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Sagar Watch - May 23, 2024 0

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Sagar Watch News / Based on the spiritual knowledge of the great philosopher Osho, a discourse on the topic "Happiness outside and peace inside" was organized by Sadguru Dr. Shailendra Saraswati and Mata Amrit Priya ji in Padmakar Auditorium. 

Food Civil Supplies Minister Govind Singh Rajput and special guest former MLA Sunil Jain attended the program. Anand Jain presented the outline of the program and threw light on Osho's life.

On this occasion, Minister Govind Singh said that Osho had so much knowledge that he was ready to talk to any philosopher in the world. That is why no one could muster the courage to argue with him. 

Minister Govind Singh said that Osho was an ideological revolutionary and he openly expressed his views against casteism, fanaticism, bigotry, and superstition. Due to this he also had to face opposition.

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After this, Swami Shailendra Saraswati and Maa Amrit Priya explained through their discourse on happiness and peace how we can make our lives happy by keeping some things in mind and making changes in our lives.

This was explained in detail and meditation consciousness practice was conducted in the program as well. In the end, many people influenced by Osho ideology accepted the Gurumala and became members of the Osho family.

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Sagar Watch - May 22, 2024 0

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Sagar Watch News/ In India too, the growing Western thinking has increased stress and suicide. The atmosphere of unrest is increasing. Dr. Swami Shailendra Saraswati, younger brother of the great philosopher Sadguru Osho, who came to Sagar to attend the Osho Samaroh, expressed these views during a special discussion with the media. 

He said that the stream of East and West is flowing in the whole world. In India, the ideology has been to create an atmosphere of peace through meditation and religion. On the other hand, the progress of science in the West has increased violence and unrest. In these circumstances, happiness and peace can be found through Osho's ideology.

He said, that the power of meditation and religion at home and scientific thinking outside is the way to success. This thought has to be promoted. Only then will change come.

On this occasion, Maa Priya said that as the feeling of peace increases in the mind in life, the feeling of happiness will also increase. If the mind remains restless, then unrest will increase. And it will move in the wrong direction.

According to Sadguru Osho, the union of East and West, i.e. integration of spiritual traditions and worldly activities is necessary. Just as Gautam Buddha is a symbol of self-knowledge, peace, love, and compassion, similarly Greek-Zorba is a symbol of material wealth and luxury.

Sadguru Osho emphasizes the balance of meditation and science and wants harmony between the yoga of both the Eastern and Western cultures. He considers worldly success, comfort, health inner peace, love, and samadhi equally important. In short, he calls this synthesis 'Zorba The Buddha'.

Osho's younger brother Dr. Swami Shailendra Saraswati and mother Amrit Priya ji from Shree Rajneesh Dhyan Mandir, Sonipat, Haryana are coming to deliver a meaningful address on the topic 'Happiness outside, peace inside'. On May 23, there will be discourses and meditation exercises on Osho's teachings from 4 pm onwards. Questions of the curious will also be answered.

Osho Sanyasi Swami Anand Jain has requested on behalf of his program organizing team of Osho Fragrance Spiritual Group Sagar that all the seekers should come in maximum numbers and get the solution to the doubts of their life.

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Sagar Watch - April 03, 2024 0

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Sagar Watch News/ A seven-day free yoga health camp has started from April 2 at Yoga Niketan Yoga Training Institute.

District Yoga Commission Chairman and Yogacharya Vishnu Arya said that regular yoga practices and camps are being organized in Yoga Niketan for the last 50 years.

In this sequence, a huge health camp is being organized from 6:30 am to 8:00 am and 8:00 am to 9:00 am from 2 April to 8 April 24 in Yoga Niketan campus, Moti Nagar.

In the camp, serious diseases like sciatica, cervical, sinus, back pain, knee pain, migraine headache are being treated through yoga exercises and yoga activities.

He said that physical, mental and spiritual aspects can be kept healthy through yoga. With yoga and meditation we can increase our ability to fight diseases.

District Yoga Commission Sagar members, B, D, Sahu and Sandeep Soni members, Rajesh Jadia, Ramnarayan Yadav president, Amit Gupta general secretary, Subodh Arya vice president, Anurag Dubey, Basant Yadav, Keshav Dev Gupta Parkota, Dalchand Sahu yoga teacher, Aarti Tamrakar. 

Yoga teacher IPS, School, Ruby Soni, Kalpana Jadiya Shivani Soni, Mithlesh Soni, Sharda, Soni, Rajesh Soni, Lal Ji Dadraya, were present in the yoga camp.

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Sagar Watch - March 29, 2024 0

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Play Review -By Rajesh Shrivastava

"Kanjoos" is an imprtant creation of the Theater World from the perspective of its depiction of the dehumanizing effects of wealth accumulation, which is famous for its sharp satire, dialogusand commentry  on the pitfalls of greed.

This is an Indian adaptation of Moliere's original work "The Miser". However, despite the long gap between the present time and the contemporary period and circumstances in which the play was composed, the play still remains relevant.

Upon closer examination, the play itself conveys a serious message beyond a comedy through the idiosyncrasies of a miserly protagonist. It is a nuanced exploration of human nature, social norms and the corrosive effects of relentless greed.

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The play's central character, Mirza Sakhwat Wegh, through his obsessive hoarding and money-stealing ways, the play's plot swings the audience on a carousel of unbridled greed and moral bankruptcy. 

In this, sometimes the audience laughs along with the characters at the humorous moments and sometimes gets horrified at the actions of Mirza, who dives into the abyss of immorality.

The staging of the play was quite simple. Effective experiments were done to show the time periods, places and environment by combining more lighting with more decoration. There was good coordination between the characters also.

The effect of Mirza Baig's miserliness was clearly visible in the attire of the characters. One of the live spots was the actress playing the aunt's character.

Vibrant colours of her constumes with her bubbly character made her performance electrifying even in the shadow of miser. The background music was effective and kept the flow of the drama going throughout.

Manish Bohre played the role of Mirza Shakhbat bajg, Vishesh Tiwari played the role of Nasir, Priya Goswami played the role of Azra, Farooq - Bhaskar Thakur, Farzeena - Sia Chaubey, Maryam - Anjali Jain, Lemon - Vishwajeet Daheria, Alfu - Ashwani Sahu, Khera - Prasanna Vishwakarma, Havildar - Shivam Tripathi, Aslam/Dalal - Krishna Devalia performed well.

Play directed by Vandana Vashishtha, light and set was of Sangeet Srivastava, music given  by - Avikal Srivastava and Ashwini Sagar and  clothing design was done by Yasha Srivastava and Prasanna Vishwakarma .

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Sagar Watch - March 25, 2024 0

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Sagar Watch News/ Under the joint aegis of Rang Theater Forum and Rang Virasat, 'Kanjoos' will be staged on 27th March World Theater Day at Ravindra Bhawan at 7:00 pm. 

The play Kanjoos is a Hindi adaptation of Moliere's play 'The Miser'. This play has been directed by Vandana Vashishtha. To bring alive the plot of the play filled with shades of humor, satire and sarcasm, the actors are acting with immersion.

The names of the actors acting in this play are Anjali Jain, Priya Goswami, Siya Chaubey, Manish Bohare, Bhaskar Thakur, Vishesh Tiwari, Vishwajit Daheria, Ashwini Sahu, Prashna Prasanna Vishwakarma, Krishna Devalia, Shubham Tripathi etc.

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Sagar Watch - March 23, 2024 0

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Sagar Watch News/ On March 27, on World Theater Day, under the joint aegis of Rang Theater Forum and Rang Virasat, the Hindi adaptation of French satirist Moliere's play 'The Miser' Kanjoos' will be staged at Rabindra Bhawan Sagar. 

Through this play prepared under the direction of Vandana Vashishtha in a 21-day theater workshop, new artists were given training in dialogues delivery  and acting along with the nuances of theatre.

The miser drama is the story of a man who loves wealth more than relationships. The play is a story of the unraveling of family, money and love relationships. 

Written in comedy and satire style, this play describes the political-cultural conditions of its time through allusions. But the director has very intelligently made it relevant with the current perspectives.

11 actors have acted in the play Kanjus. Visual and lighting composition has been done by Sangeet Natak Academy awardee Sangeet Srivastava. Stage decoration and management has been done by Manish Bohre.

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Sagar Watch - March 11, 2024 0

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Sagar Watch News/ On the Samadhi Day of Muni Shri Kshama Sagar Ji, on Wednesday 13th March, homage will be paid to the deceased Saint Shiromani Acharya Shri Vidyasagar Maharaj. 

The first prayer meeting has been organized by the friendship group Sagar at the Samadhi site of Bhagyodaya Tirtha from seven in the morning. After which the Vidhansabha will be held at Varni Bhawan Moraji from 8:30 in the morning.

Eternal lifestyle exhibition is being organized in Padmakar Auditorium located at Motinagar intersection from 1 pm to 10 pm. Kabir Sangeet is being organized at Sadguru Mhare Aangana from seven to ten in the evening.

On behalf of the friendly group, Sapan Choudhary told that on the tenth Samadhi day of Muni Shri, Kaluram Bamaniya of Malvachanal will present Kabir music on Guru Bhakti. Who has recently been honored with the Padmashree national honour. International singer Arun Goyal, who is considered an important link in the living oral tradition of Kabir, will also participate in this program.

He told that a workshop on organic farming and urban kitchen garden has been organized in the afternoon. There will be a lecture by Damayanti sister from Gandhi Ashram, Chhatarpur on organic farming and cow rearing. 

Rohit Jain of Udaipur will give information in the workshop on the health benefits of Miletus and the correct way to prepare Miletus.Rehmat Bhai of Barwani will present techniques on water conservation and rain water conservation.

On this occasion, books like Aamrat Shilpi, Contemporary Literature and Munishree Kshamasagar Ji, Shanka Samadhan will be released. Indore's senior journalist Chinmay Mishra will present a statement on Indian traditional clothes and discussion with Acharya Shri Vidyasagar Ji Maharaj in the emotional tribute meeting on the samadhi of Saint Shiromani Acharya Shri Vidyasagar Ji Maharaj.

Sagar WatchIn the press conference, Rakesh Jain Chacha, Vivek Singhai, Amit Chaudhary, Arpita Singhai, Manoj Jain, Shashank Jain, associated with the Friendship Group, gave detailed information about various aspects of the program.

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Sagar Watch - March 05, 2024 0

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Sagar Watch/ Smt. Droupadi Murmu, the President of India will confer Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the years 2022 and 2023 to 94 eminent artists (two joint award) in the field of performing arts expressed in the form of music, dance, drama, folk & tribal arts, puppetry and allied theatre art forms. 

Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER, Shri G. Kishan Reddy; MoS for Law & Justice (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs and Culture Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal; Secretary, Ministry of Culture Shri Govind Mohan and Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi Dr Sandhya Purecha and Government of India will also attend the said award investiture ceremony. 

Besides the Akademi Awards for the years 2022 and 2023, the President of India will also bestow the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (Akademi Ratna) to 7 eminent artists (one joint fellowship) in the ceremony.  

Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (Akademi Ratna) is the highest honour given to eminent artist in the field of performing arts for his/her exceptional contribution to his/her performing art form.  

The Fellowship of the Akademi is a most prestigious and rare honour, which is restricted to 40 at any given time. 

The Akademi Awards have been conferred since 1952. These honours not only symbolize the highest standard of excellence and achievement, but also recognize sustained individual work and contribution. 

The honour of Akademi Fellow carries a purse money of Rs.3, 00, 000/- (Rupees three lakhs) while the Akademi Award carries a purse money of Rs 1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh), besides a Tamrapatra and Angavastram.

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Sagar Watch - February 28, 2024 0

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Sagar Watch/ The country's highest institution Sangeet Natak Academy New Delhi has announced "Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2022" to theater artist of Sagar, Sangeet Srivastava, Secretary of "Rang Theater Forum", for his work in theatre. Sangeet Natak Academy has announced these awards on 27 February 2024.

These awards given by Sangeet Natak Academy are honors given to people in the field of performing arts. Sangeet worked as a visual designer and lighting designer and was widely exhibited at national and international art festivals.

The plays conceived by Sangeet have been performed more than 500 times in India as well as in more than 20 countries. Considering these works done by Sangeet Srivastava, Sangeet Natak Academy has selected him for this National Award. 

It is noteworthy that for 2022 and 2023, the Academy has announced 6 Academy Ratnas, 92 Academy Awards and 80 Ustad Bismillah Khan Youth Awards.

President of Rang Theater Forum, Dr. Manish Bohare said that Sangeet Srivastava has graduated from the National School of Drama of the country. 

He has also been given the Fellowship Award by the National School of Drama. Apart from this, he was also selected for training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts London in the cultural exchange program between India and the United Kingdom.

Sangeet Srivastava's father Jugal Kishore Srivastava is a lawyer by profession and mother Uma Srivastava is a teacher. On this achievement of Sangeet Srivastava, theater artists of Sagar and people associated with the art world have congratulated him and expressed best wishes for him.

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Sagar Watch - February 20, 2024 0
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Sagar Watch/ As many as 1484 Kathak exponents dancing on the rhythm of Raga Basant in Khajuraho, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, created a Guinness World Record. 

Indian culture and tradition merged in eternity when the Ghunghru sadhaks danced rhythmically with lamps in their hands. The beat of Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav’s ancient musical instrument Nagara and the chimes of Ghungurus of the dancers made the historic 50th Khajuraho Dance Festival phenomenal.

Chief Minister Dr. Yadav said that the festival of cultural revival is being celebrated all over India under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. 

In this series, this sadhana dedicated to Lord Nataraja Mahadev will become the pride of Indian culture and guide the future generations. Dance and worship is the path of worship of God. 

This is a sacred medium of direct contact with God. Chief Minister Dr. Yadav extended his best wishes and congratulated the dance gurus and dancers from different cities of the state for creating the record.

Under the choreography of renowned dance guru Shri Rajendra Gangani, dancers from different cities of the state presented a 20-minute performance composed in Raga Basant.

Making the Guinness World Record, Chief Minister Dr. Yadav announced to establish the country’s first Gurukul for training of tribal and folk arts in Khajuraho. 

Chief Minister Dr. Yadav said that arrangements will be made for training in traditional arts of tribal and rural communities like crafts, dance, singing, playing, painting and their oral literature through senior gurus in the Gurukul. 

This Gurukul will be envisioned in such a way that traditional skills and indigenous knowledge systems will be protected along with their holistic development in rural life. Along with this, the legacy of ancestors will also get expanded.

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Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Religious Trusts and Endowments (Independent Charge) Shri Dharmendra Singh Lodhi, Minister of State for Forest, Environment Shri Dilip Ahirwar, MP Khajuraho Shri V.D. Sharma, Principal Secretary Culture and Tourism Shri Sheo Shekhar Shukla and a large number of art lovers and common people became witnesses of the historic moment.

It may be noted that the performance of 1,282 tabla players playing simultaneously in the Tal Darbar programme under the Tansen Samaroh in the world music city Gwalior, a month and a half ago, had set a record for Madhya Pradesh in the ‘Guinness Book of World Records’.
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Sagar Watch - February 20, 2024 0

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Sagar Watch/ Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav said that Khajuraho dance festival is celebrated to preserve and promote Indian culture. The temples of Khajuraho proudly display the glorious history dating back to over 1000 years. 

Chief Minister Dr. Yadav was addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 50th Khajuraho Dance Festival in Khajuraho. Chief Minister Dr. Yadav said that the world is getting acquainted with the glorious tradition of Indian culture through the Khajuraho dance festival. In the coming time it will be done in a more grand and divine form. Chief Minister Dr. Yadav inaugurated the Prajwalankar Nritya Samaroha.

Madhya Pradesh State Rupankar Art Award

Chief Minister Dr. Yadav also gave Madhya Pradesh State Rupankar Art Award. The awards are 

  • Devkrishna Jatashankar Joshi Award for Bhil Pithora-Gatla Dev to Sushri Kamta Bai, Bhopal, 
  • Mukund Sakharam Bhand Award for Deer and Child to Roshni Shyam, Bhopal, 
  • Syed Haider Raza Award to Shri Jhumuk Das Manikpuri Bhopal for Untitled-6, 
  • Dattatreya Damodar Devlalikar Award for Untitled to Anoop Shivhare Gwalior, 
  • Jagdish Swaminathan Award to Balwant Singh Bhadauria Gwalior for City Scape-1, 
  • Vishnu Chinchalkar Award to Umendra Verma Gwalior for Shiv Sadhna-1, 
  • The Narayan Shridhar Bendre Award for Anurag Jadiya Gwalior For Yatra-2,  Raghunath Krishnarao Phadke Award to Divya Vyas Khargone got for Bhaye Pragat Kripala,
  • Ram Manohar Sinha Award to Shikha Goyal Indore and  
  • Lakshmi Shankar Rajput Awardto Akshay Sakala Dewas for Why I'm So Curious.

Chief Minister Dr. Yadav also dedicated the book ‘Sopan’ and coffee table book Bundelkhand based on various aspects of Khajuraho dance festival. Chief Minister Dr. Yadav gave various gifts of development to Khajuraho during the programme. 

Chief Minister Dr. Yadav announced to build Allopathic Hospital, Ayurvedic College and Hospital in Khajuraho. He also announced to make Khajuraho Municipal Council a municipality on the basis of population ratio.

Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture, Tourism and Religious Trust and Religion, Shri Dharmendra Lodhi underlined the contribution of Khajuraho dance festival while explaining the importance of Indian Sanatan culture. 

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MP Shri V.D. Sharma said that Khajuraho is the land of spirituality and art. On behalf of the people of Khajuraho, he expressed gratitude to Chief Minister Dr. Yadav for giving the country’s first Gurukul to Khajuraho for training in tribal and folk arts.

Principal Secretary Culture and Tourism Shri Sheo Shekhar Shukla presented the outline of the programme while informing about the glorious history of Khajuraho dance festival. 

On this occasion, Minister of State for Forest and Environment Shri Dilip Ahirwar, local MLA, local administration and concerned officials along with a large number of art lovers were present.

Padmashri Ranjana Gauhar’s presentation

An Odissi dance choreographed by Padmashri Ranjana Gauhar was presented at the inauguration of the 50th Khajuraho dance festival. The presentation was an expression of the intense love and devotion towards Lord Kashi Vishweshwar. 

The presentation was a demonstration of the love for Lord Kashi Vishweshwar which if understood it would be easier to understand the cycle of birth and death. The presentation reflected the holy Maa Ganga and the glory of the Trishul.

The presentation was composed in Raga Asavari and presented in Tal Khemta. After this, Sakhi He Keshi Mathan Mudram was presented in Raga Pahari and Taal Jaat followedby presentation of Raas Rang in Raga Mishra Khamaj Taal Ektali-Khemta. 

Those in the presentation included Shri Saroj Mohanty as singer, Shri Praful Mangaraj on Mardal, Shri Dheeraj Pandey on flute, Shri Agnimitra Behera on violin and Shri Pradeept Moharana on Khol/Mangira.

The Odissi dance performance by Padmashri Ranjana Gauhar was followed by the Bharatnatyam performance by Sushri Sudhana Shankar and group, New Delhi. The presentation began with the Devi Stuti followed by Draupadi and Murli Naad Sunayo.

 In this presentation, Shri Sujesh Menon accompanied as singer, Mangala Vaidyanathan on violin and Prajesh Nair on Mridangam.

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Sagar Watch - January 09, 2024 0

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Sagar Watch/  Dohela Mahotsav is organized every year at the fort grounds of Khurai. Preparations are underway for the famous three-day Dohela Mahotsav to be organized on Makar Sankranti.

Playback singer Shaan alias Shantanu Mukherjee will perform on the first day of Dohela Mahotsav-2024 on 14 January 2024. Shaan has hosted programs like Saaregamapa.

Playback singer Nikhita Gandhi will perform on the second day of the program i.e. 15th January.

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Playback singer Tulsi Kumar will perform on the third day of the program. Tulsi Kumar Late, owner of India's famous T-Series company. She is the daughter of Shri Gulshan Kumar. About 500 people will handle the security arrangements in the cultural program.

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