‘Bhakti Samrpanam’

Every December, as the Tamil month of Margazhi dawns, devotion finds its voice through music. The air fills with the sound of ragas before sunrise, temple courtyards awaken with hymns, and Chennai transforms into a stage for one of India’s most revered cultural traditions—the Margazhi season. Rooted in bhakti and sangeetam, this sacred time is believed to awaken the spirit through sound and silence, where art becomes prayer and performance becomes offering. 

Carrying this timeless tradition forward, the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre presents Margazhi Festival 2025, a two-day celebration honouring the divine connection between music and spirituality. The festival opens with Sangeetha Bhakti Samrpanam, a soul-stirring concert by Vidwan Palghat Dr. Ramprasad, one of South India’s foremost Carnatic vocalists. Drawing from a tradition where music is devotion and performance is prayer, Dr. Ramprasad reimagines the concert stage as a sacred space of offering. Each composition, born of deep bhakti, becomes an invocation, each raga, a bridge between the human and the divine. 

Grandson of the legendary mridangist Palghat Mani Iyer, Dr. Ramprasad inherits a legacy rooted in precision, spirituality, and uncompromising discipline. Trained by his father, T.R. Rajaram, he has performed since childhood alongside some of the greatest maestros of Carnatic music. Known for his mastery of neraval and his steadfast adherence to the Ramanuja Iyengar style, he brings to the stage a rare blend of tradition, technique, and transcendence. A recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Yuva Puraskar (2019) and twice named among Open Magazine’s 50 Most Influential Soft Powers in India, Dr. Ramprasad continues to uphold the spiritual and cultural essence of Carnatic music in the country. For this concert, he will be accompanied by Sri Thirucherai Karthik on the Violin and Vijay Natesan on the mridangam, enhancing the evening’s offering with their artistry and sensitivity.  
 
This performance is supported by Reliance Foundation.