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Infosys Foundation Anupu Festival 2016 Venue: Amphi Theatre

December 9, 10 & 11, 2016

(Archeological Monument Site)

(Friday, Saturday & Sunday)

Anupu Near Nagarjuna Sagar Andhra Pradesh

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Infosys Foundation Anupu Festival - 2016

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ocated to the South of Nagarjuna Sagar town, Anupu is a site of Buddhist excavations reconstructed to perfection with extreme care and effort. During the construction of the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, the ruins of an ancient Buddhist university were excavated along with several monasteries. These ruins were subsequently reconstructed on 80 hectares at Anupu by the Archaeological Survey of India. Today, Anupu is a place of great historical significance with three main structures – an ancient Buddhist university, a Hariti temple and an amphi theatre magnificent enough to transport you to a bygone era.

Anupu is a fine specimen of Buddhist architecture and a wonderful place to experience the ancient Buddhist culture.

To celebrate the spirit of Anupu, Infosys Foundation is organizing a three-day cultural festival in front of the Anupu amphi theatre after approximately 1,600 years. In this unique festival there will be fifteen events featuring more than 350 distinguished artistes who will present different art forms including music, dance, folk art and theatre.

Over 15 art professionals will take part in the festival in creating a landscape of Anupu, which is an added attraction to the main event.

Join us with family and friends to celebrate the heritage and culture of Anupu.

Anupu can be reached by crossing the police check-post after the newly constructed bridge via the Boat Launch Station. Boating facility is also available at Anupu on small fishing boats.

Cover page back drop: Limestone - Ayakpata showing the transportation of Siddhartha’s head gear (crown) to heaven by the Gods accompanied by musicians.

Infosys Foundation Anupu Festival - 2016 Programme : Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 10.30 am A three day Artist camp begins on the topic : 'Landscape of Anupu' by the artists of Jawaharlal National Architect & Fineart University, Hyderabad.

Venue: Matha Sarovar Resort, Nagarjuna Sagar,, Vijayapuri South, Andhra Pradesh 522439 Inauguration of Festival & all other cultural events Venue : Anupu Amphi Theatre Site

3.30 pm Inauguration : Offering flowers to Gautam Buddha image

by Buddha Vihar Monks and Guests Dr. Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation Sri. Binod Hampapur, EVP, Infosys

4.00 pm

Andhra folk dance ▪ Tappeta Gullu ▪ Veera Natyam ▪ Garagalu 5.00 pm

Concert : Nadaswaram ▪ Sheik Yakub Saheb ▪ Sheik Bade Saheb & party 6.00 pm

‘Deepa Tarangini' Dance Programme by the artists of Sri Rama Nataka Niketan, Secunderabad.

Direction : Smt. Manjula Ramaswamy

Infosys Foundation Anupu Festival - 2016 Saturday, December 10, 2016 4.30 pm

Cultural events ▪ Cultural program by Infosys Team

5.00 pm

Concert : Veena - Violin ▪ Vidwan D. Srinivas - Veena ▪ Vidwan K. Venkata Krishna - Violin ▪ Sri. Parupalli Phalgun - Mridangam ▪ Sri. R. Srikkanth - Kanjeera

6.00 pm

Kuchipudi Dance Recital : ‘Bhama Kalapam’ Sri Vedantam Radheshyam and group

7.00 pm

Dance Ballet ‘Chandalika’ Direction : Sri. B.R.Vikram Kumar (Nataraja Music & Dance Academy, Visakhapatnam)

Infosys Foundation Anupu Festival - 2016 Sunday, December 11, 2016 4.00 pm

Folk dance from Telegana ▪ Oggo dance ▪ Dappu dance ▪ Bonalu dance ▪ Gussadi dance ▪ Lambadi dance & Mathuri dance (Sponsored by Dept. of Language & Culture, Telangana State)

5.30 pm

Cultural events ▪ Cultural program by Infosys Team

5.45 pm

Concert : Vocal Duet Carnatic music devotional songs by Vishnubhatla Sisters Smt. V. Saraswathi and Smt. V. Krishnaveni Accompanied by Shri B.V.S. Prasad - Mrudungum, Shri S. Hanumanth Rao - Ghatam Shri R. Dinakar - Violin

6.15 pm

Dance Ballet : ‘Vasavadatta’ Rinda Saranya Group, Hyderabad Direction : Guru Yashoda

Infosys Foundation Anupu Festival - 2016 Artist Camp Topic : ‘Landscape of Anupu'

Priti Samyukta

Rambabu Y

Bhargavilatha MVS Dinesh Kumar J

Shashikala B

Sravanthi G

Md Asgar Ali

Meghana Shinde

Nagamani KV

Prasanthi A

Ramani

Shridevi S

Subhashini V

Taviti Raju. T

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Uma Maheswari A

Acknowledgements: ▪ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru ▪ Infosys, Hyderabad ▪ Archaeological Survey of India ▪ Department of Language and Culture, Telangana ▪ Jawaharlal National Architect and Fine Arts University, Telangana How to reach festival site? Please use this road map.

Route Map

Route to : Amphi Theatre, (Archeological Monument Site) Anupu, Near Nagarjuna Sagar, Andhra Pradesh-522426, India