Awards for doyens 
 
February 9, 2008 

Sri Sumukhi Rajasekharan Memorial Foundation celebrated the Fifth Year Anniversary and the commemoration of the second year of Kala Poshakam Utsav on February 3, 2008, at Sri Dakshinamurthy Auditorium in Chennai. On this occasion, the Mylapore Trio (S Amarnath, S Surendranath and S Aparna) and members of the Foundation offered their salutations to the doyens of dance and music, by conferring titles and awards.
 
"Aachaarya Devo Bhava" (Lifetime Achievement Award) was awarded to Bharatanatyam guru Nirmala Ramachandran, (Director - Nirmalaniketan), "Nrithya Saraswathi" to Bharatanatyam guru Anitha Guha – (Director – Bharathanjali) and "Gaana Saraswathi" to Radha Badri (musician). 
 
The chief guest was Cleveland V V Sundaram. Guest of honour, Gomathi Sundaram presented the awards and appreciated the efforts of the foundation in inculcating cultural values among children. Revathy Sankkaran spoke about the activities of the Foundation. The specialty of the trophies were - gold coated copper temple kalasam for "Aachaarya Devo Bhava" and gold coated copper Vairamudi Kireetam for "Nrithya / Gaana Saraswathi" with a citation. 
 
The program started with recitation of Pancharathna Kritis by Lakshmi Krishnaswamy and students of Skanda Gana Vidhyalaya. Radha Badri gave a mellifluous Carnatic vocal concert followed by a fascinating Bharatanatyam recital by Sasha Dennissova, Russian disciple of guru Nirmala Ramachandran. The “Brahmam” awardee children of the Foundation presented a cultural program.
 
The function was attended by academicians, stalwarts and rasikas from various fields.