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Co-ordinators
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Thane |
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Smt. Mahalakshmi Padmanabhan
 A
State Bank of India employee
for about two decades,
Mahalakshmi has been the
Swaranjali coordinator since
its inception in Thane (20th
March 2004).
She takes keen
interest in the smooth
conduction of Swaranjali
Programmes of Thane. Under
her supervision, the Thane Swaranjali has been
participating in Mission
bhajan Programmes, including
MeeRadha, a grand musical.
Recently (25th March 2007),
the group had performed for
the GSB Association at
Matunga.
Mahalakshmi, besides being a
singing member of the
Swaranjali group, shows keen
interest in Chinmaya
Mission’s family Sadhana
Camps too. She is fond of
reading and listening to
music. She has been trained
in Carnatic music.
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Shri Ram Dixit
 Shri Ram Dixit – a very well
accomplished Hindustani
classical singer is a
disciple of the great
maestro Pt. Jasraj. Dixitji
has been associated with the
Swaranjali since its
inception. He teaches the
Swaranjali Junior (children)
and Senior (adults) groups.
Under his guidance, Thane
Swaranjali has performed
many bhajan Programmes. One
of the highlights of the
Thane Swaranjali is
“Mee Radha” – a 1½-hour
ballet performed on the 11th
of December 2005 at Gadkari
Rangayatan. Dixitji did the
entire music choreography
for this event.
Dixitji, besides being a
music teacher in a
well-known school in Thane,
has been associated with
Times Music. He had composed
music for many of their
produced albums.
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Pune |
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Sushant Sunil Bhide
Sushant Bhide
has been involved with Chinmaya
Mission since childhood. He
has just completed Visharad
in Tabla. He is presently
studying Engineering in Pune.
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Goa |
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Br. Kedar Chaitanya
 Br. Kedar Chaitanya was
associated with Chinmaya
Mission from his childhood
through Chinmaya Bala Vihars
in Madgaon. After his
graduation he completed his
two-year Vedanta Training
Course in the year 2000 from
Sandeepany Sadhanalaya,
Powai, Mumbai. Since then,
he has served Chinmaya
Mission centres in
Chandrapur, Maharashtra and
Madgaon. Presently he is the
Acharya-In-Charge of
Chinmaya Mission Ponda, Goa.
He conducts Shravan Sadhanas
on Bhagawad Geeta, Vedanta
Prakarna Granthas and Tulsi
Ramayan in his center, apart
from other mission
activities.
Br. Kedarji has a flair for
singing and teaching bhajans.
His bhajans have a magical
power of touching the hearts
of his listeners and
transporting them into the
heights of devotion. He has
an audio-cassette and an
audio CD ‘Bhakti Vandana’ to
his credit. He has been learning
Hindustani classical music
from Shri Gaurish Talvadkar
of Borim, Ponda, Goa for
last 1 year. Kedarji is a
talented musician.
He has learned the Tabla for 2½
years in his childhood.
Pujya Guruji always prefers
Kedarji to accompany him on
tabla for his bhajans.
Kedarji also plays the harmonium
and mouth organ
effortlessly.
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Dr. Mrs.
Anita Naik
Dr. Anita Naik has completed
her Visharad in Hindustani
classical music (Vocal) from
Gandharva Maha Vidyalaya.
She has also appeared for
the 1st exam of Alankar
(post-graduation). She is
presently studying under Pt.
Ramarao Nayak of Madgaon,
and has sung in many
programmes in Goa.
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Noida |
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Smt. Asha Bhartiya
 Smt. Asha Bhartiya has
learnt a bit of music during
her college days. Though she
does not have a deep knowledge
of music, she is keenly
interested in singing bhajans.
She has been a volunteer at Chinmaya
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