AVADHANAM

One can always visit wikipedia and find out more about Indian more specifically the Telugu cultural program Avadhanam.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avadhanam


I recently attended this program given by Dr. Garikipati Narasimha Rao and I was totally engrossed in the evening delight that ran for more than 3 1/2 hour s. This Ashtavadhanam had 8 Pruchhakas , 8, all well read pandits cross firing the expert.

There are four rounds of questioning done by the prucchakas and the answers to questions are all in poetic language. As he started, I could not follow the meaning of the entire verse, but to my relief, he explained the verses with such details that even a layman could follow and learn from it. He not only answered the questions beautifully but they were also filled with ideas, knowledge from the vedas and the mythological stories, his own life experiences, and last but never the least his timing of humor was incredible.

The eight prucchakas are incharge of the following roles:

  • Nishiddhakshari
  • Samasyapurnam
  • Dattapadi
  • Vyastakshari
  • Varnana
  • Chandassambhashanam
  • Aprastutaprasanga
  • Kavyavaachanam

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