"Spandanika" the cultural wing of Samaj celebrated New Year Day at Tiljala, Kolkata in a grand manner. Day was celebrated with exchange of greetings, meditation and talks on the significance of Bengali Solar calendar and the Glorious past of Bengal, exploited Bengal of the present day and its bright future based on the guideline given by the great philosopher, social thinker of all time Shrii P.R.Sarkar.
In the evening a vibrating cultural program was staged at VIP Nagar Club ground by ‘Spandanika’ group of Artists. 15 different local clubs of VIP Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Hastings, Naskarhat, Panchanangram and other adjoining localities of Tiljala participated with their colorful events of songs, dance, recitation etc. As it was a successful effort to bring all the 15 clubs and associations under one single platform the organizers named it as "MILAN MELA". The participants performed Prabhat Samgiit Songs, Dances based on Prabhat samgiit*, Rabindra Samgiit** and Dances, Najrulgitti*** etc.
Paresh Biswas and his team presented several chorus songs and thrilled the audience with their superb performance. Noted Bengali Singers , Smt. Madhuri Chottopadhaya and her daughter Rupa Chottopadhaya sang several Prabhat Samgiit with their melodious voice. Smt. Madhuri Chottopadhyaya expressed to the audience that she would like to be blessed to sing Prabhat Samgiit till the end of her life.
The program was presided over by the noted journalist of ‘Bartaman’ Bengali daily Newspaper Shrii Swapan Bandopaddhya.
Several thousands people of the entire area enjoyed the program. Many expressed that it was for the first time that such a fantastic program was staged at their doorstep.
Spandanika organizer Shrii Shankar Gangopadhyaya and Shrii Pradiip Pal expressed their deep appreciation to the members of different clubs for their unique performance and gave thanks to the audience at the end.
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* Prabhata Samgiita - Prabhata Samgitta is a body of 5018 songs composed by Shri Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, the founder of Proutist Universal movement. It is a distinctly new school in the world of music, rich in lyrical import, heart—regaling melody and rhythm, and perfect diction. This marathon composition began at Deoghar, Bihar on September 14, 1982, and was completed by October 20, 1990 – a period of only eight years. Each song has a distinctive identity of its own. Prabhata Samgiita is now a distinct Gharrana (school of music) with it own characteristic style.
The Sanskrit word for ”dawn” is Prabhata. In many people’s opinion, Prabhata Samgiita marks the glorious and sublime dawn of a new era in the realm of music and culture. For this reason also, this school of music is also known as Prabahata Samgiita. The collection contains songs for multifarious occasions; herein are songs of devotion, songs of spiritual awakening, songs of nature, songs of social resurgence, folk songs, children’s songs, ballads, etc. Prabahata Samgiita represents a perfect blending of Oriental classical music with Persian, Scandinavian, Middle Eastern, Chinese and other important musical styles of the world.
With each passing year of this decade, Prabhata Samgiita has reached new levels of popularity, and many luminaries in the musical world are now actively participating in the recording of Prabhata Samgiita cassettes and CD’s.
** Rabindra Sangeet - Songs composed by the Great Poet Rabindranath Tagore.
*** Najrul Giti - Songs composed by Poet Najrul Islam who was famous as Rebel Poet for his active involvemet in Indian freedom struggle.
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