INDIAN FINE ARTS ACADEMY of SAN DIEGO's 12th ANNUAL MUSIC AND DANCE FESTIVAL
Episodes From ‘Jaya Jaya Devi’ 

dAkSAyaNi

King dakSan decides to perform a yagña, and invites every god except his son-in-law, s’iva. His daughter, dAkSAyaNi is very unhappy that has invited everyone except her husband, and much against s’iva’s advice, she goes to her father to ask for justice. dakSan ridicules s’iva, and dAkSAyaNi, unable to bear the insult, wishes she was born to a better father and commits suicide, burning to death in the holy fire.

Ragas: mAyAmALavagauLa, kharaharapriya, vAcaspati, nAgasvaravaLi, hamsanAdam, aThANa, sucaritra, rEvati, mukhAri

Dance Choreography: Rohini Herur, Suman Nayak & Neha Patel

Performers:
dAkSAyaNi — Rohini Herur,
s’Ivan — Suman Nayak,
dakSan—Neha Patel,
vIrabhadran — Deepti Bhogle,
sakhi—Siri Herur & Keerti Tadimeti,
sakhi/deva — Advika Nittoor, Arthi Selvaraj, Yogitha Shastri & Sumana Srinivas