Classical Music and Live Art for a cause

Hyderabad, December 25, 2025: Triveni Season 3, the Annual Music Festival, will be held on January 4, 2026, at 7:00 PM at Ravindra Bharati, Hyderabad. It will be organised by Surmandal, the city based 57 years old Cultural organisation.  Surmandal has played a pivotal role in turning Hyderabad into a classical music capital. This Hyderabad-based cultural organisation, dedicated to Indian classical music and dance, was founded in 1969 by Mohan Hemmadi with the blessings of the legendary Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.
Triveni Season 3 will be a convergence of Music, Art and Compassion. It blends Classical Music and Live Art for a Cause. It also celebrates Surmandal’s 57 Years with Kaushiki Chakraborty Concert.
This marks the third edition of the Triveni Festival and coincides with the 57th anniversary of Surmandal, the institution that has played a seminal role in transforming Hyderabad into a capital of Indian classical music.
Conceptualised by the Founder President of Surmandal, Mohan Hemmadi, Triveni stands as a celebration of India’s rich classical legacy and pays homage to the legendary stalwarts of Indian classical music — Ravi Shankar, Bhimsen Joshi, and M. S. Subbulakshmi — while also honouring the lifelong dedication of Anuradha Hemmadi and Mohan Hemmadi to the preservation and promotion of Indian culture.
Triveni Season 3 will feature the mesmerising Kaushiki Chakraborty, one of the foremost exponents of the Patiala gharana and among the most celebrated voices of Indian classical music today. Her illustrious career has taken Hindustani classical music to prestigious global stages such as Carnegie Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall. Beyond classical recitals, she has collaborated with composer A. R. Rahman, featured on MTV Coke Studio India, and lent her voice to Bengali and Tamil films. In 2015, she founded Sakhi, India’s first all-women Indian classical ensemble celebrating womanhood through music and dance, and later launched Anubhuti, a fusion project that reinterprets classical motifs for contemporary audiences. She will be accompanied by eminent accompanists Shri Yashwanth Vaishnav on tabla, Shri Murad Ali on sarangi, and Shri Tanmay Deochake on harmonium.
Adding a deeply meaningful artistic dimension to the evening, renowned Hyderabad-based painter Sachin Jaltare will create a live artwork during the concert, drawing inspiration from the music being performed on stage. The artwork will be used to support Sparsh Hospice, a centre for terminally ill cancer patients that provides compassionate end-of-life care completely free of cost, supported by the Rotary Club of Banjara Hills. Sparsh Hospice was a cause very close to Mohan Hemmadi’s heart, and Surmandal is honoured to extend its support to this noble initiative.