DD Bharti woos audience with monsoon ragas

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Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi  August 20, 2014 Last Updated at 22:50 IST

DD Bharti woos audience with monsoon ragas

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Viewers of Doordarshan's art and culture channel DD Bharati will soon get to hear monsoon ragas rendered by two of the country's finest musicians. 

The national channel has planned a music festival 'Barkha Ritu' where two eminent Hindustani musicians - Pandit Chhannulal Mishra and Pandit Shivkumar Sharma will enchant music lovers with monsoon ragas, a statement by the channel released here said. 

Sharma on the santoor is being aired on 24th August while Mishra on vocals will be telecast on August 30th, it said. 

The channel has also planned special programmes on the occasion of the birth centenary of the doyen of Indian theatre - Sombhu Mitra. 

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