pm.
If you are unable to attend in person, the concerts will be streamed live at https://www.youtube.com/
- with Karthik Sista, Shivani Sista, Satish Sista, Viji Chary, Krishna Kotikalapudi, Priya Suri
12/25/2025
It was a serene and delightful experience for Nada Nidhi vainikas to perform at the VSRCC (Vaidika Sri Rama Cultural Center) on Sunday Dec 21. We were happy to participate in this cause to collect funds for YFCACR (Youth Foundation of Classical Arts for Cancer Rejuvenation). A hearty congratulations to Jishnujit Balaji for organizing this series of concerts to support this noble cause. Thank you to the VSRCC members for making this experience memorable. 🙏
- with Srikanth Chary, Viji Chary, Harsha Udayraj, Nandini Ananth, Ramya Narasimhan, Madhavi Kanakadandi, Laasya Kanakadandi, Pranaya Rishi, Madhura Sankararama, Mali Sri
10/29/2025
Congratulations to our Nada Nidhi vainikas - Meera, Hrushikeshan, Sreelaasya, Anand and Hrishikesh, for their outstanding performances at the October Nada Nidhi house concert. They were accompanied expertly by Akhilesh Srivathsa (Chandru), disciple of Guru Sri Natarajan Srinivasan. A big thanks to the magnificent hosts, Priya, Krishna, Dhruti and Dhruva, for opening up their beautiful home for this event.
- with Srikanth Chary, Hrishikesh Chary, Nisha Prabhakar
09/15/2025
Nada Nidhi was blessed to offer a sangeetha seva at the Sri Sharadambal (SEVA) temple on September 14, as we celebrated Sri Mutthuswami Dikshidar's 250th anniversary. Shruti Shyam, Dhruva Kotikalapudi, Karthik Sista and Ananya Devanath all performed with a lot of grace and maturity. They were wonderfully accompanied on the mridangam by Rishi Kodungallur, a disciple of Guru Sri Ravindrabharathy Sridharan. Thank you to the SEVA temple committee for organizing this music festival, and inviting Nada Nidhi to participate.
- with Srikanth Chary, Ravindra Bharathy Sridharan, Sudha Devanath