The Greentown Indian Cultural Society Ipoh organised two special events on May 21. In the morning, there was an enthusiastic turnout of over 100 participants for a special Yoga session for Stress and Anger Management. This event was led by Yoga Master Kempchand Gupta, currently the yoga master at Nethaji Subash Chandra Bose Indian Cultural Centre in Kuala Lumpur who arrived that morning with his team. Master Kempchand who hails from Mumbai, India accorded all participants a Certificate of Participation at the end of the event.
In the evening, classical music lovers were enthralled by the mesmerizing voice of Vidwan Sundarajaan from Andankoil, South India. His rendition of classical and devotional songs was accompanied by Vainika Smt Jayalakshmi Premkumar on the veena, Vidwan Suresh Panjanathan on the Mridangam, Vidwan Hari Chandran Panjanathan on the Gatham and Vidwan Darmen Krisnan on the Ganjira. Vidwan Sundarajaan is the vocal guru of Nethaji Subash Chandra Bose Indian Cultural Center Kuala Lumpur. Vidwan Sundarajaan has been in Malaysia on and off since 2002, conducting classical music lessons. Many of his former students also attended the event.
Both events were held at Nattukottai Cettiar Temple Hall in Jalan Lahat, Ipoh. This double-event was jointly organised together with Nethaji Subash Chandra Bose Indian Cultural Centre Kuala Lumpur, High Commission of India to Kuala Lumpur and Majlis Kebudayaan Negeri Perak.
