Numtv.com is proud to bring to your home the Annual Chennai Music Festival 2004. Chennai music and dance festival is a celebration of classical music and dance of South India (Carnatic Music) held during mid December to mid January in the capital city of Chennai. The festival is held at a number of venues around the city by various sabhas or organizations. Numtv.com will be covering major concerts.

Numtv.com will be telecasting around 60 concerts live and archived through the website beginning 9th December 2004. Many famous Carnatic Artistes such as Unnikrishnan and Sowmya will be part of this presentation and the offering will also include dance programs and stage dramas by eminent troupes. All the concerts will be streamed in broadband which would offer a TV experience to viewers from all around the world. An entire list of artistes and their performing dates is available in the website.

Numtv.com is the only portal in the world to offer this unique service and brings to the world the city of Chennai. The city comes alive with the festival which has now developed into a cultural extravaganza with more than 2000 participants. Performances include Vocal and Instrumental music, dance - solo and group, both by junior and senior artistes. Even upcoming artists get a chance to perform along with well-established artists. The music includes songs in various South Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu and Kannada and instruments like Flute, 'Veena', a large string instrument 'Goottuvadyam' (similar to Veena but out frets), 'Nagaswaram'- (pipe), 'Thavil' (percussion instrument), 'Mridangam' (drum), and - even 'Ghatam' (a mud pot).

Well, here is the deal. You can foot couple of grands down, fly to Chennai, India and attend the  Annual Chennai Music Festival. Even then you may not get the best seats! Or you can log on to www.numtv.com and watch the best artists of Carnatic music and dance right in the comfort of your room,  best seats are guaranteed. Besides, an exclusive offer for Lokvani readers- get 10% off your bill of $29.95!

To take advantage of this incredible offer, call Kartiq Subramanian, Blazeway-Pentamedia, 201-562-2599 or go to www.numtv.com

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