Fine Arts Week: ragas, Bharatanatyam and dry leaves

Fine Arts Week in March 2026 set out to deepen students' connection with India's classical arts, and to give them the experience of preparing for and performing before an audience.

Swaranjali Sangeet Sabha, 6 March

The music department's Swaranjali brought the Hindustani and Carnatic traditions to a single stage. Students sang in Raag Bhimpalas, Raaga Senjurutti and Raaga Bowli, and presented compositions including Vaishnava Janato, Thiruppugazh and Brahmam Okate, in group singing that asked for discipline in both laya and swara. The school records that the students improved their vocal skill, rhythm and stage presentation, and that the devotional compositions carried values of humility, devotion and respect.

Natyanjali, 7 March

Students of Grades 5 to 9 presented a Bharatanatyam programme that moved from invocation to storytelling: the Dhyana Shloka, a Devi Stuti, Alarippu, Pushpanjali and Murugar Kauthuvam. Each piece asked for precision in rhythm (tala), gesture (mudra) and expression (bhava), and for a group to move as one. The school notes that the performances deepened the dancers' respect for India's cultural and spiritual heritage, and that the devotional items nurtured reflection and reverence.

Dry Leaves Composition Competition, 6 March

In the Art Room, students of Grades 9 and 11 competed house-wise in teams of two, each creating a composition from dry leaves on a theme of their own choosing. The competition joined art to environmental awareness: it asked students to work with natural, sustainable materials and to experiment with texture, shape and arrangement. The report records gains in creative thinking and design, and in teamwork and communication.