Smt.
Anasuya Srinivas Memorial
Purandara Daasara Kriti Music Competition
2025
By the Grace of Purandara Vittala, the 17th Annual Smt. Anasuya Srinivas Memorial Purandara Daasa
Krithi Music Competition is scheduled on January 19th 2025, and the Finals on Jan 25th, 2025, at the
Karnataka Association premises, Radhakrishna Road Tatabad, Coimbatore.
The Competition is open to people as detailed here:
Group A (9 to 13 yrs.), born in the years between 2012 – 2016
Group B (14 to 18 yrs.) born in the years between 2007 – 2011
Group C (19 to 25 yrs.) born in the years between 1998 – 2006
Talent Round - Age 26 onwards - born in 1997 and earlier - Open to Public and NOT to Music Teachers
and Music Professionals. The participants cannot use electronic background like karaoke, however they
ar allowed to use any instrument themselves while singing like harmonium or Kanjira etc.
Registrations will be restricted to the 1st 25 entries due to paucity of time.
Allotted time for singing (for Preliminary competition): 6 minutes for all the above groups
All groups – No Raga Aalapan, swara
Team Event
Group E: (9 to 25 yrs.) born between 1998 -2016
Minimum 3 members in the team and Maximum 5 members along with an additional / optional
instrument
A competitor of any individual event can be a member of a team event also.
Time allotted – 10 min per group.
There are around 200 Purandara Daasara Kritis in the Karnataka Association website for your reference.
Try to learn a new song to avoid repetition in the competition.
Schedule of the event
Entries will be received from 1st November to 31st December 2024.
The workshop for the finalists will be announced on 19th January 2025.
Preliminary round - 19th January 2025
- 9am onwards with a lunch break for the participants who stay for the afternoon event also
- And 2pm onwards for the Team Event
Registration and Reporting
Reporting and actual timing of each competition will be announced after 31st December 2024
The participants will be called to sing on as per their registration number.
Finals & Award ceremony – 25th January 2025
Registration of applicants and Rules:
- Registration can be done at the link that will be provided on 1st November 2024.
- The registration form / app will be available on the website kacbe.co.in on 1st November 2024.
- Registration to be done ONLY online. No cash payments accepted.
- Payment of Rs.250 for individual events and Rs.600 per team for Team event
- Registration ID is provided as soon as you register and you will also receive an email with the ID.
Please submit the soft copy of the ID or the print-out of the email for reporting.
- Only Purandara Daasara Kritis to be sung by the participants.
- Participants should come prepared with 2 songs, written on a slip and submit the same to the judges
on their turn. The Judges will choose from among the 2 for the participant to sing.
- If selected for the finals, the participant should sing any other song of Purandara Daasa of his or her
choice except the song sung during the preliminaries.
- The participants selected for the finals will be announced on the website and will be personally
intimated on your mobile before the end of the day.
Online Workshop
Online workshop to correct the diction and pronunciation – only for the finalists – will be announced on
the day of the preliminary competition.
Attending the workshop will NOT influence your marks in the finals. This is only to improve your
presentation.
Competitive Round – 19th January 2025 – Group A, B, C and Open Group
1. The competitor should render a Purandara Daasar Krithi within the stipulated time. This need not be
the full song.
2. Prepare 2 Purandhara Daasar krithis. Judges will ask the participant to sing one of the two songs
mentioned by the competitor in the Slip.
3. Strictly avoid Aalapans, detailing Swaras or Niravals.
4. Participants are advised to bring their own ‘Sruthi Box’ or tambura and use them.
5. Mention the raga & thala before starting the song.
6. Judging will be based on the raga, sruthi, thala, bhava, pronunciation and diction. The judges’
decision and selection are final.
Team Event
1. A team shall comprise a minimum of 3 and maximum of 5 participants. Plus, one instrument which is
optional.
2. Mention the raga & tala before starting the song.
3. Singing time duration is 10 mts only - no restrictions on the number of songs.
4. Judging will be based on the raga, sruthi, tala, bhava, pronunciation and diction.
5. The Judges’ Decision and selection is final.
Finals – 25th Jan 2025
1. The finalist shall sing a different Purandara Daasar krithi – do not repeat the same song rendered in
the preliminary round.
2. The participant MUST sing the selected song fully as there is no time restriction.
3. As in the preliminaries, no Alapanas and swaras. Uga Bhoga may be included.
4. The presentation will be before an invited audience.
QUIZ on Purandara Daasa
As in the previous years, we will be conducting a quiz on Purandara Daasa and his kritis for all the
competition participants and the invited public.
PLEASE KEEP LOGGING INTO THIS WEBSITE, KACBE.CO.IN OFTEN –
THE SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
