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- Carnatica’s Director Ramanathan Iyer welcomes the gathering (Oct 30th, 2008)
- Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt lights the kuthivilakku as Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam, Mr.Sabaretnam and Father Jegath Gasper Raj watch
- A section of the audience
- Father Jegath Gasper Raj addresses the audience
- Father Gasper Raj receives a memento
- Mr.Sabaretnam addresses the audience
- R.M.K.Sivakumar receives a memento
- Carnatica’s Founder-Director Vidwan K.N.Shashikiran addresses the gathering
- R.M.K.Sivakumar releases the Bharat Sangeet Utsav t-shirts
- The audience
- Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt on the Mohan Veena with Shri Ravindra Yavagal on the Tabla
- Panditji in concert
- Panditji in concert
- Panditji in concert
- Carnatica’s Director Ramanathan Iyer welcomes the gathering. Seated on the stage are Carnatica’s Founder-Director Vidwan K.N.Shashikiran, Dr.Nalli Kuppuswami Chetty, Shri M.S.Prakash (GM, Indian Overseas Bank) and Smt.C.K.Gariyali (IAS). (Oct 31th, 2008)
- Vidwan K.N.Shashikiran lights the kuthivilakku
- Dr.Nalli Kuppuswami Chetty addresses the gathering
- Sanjay Subrahmanyan in concert
- Sangita Kalanidhi Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan in concert
- TNS in concert
- TNS in concert
- Bhushany Kalyanaraman in concert
- Bhushany Kalyanaraman in concert
- Sikkil Gurucharan in concert (Nov. 1st)
- Gurucharan accompanied by Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalapuram Sivaraman on the mridangam and V.V.Ravi on the violin.
- Vijay Siva in concert (Nov. 1st)
- Vijay Siva with R.K.Shriram Kumar (Violin) and Manoj Siva (Mridangam)
- Maestro M.S.Gopalakrishnan with Dr.Narmadha and J.Vaidyanathan (Mridangam) on Nov. 1st
- MSG in concert (Nov. 1st)
- Saketharaman with Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin). Trivandrum Balaji (Mridangam) and K.V.Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira) on Nov. 2nd
- Saketharaman in concert
- Gowri Ramnarayan during her thematic presentation with Sangeetha Sivakumar (Nov. 2nd)
- Sangeetha Sivakumar with Dr.Hemalatha (Violin), Ganapathyraman (Mridangam) and B.S.Purushottaman (Kanjira)
- Anita Ratnam’s dance troupe (Nov. 2nd)
- Anita Ratnam strikes a pose during her performance
- Suchitra performs Harikatha (Nov. 3rd)
- Priya Sisters in concert with M.A.Krishnaswamy (Violin), Patri Sathishkumar (Mridangam) and B.S.Purushottaman (Kanjira) on Nov. 3rd
- Unnikrishnan in concert with Embar Kannan (Violin), Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam (Mridangam) and Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam) on Nov. 3rd
- Amritha Murali with Padma Shankar (Violin) and B.Ganapathyraman (Mridangam) on Nov. 5th
- Neyveli Santhanagopalan with M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Umayalapuram Sivaraman (Mridangam) and B.S.Purushottaman (Kanjira) on Nov. 5th
- Maestro Lalgudi Jayaraman receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Consul General Andrew Simkin. Also seen are Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetty and Cleveland V.V.Sundaram (Nov 9th)
- Other awardees with maestro Lalgudi Jayaraman and dignitaries. Also seen is Vidwan K.N.Shashikiran
- Vidwan T.V.Sankaranarayanan receiving the Consistent Performer of the Decade Award
- Aruna Sairam receiving the People’s Choice Award
- Sudha Ragunathan receiving the Icon of the Year Award
- Bombay Sisters receiving the Best Duo Performers Award
- Nagai Muralidharan receiving the Violinist of the Year Award
- Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam receiving the Percussionist of the Year Award
- Srimushnam Raja Rao receiving the Personality of the Year Award
- Ghatam Karthick receiving the Support Artist of the Year Award
- Master Balamuralikrishna receiving the Young Star Award
