MUMBAI:The full moon night of the month of Ashwin is known as the Sharad Poornima or Ras Poornima. It is called as Sharad Poornima because the month of Ashwin falls in Sharad Ritu, one of the six ritus which are seasons as per the Hindu calendar. This is the night when Krishna would play the Ras Leela the entire night. The day is dedicated to this aspect of Lord Krishna. It is believed that on this night the moon showers on the earth, the cool nectar of peace along with the eternal nourishing power. It is believed that acquiring this important moonlight on this night makes the mind peaceful.
Dhaval Nisha is a celebration of this auspicious occasion of Sharad Poornima by Pancham Nishad, with a music concert featuring the famous artistes Rakesh Chaurasia, Rahul Deshpande and Niladri Kumar, the leading musicians and young maestros of Indian Classical Music at Nehru Centre, Worli on 5 October 2017, 6pm onwards .
Conceptualized by Pancham Nishad in the year 2005, Dhawal Nisha, an annual concert, in the past has featured renowned artistes like Ganasaraswati Kishori Amonkar, Rajan Sajan Misra, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Parween Sultana, Satish Vyas, Vijay Ghate, Anindo Chaterjee, Jayteerth Mevundi, Bireshwar Gautam,Rashid Khan, Vishwamohan Bhatt to name but, a few.
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