Sudha Ragunathan

Looking forward to this beautiful blend of music that we are curating for you, our Mumbai rasikas.

5 June…. World Environment Day…. a reminder of our responsibilities in nurturing and protecting Mother Earth for all the abundance that is given to us free every second!

A few years ago, my Samudhaaya Foundation had launched Project Amrithavarshini along with Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) to restore three ponds –around the areas of Tiruvaiyaru and Tiruvannamalai – Ayyanarkulam, Nandikulam and Oothukulam that had suffered from years of neglect, w**d infestation, and accumulation of plastic waste and heavy silt. Today they store all the rainwater and are doing ecologically well, giving me a lingering happiness.

Under the same project I had sung at Bengalooru for the Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust . A few days back when I was at Bengalooru, I happened stay in a place that overlooked the Puttenahalli lake…and I could not help breaking into a song, happy to see it shimmering so gently.

Let us do our bit whenever we can and make 5 June a day for celebration rather than a reminder of our responsibilities!

Happy green thumbs!

Sudhaarnava - Academy for Musical Excellence

Many times, when I catch quiet corners to unwind, the mind does not rest and goes into a rewind mode. Am ever grateful to the two souls - my mother and my guru MLV amma who infused into me and who chiseled me…with the attribute of resilience that has brought me thus far with confidence!

So, when I was approached sometime in early Dec 2025 by Radhika Anand for this commemoration event Guru Vandanam, now in its 8th edition, to be the mentor, I simply could not say NO - as it was celebrating the very people who I hold close to my heart. My calendar revealed that I had no breathing space between a long haul flight from the US for another back to back flight immediately to get into the event. It was daunting…but when you surrender to the Almighty and let him guide the way, magic happens.

Guruvandanam - Team Mohana Dubai led by Radhika and Anand were simply remarkable in their planning of such a huge show. With over 45 music teachers from Dubai and around and 325 of their wards, it was an amazing show of talent and love for Carnatic music. I was happy to have Kanyama from our MLV fraternity with me and it was sheer bliss to experience 'The Strings of Harmony' and Vadya Vrunda under her mentorship.

My student Ramya Srinivasan has shown complete dedication and commitment to see this project through and is definitely a part of the success story.

My one hour concert was planned with choice picks from the treasure house of repertoire that MLV amma has left behind. The accompanying artists Siva Teja on the violin, NJ Nandagopal on the mridangam and N. Amruth Kumar on the morsing and I were sitting together for the first time with no prior rehearsals and they so wonderfully rose to the occasion. The visuals speak for themselves.

For me mentoring, compering for the event, guiding and supervising the live show was so fulfilling. Events as humungous as these take months of meticulous planning and kudos to Team Mohana for putting together a wonderful show.

Our music is definitely in safe hands. May the legacies of the grand gurus continue!

Sudhaarnava - Academy for Musical Excellence
Guruvandanam - Team Mohana Dubai

A peek into the prelude of ‘Guru Vandanam’ premiering this evening at Dubai, a labour of love by Team Mohana! The legacy continues and our music will live forever with such dedicated souls to carry it forward! I #

gurusishyaparampara

When the blue elephant and it’s little one get all the attention!

Her music is evergreen, her music is forever! Gratitude until my last and beyond for her blessings and tutelage! This program is more an ode to my legendary guru MLV amma and her rich and grand legacy!

Greatly looking forward to being a part of this beautiful and joyful event that will have the walls and the ambience echo with her voice, her spirit and her blessings!

Sudhaarnava - Academy for Musical Excellence


Shri gurubyoh namaha!