Skip to content
HeyJared

Manasa Vijaylakshme C

Reporter · IN

Indexed articles, last 90 days
3
Latest publication
Aug 24, 2026
Outlet visibility, for thehindu.com
Top 5K sites
Earliest in this view
Aug 18, 2026
The latest indexed work is over 30 days old. There may be a gap in what we hold.

Latest articles

  1. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Manasa Vijaylakshme C

    Sounds of Onam: Keeping the Chenda beat alive in Chennai (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone · English

    Read excerpt

    As Onam approaches, the thunderous rhythms of Chenda Melam evoke the sounds of Kerala’s temple festivals. In Chennai’s Villivakkam, Sri Sastha Kshetra Vadya Sangam at Ayyappan Kovil, has been keeping the tradition alive and accessible through free Chenda classes that attract learners across generations. The institution was founded by Rajeev Kumar, whose association with the temple began in his childhood. His father, C.N. Sukumaran Guruswamy, founded the Villivakkam Ayyappan Temple. The idea for

  2. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Manasa Vijaylakshme C

    Bala Devi Chandrashekar recreates the pilgrimage to Pandharpur in her thematic work (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone · English

    Read excerpt

    Bharatanatyam exponent Bala Devi Chandrashekar’s thematic production, ‘Mauli: A Timeless Tradition’, presented recently at Kalakshetra, was more a spiritual pilgrimage through Maharashtra’s 800-year-old Varkari tradition than a conventional dance performance. Conceived as an ekaharya (solo) production in the bhanika style, it took the audience on a visual journey from Alandi and Dehu to Pandharpur. Rather than following a linear narrative, the production unfolded in four acts, each illuminating

  3. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Manasa Vijaylakshme C

    K. Saveshan explores the human-earth relationship through dance (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone · English

    Read excerpt

    What does it mean to call the earth our mother when human civilisation is built on extracting from her? The tension between dependence and exploitation formed the conceptual core of K. Sarveshan’s Prithvi, with Amritha Murali lending vocal support, on the opening evening of Pancha Bhootha Bharatham, the 28th annual thematic festival, hosted by Natyarangam, the dance wing of Narada Gana Sabha Trust. The five-day festival explroes the Pancha Bhootas — Akasha, Vayu, Agni, Apah and Prithvi — with ea

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Audience

Top 5K sites

For thehindu.com, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026

Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about Manasa Vijaylakshme C