India�s Light Classical Music Treat

Shaila Hattangadi and her sisters, Nirmala Jaishnkar and Shobhana Rao treated the audience with breathtaking and spiritual music pieces. The sole light classical, Ghazal and Thumri male singer Arun Gulwali accompanied the performers.

Before the show started, the Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Culture Development, Thapelo Olopeng, who was accompanied by the Assistant Minister of Health and Wellness, Dikgang Makgalemele, and the India High Commissioner, Ketan Shukla, lit a lamp. The lighting of the lamp is part of the Indian spiritual belief. It is said to cleanse the mind and bring purity to it.