Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath & Priya Purushothaman: Purva Kalyan / Purvi Kalyani

The "Piece de Resistance" of the Meeting Rivers concert where Aishwarya and Priya perform a composition entitled "Vandenisham Bharata Mataram Vasudhaabharanam" written by ace Carnatic violinist RK Shriramkumar specially for the occasion of the Indian Republic Day, January 26, the day of this concert. Glimpses of Ragams Nattai, Behag and Suruti are intermingled with Raags Jog, Bihag and Des through this beautifully meandering piece. Priya and Aishwarya were accompanied by Vittal Rangan on violin, BC Manjunath on mridangam, Yuji Nakagawa on sarangi and Yogeesh Bhat on tabla. Tanpura/tambura support was provided by Nishtha Naimpally and Shiv Prasad respectively.