Sarvaguna Inc.

Happy Saraswati Puja to all on this auspicious Panchami tithi!
As a child, I remember collecting small Parijata flowers early morning to offer for Saraswati puja. I was thinking I should get this plant for my garden today and was searching for it when I came across some interesting notes.

"Parijat is also widely known as Harsingar or the ornament of the Gods in India. Thus, it's the only one that can be offered to Gods after picking it up from the ground. The flower is said to help one remember one's past lives and incarnations."

"Parijat, the flower said to have descended from heaven itself. Legend says it bloomed from the ashes of a heartbroken princess, and now graces winter nights with its divine fragrance. 🌙 It blooms in the dark, falls before sunrise symbolizing purity, devotion, and detachment."

Here's a nice story related to this beautiful night-flowering plant that we used to offer for Saraswati Puja day as well.

https://www.vitalveda.com.au/front-page/parijata-flower/

Fabulous capture of a precious moment from Jyosshna's Arangetram by Madhu Pai Photography !

This moment captures one of the Mahabharata's most pivotal scenes - the vastraharan of Draupadi, where multiple characters come alive to tell this sacred story.

In the court of Hastinapura, when dharma was forgotten and power misused, the performance transitions between the eternal struggle of righteousness and tyranny.

As Dushyasana pulls at Draupadi's robe, expecting her humiliation, he becomes bewildered at the endless flow of divine cloth that Krishna provides.

Each tug reveals not shame, but the infinite protection that comes to those who surrender to the divine.

The story explores Draupadi's dignified suffering, Dushyasana's growing confusion, and the invisible yet omnipresent Krishna.

Stories don't just get performed - they become eternal.




Dancer: Jyosshna
Guru: Mohana Narayan
School: Sarvaguna Inc.



















Madhusudan Pai

With immense joy and pride, we invite you to the Bharatanatyam Arangetram of our beloved student

🎶 Lasya 🎶
Disciple of Sarvaguna School of Bharatanatyam and Guru Mohana Narayan.

Join us as Lasya takes her first steps onto the stage, gracefully presenting her years of dedication to the divine art of Bharatanatyam on Sunday, Sep 6th 2025 at DeAnza VPAC auditorium.

We are celebrating an important milestone after years of dedication, hard work, and artistic evolution.
Lasya who is now a junior in high school will be presenting a beautiful margam presentation with various beautiful and intricate pieces. We are also very happy to share a special milestone for our school as we complete 25 student arangetrams this summer with God's Grace!

Please RSVP to provide the headcount of people attending this event from your family so food can be planned accordingly.

Let us immerse ourselves in a blissful evening of connection with the Divine through this artform.

https://www.sarvaguna.com/rsvp-lasya

With immense joy and pride, we invite you to the Bharatanatyam Arangetram of our beloved student

🎶 Saachi Saraf 🎶
Disciple of Sarvaguna School of Bharatanatyam and Guru Mohana Narayan .

Join us as Saachi takes her first steps onto the stage, gracefully presenting her years of dedication to the divine art of Bharatanatyam on Saturday, Aug 9th 2025 at DeAnza VPAC auditorium.

We are celebrating an important milestone after years of dedication, hard work, and artistic evolution.
Saachi will be presenting a beautiful margam presentation with various beautiful and intricate pieces. We are also very happy to share a special milestone for our school as we complete 25 student arangetrams this summer with God's Grace!

We have a wonderful orchestra team providing brilliant live support including Vidushi Chandrika Pai on the vocals, Vidwan Ramamurthi Kesavan on the mrudangam, Vidwan Vikram Ragukumar on the violin, Vidwan Tejasvi Chakravarthy on the flute and Guru Mohana Narayan on the nattuvangam.

We are also presenting a piece composed by Shankracharya, the Gauri Dashakam when he visited the Kashmir Valley and which I enjoyed choreographing for my Kashmiri student - the lyrics are so deep and insightful - he was a visionary seer who could see that the Valley at some point would be torn amidst divisive forces and the lyrics emphasize various insights at a soul level - wisdom that could help us transcend deep cycles of baggage and bo***ge. It is sung as a popular Kashmiri folk song and we are bringing in special santoor-like sounds of Kashmir valley with someone accompanying on a keyboard for that piece.
Photo credits:
Madhu Pai Photography Madhusudan Pai

Please RSVP to provide the headcount of people attending this event from your family so food can be planned accordingly.

Lets immerse ourselves in a blissful evening of connection with the Divine through this artform.

https://www.sarvaguna.com/rsvp-saachi

Eagerly looking forward to our first duet Arangetram with Mahika and Jahnavi performing their debut performance together this Sunday at Cubberley theater at 2:30pm (Seating starts at 2pm.) While we are completing 25 Arangetrams this summer (somebody recently told me that we are the best-kept secret in the Bay Area! 😊), this is the very first time we are presenting two students together for their Arangetram.
Looking forward to seeing another couple of beautiful fledglings ready to soar, take flight! Both the girls had joined Sarvaguna Bharatanatyam classes together more than eight years ago and their families are close as well, with a number of common friends and decided to host their Arangetram together. We are looking forward to their vibrant presentation this July 27th 2025 along with the dynamic support of a brilliant orchestra with the mellifluous Smt. Chandrika Pai on the vocals, Santhosh Ravindrabharathy on mrudangam, Krishna Parthasarathy on the violin, Srivathsa Pasumarthi on the flute and Hrishikesh Chary on the veena and Guru Mohana Narayan on the Nattuvangam.
Photo credits: Madhu Pai Photography
Videography: Kumar Yajamanam
Lighting design by Naveen Nathan

Together, they will be presenting a complete margam with many beautiful intricate pieces with the support of a melodious and brilliant live orchestra and look forward to your encouraging presence,

Please submit the details here to RSVP for this event so snack/dinner arrangements can be made accordingly.

https://www.sarvaguna.com/rsvp-jahnavimahika

Hearty Congratulations to Sruthi on a blissful full-length 3 hour arangetram with nine vigorous, expressive items that gave our audience many precious moments of connection with the Divine!
Heartfelt gratitude for being able to be part of these learning journeys along with a beautiful soul like Sruthi!

Our Summer Arangetram series started this Sunday at Cubberley Theater where Sruthi presented a beautiful margam presentation with various beautiful and intricate pieces spanning a good 3+ hours.

We had a wonderful orchestra team providing brilliant live support including Guru Mohana Narayan on the Nattuvangam, powerful soulful singing by Ranjani Ravindrabharathy , brilliant Mrudangam by Ravindra Bharathy Sridharan melodious violin by Vikram Rem Ya , soul-stirring veena by Hrishikesh Chary and excellent flute by Prasanna Rajan

A big thank you to all the people who helped make this possible including:
Madhu Pai Photography for excellent photography, Kumar Yajamanam for detailed videography, Ramya Sridharan S for beautiful makeup and patient backstage support, Naveen Nathan for brilliant lighting and many other volunteers and helpers who brought this all together!!

Now looking forward to our next Arangrtram on July 27th. More on that soon.

Our Summer Arangetram series starts this Sunday at Cubberley Theater. We also have a few in DeAnza VPAC theater. All rasikas are welcome.

We are happy to present Sruthi Ratnam's Arangetram on July 13th 2025 at 3pm. Seating starts at 2:30pm

Please take a moment to rsvp for Sruthi, our first of the series so food can be organized accordingly this Sunday at Cubberley theater.

Sruthi will be presenting a beautiful margam presentation with various beautiful and intricate pieces.
We have a wonderful orchestra team providing brilliant live support including:
Nattuvangam: Guru Mohana Narayan
Vocal: Vidushi Ranjani Ravindrabharathy
Mrudangam: Vidwan Ravindra Bharathy Sridharan
Violin: Vidwan Vikram Ragukumar
Veena: Vidwan Hrishikesh Chary
Flute: Vidwan Prasanna Rajan

Please go ahead and RSVP the headcount of people attending this event from your family.
Dinner will be served after the event.
RSVP link:
https://www.sarvaguna.com/rsvp-sruthi

As we at Sarvaguna School of BharataNatyam embark on our 2025 Arangetram series, we are excitedly looking forward to presenting Sruthi Ratnam in her solo debut performance of over 3 hours with a brilliant live orchestra on Sunday, July 13th at 3pm in Cubberley Theater.

In the last six years with me, Sruthi has grown in leaps and bounds and yesterday at our full-length orchestra rehearsal, we were amazed to see her growth, confidence and resplendent artistry replete with statuesque poses and expressive abhinaya!

Along with Sruthi's graceful and heartfelt dancing, we have Ranjani Ravindrabharathy on the vocals, Ravindra Bharathy Sridharan on the mrudangam, Vikram Ragukumar on the violin, Hrishikesh Chary on the veena, Prasanna Rajan on the flute and Guru Mohana Narayan on the nattuvangam.

Please come and enjoy a beautiful evening of wonderful, melodic and intricate pieces and find your Aha moments of connection!💐💐💐

All are welcome!

Happy to share that SarvaGuna School of Bhararanatyam will be completing 25 student Arangetrams this summer! On Aug 24th 2025, we are presenting Jyosshna's Arangetram where she will be presenting a complete maargam of items with some beautiful gems along with a vibrant team providing live music. Please mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details!

With my guidance Jyosshna has been working very hard - though she has not trained with me for as long as many of my other students who have been with me for 8 to 10 years while completing their arangetrams, in a short span of 3 years she has covered tremendous amount of ground and pays attention to every detailed correction and follows through with practice and commitment. It is wonderful to see all these qualities of diligence, perseverance, persistence, creativity, coordination, fluidity and more blossom in these Arangetram track students as values and assets that will have a life-long impact on their journeys ahead!

Please join me in wishing her well in her endeavour ahead!

Photo credit:
Madhu Pai Photography

Glimpses from Gangai Samarpanam 2025 by SarvaGuna School of BharataNatyam