Pandit Partho Sarothy during his sarod recital in the music programme of Swaraanand Partishthan’ held at the Ravindra Kalabhavan in Mangaluru on December 14, 2025. He was accompanied by Ashis Paul on Tabla and Karthik on Tanpura
| Photo Credit: H.S. Manjunath
As the bright winter sun lit up the stage on Sunday (December 14, 2025) morning, Pandit Partho Sarothy mesmerised the audience in Mangaluru with his sublime sarod recital.
Pt. Sarothy’s performance was part of Swaraanand Pratishthan’s Baithak music programme held at the University’s College’s Ravindra Kalabhavan.
Pt. Sarothy started with compositions in the meditative morning raag, Bairagi. The hour-long segment in pentatonic scale (five notes per octane), took audience to a meditative state. The effortless way in which the veteran artiste moved between high and low octane tones was well appreciated by the audience. Ashis Paul’s jhaptaal beats on the tabla complemented Pt. Sarothy’s sublime presentation.
After a 15-minute break, Pt. Sarothy resumed concert and presented compositions set to another morning raag, Ahir Bhairav, for about an hour.
The audience swayed in appreciation of Pt. Sarothy’s rendition and joined in sync. Some even closed their eyes
Local artiste Karthik accompanied Pt. Sarothy on the tanpura.
Appreciating the audience involvement in the concert, Pt. Sarothy, said he experienced a special energy. “It was a nice experience. It is difficult for me to express my happiness. I would like to come back again and perform here,” Pt. Sarothy said in admiration of music lovers gathered at the venue.
On Saturday (December 13) evening, Pt. Sarothy had presented evening raags in his nearly three-hour concert at the same venue.
Published – December 14, 2025 03:44 pm IST
