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Convention on cultural heritage in Chennai

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Press Trust of India Chennai
SPIC MACAY (Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth) and IIT-Madras will be conducting a week-long convention on Indian cultural heritage here starting June 8, 2014.

The convention, the second such one, would be attended by 1,500 delegates from the country and abroad and over 50 renowned artists will showcase their performance and organise workshops, a release here said today.

There will programmes of classical music and dance, folk, theatre, films, yoga, talks by eminent people, handicraft workshops and other activities, it said.

Some of the artists scheduled to performing at the convention include M Balamuralikrishna, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, Vidwan Ravikiran and Mandolin Srinivas among others, it added.

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First Published: Mar 06 2014 | 6:43 PM IST

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