Bendre Beragu, a night devoted to Bendre’s poetry, noticed literature and music lovers from throughout the Metropolis taking part within the occasion.
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The month of Shravana brings a string of festivals and in addition recollections of the gorgeous poetry of Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, the celebrated Kannada poet extra widespread as Da. Ra. Bendre. His poem Shravana bantu kadige bantu nadige... is a celebration of the spirit of the season.
On Monday, Bengalore Worldwide Centre (BIC) in Domlur offered a possibility for the folks within the Metropolis to savour the poetry of Bendre.
Bendre Beragu, a night devoted to Bendre’s poetry, noticed literature and music lovers from throughout the Metropolis taking part within the occasion. The occasion was a double invoice lecture live performance with Dr. Basavaraja Kalgudi talking on Bendre, adopted by a musical rendition of Bendre’s poetry by Ramachandra Hadapad and Sparsha R.Okay.
The speak was an try to determine the delicate relationships between love and creativity captured by Bendre’s poetry.
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Spirit of the instances
The speak was an try to determine the delicate relationships between love and creativity captured by Bendre’s poetry. Interacting with the viewers at BIC, Dr. Kalgudi mentioned that the time when Kannada’s most distinguished poet Bendre created literature was a time when the Kannada language was in search of new types of literature.
“It was a time when a brand new discovery needed to be made not solely when it comes to linguistic expression but additionally when it comes to materials. At a time when the Kannada language was shedding its existence between Marathi and Urdu in North Karnataka, there was not solely a must deliver this language into social, instructional utilization, but additionally to take the language to a brand new top of creativity,” he mentioned.
It’s important that Bendre created a brand new language and magnificence in his poetry that was very related to that point. New poetic language was important for Bendre as a result of he strongly believed that the brand new type was mandatory not just for himself but additionally for the encircling life, Dr. Kalgudi noticed.
The occasion was a double invoice lecture-concert with Dr. Basavaraja Kalgudi talking on Bendre.
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Love and struggling
A brand new rhythm was potential for Bendre solely due to his affiliation with the desi (native) Bhakti custom as Bendre knew the significance of intense love. “For Bendre, life right here can be paramartha. His poetry had the rhythm of adopting the essence of affection in life. However his poetry knew the issue of this course of as a result of he knew that the sufferings of this world are huge,“ mentioned Dr. Kalgudi.
“Love on this loukika (temporal) world is feasible within the efficient union of the 2 ideas. For Bendre, female and male, prakriti and purusha, are the 2 most vital parts. His poetry reveals that the supply of creativity lies of their concord. The query of what sort of important contact is required for phrases to change into poem, is an intense query of Bendre’s poetry. It’s the agency perception of the poet that the origin of creativity is within the companionship or intense love between male-female, prakrathi-purusha,“ he added. Dr. Kalgudi additionally says that the affect of femininity in nature performs an enormous position in Bendre’s life and literary works, as in his private life.
“Bendre’s foremost philosophy is that the world with out the affiliation with nature is incomplete. A logo of nature, ‘the feminine’ is a central and philosophically vital ingredient in his poetry. This sentiment is expressed by the poet in calling himself Ambikatanaya Datta which interprets to Datta, son of Ambika,“ Mr. Kalgudi added.
“For Bendre, life right here can be paramartha. His poetry had the rhythm of adopting the essence of affection in life,” says Dr. Kalgudi.
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A musical deal with
The occasion was adopted by a musical rendition of Bendre’s poems by music director and singer Ramachandra Hadapad, singer and actor Sparsha R.Okay., together with music by Dushyanth on the keyboard, Harish on the mandolin, Jaleel Pasha on tabla and percussion, Shivamannu on the rhythm pad.