I bow to a person for their work they had done independently, achieved facing challenges, struggles etc. I respect them for their hard work, moral values, inbuilt qualities and dedication they show in their work or profession. I don’t bow to someone for their by-born rank, gender, discriminating attitude or for the community/caste they belong to or for their official positions or rankings. Things that you had achieved independently and the way how you treat waiters or sweepers determines you and respect is gained on how you respect or treat others.
Sucheta bhide chapekar is one of the renowned and well known bharatanatyam dancer in Pune, Maharashtra. Her Guru late Parvati Kumar ji had visited Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu), did research on my ancestor’s work on bharatanatyam, penned compositions, choreographies etc and with the help of the Maharashtra government he published the book titled ‘Thanjavur Nrutya Prabandha’ in the year 1958. This book is one of the rarest book on my ancestor’s work that exist even today. Her guru had faced lots of challenges, difficulties while the process he underwent for bringing out this beautiful book (mentioned in the book preface by the author Parvati Kumar ji himself) which acts as a main source and reference for many classical art scholars and researchers today. The copy of that book is very difficult to find in South India or even in Maharashtra.
Guru Dr Sucheta chapekar is among few who have researched Tanjore Maratha ruler’s Marathi compositions. She presented the first recital of ‘Tanjavur Nritya Prabandha’ way back in 1972 in Mumbai with her Guru Parvati Kumar ji.
Since then her students performed these compositions in all over the world. They had put their efforts to promote and show the work of my ancestors in the field of classical dance to the world. Many classical dancers in Tamilnadu or South are not aware of those marathi compositions nor show interest in it. They are busy performing their own modern choreographies or compositions. There are only few who show interest and perform on compositions or padas of Maratha scholar kings of Thanjavur or on their repertoire.
I officially bow to Sucheta Chapekar ji for her work she did on my ancestors and also to her team who had performed worldwide on their (my ancestor’s) work.
I thank Arundhati Patwardhan ji for inviting me on the auspicious day of Guru Purnima to witness my ancestor’s glory performed by charming divas 😊🙏.
Best wishes to the entire team of ‘Tanjavur Nritya Prabandha’.
Serfoji Maharaj ki Jai, Jai Shahaji Raje, Jai Shivray, Jai Maratha.
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Official photographs of the program 👇
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