Shivaganga Sangeetha Parishath

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Sivaganga Sangeetha Parishad is a charitable trust established in 2000 with the blessings of Satguru Sri Sivananda Murty. Through its cultural wing, Andhra Music Academy, the organisation is dedicated to the promotion, study, research, and dissemination of Indian classical music and dance.

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About Shivaganga Sangeetha Parishath

Sivaganga Sangeetha Parishad was founded in 2000 as a charitable trust to nurture and preserve India’s classical music and dance traditions. The institution was established under the guidance and blessings of Satguru Sri Sivananda Murty, reflecting a vision rooted in cultural continuity and scholarly engagement.

Functioning prominently through the Andhra Music Academy, the organization has played a consistent role in presenting structured festivals, lecture-demonstrations, and curated performances featuring eminent senior musicians as well as promising younger artists.

The academy has been led by distinguished administrators and academicians, including Sri R. Prabhakar Rao, I.P.S. (Retd.), who served as president, and Sri Seshaiah Sastry, former principal of Sri Thyagaraja Government Music College, Hyderabad, who served as secretary.

Among its major initiatives are

Annual Music & Dance Festivals featuring leading performers and scholars
Conferment of prestigious titles such as Sangeeta Vidyanidhi and Natya Vidyanidhi
Organisation of the Swara Samarat Festival (SSF)
Regional Dusserah mini-festivals titled Sarada Sangeetothsavam

Through these activities, the Parishad has established itself as a significant cultural body supporting both performance and scholarship within the classical arts ecosystem.

History

Since their inception in 2000, Sivaganga Sangeetha Parishad and Andhra Music Academy have steadily expanded their cultural footprint across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Over the years, the Academy has conferred the title Sangeeta Vidyanidhi on eminent musicians such as

The title Natya Vidyanidhi has been conferred on distinguished dance exponents, including:

Vempati Chinna Satyam
Nataraja Ramakrishna
Padma Subrahmanyam
Yamini Krishnamurthy
Sobha Naidu
Swapnasundari

During the Dusserah season, the Academy conducts Sarada Sangeetothsavam, a series of mini music festivals held across cities such as Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Machilipatnam, Ananthapur, Kakinada, Vijayawada, Nellore, and Guntur.

At these festivals, senior scholars and musicians are honoured with the Sarada Sangeeta Puraskaram, reinforcing the organisation’s long-standing commitment to recognition and preservation of classical excellence.

Through sustained programming, artist recognition, and festival curation — including the Swara Samarat Festival (SSF) — Sivaganga Sangeetha Parishad continues to function as an important institutional pillar in the classical music and dance landscape of South India.