Performance details:
Pushpanjali: It is the first dance in bharatanatyam. It's the salutations to the lord of dance Natraja, the guru, the musician and the audience. The dancer holds flowers to pray the trinity of gods, godesses, ashtadikpalas and scholars of dance. The pushpanjali is set in ragam Jog , composed by M.S. Sukhi.

Shivastuti: It depicts the various attributes of lord Shiva. The song elaborates Shiva as the distroyer of all the sorrows and pains of life and the one who provide moksha. Shivastuti is set to ragam Sumanasa ranjini, taalam Aadi and composed by Shri Kartik Hebbar.

Rajarajeshwari Ashtakam:
It explains the  attributes of the godess along with her protecting nature. There is elaboted explanation of various incarnations of the godess Rajarajeshwari. It's set in Raagamalika, taalam Aadi, composed by  great saint Shri Aadi Shankaracharya.

Koustabh Dhar, son of Sri Shyamal Dhar and Smt. Mousumi Dhar, started learning tabla at the age of six years from Legendary Tabla Maestro of Farukhabad Gharana, Pandit Sanjay Mukherjee. He achieved CCRT Junior National Scholarship on 2019. He has performed at Kolkata Doordarshan's program ANKUR as a child artist. He has performed at one of the most prestigious stage of India, Sangeet Piyasi Annual Festival 2022 also.  He secured positions in many Classical Music Competitions like 1st position at Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh Memorial Tabla Competition (2018), 1st position at Tabla Competition organized by Chetla Murari Smriti Sangeet Sammilani(2018) and 1st position at Medha Annesan organized by Sutanuti Parishad(2022). 

PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION:
This is a rendition of Teentaal by Koustabh Dhar. The Recital will start with SURUAT, which is also called Peshkar. Then a KAYDANGA CHALAN, some KAYDAS, RELAS, GATS, TUKRAS AND CHAKRADARS will be played.

Rajarshi Chatterjee  will perform raag Shyam Kalyan . A gat in Roopak taal followed by drut teentaal. 

Gharana: Etawa Imdadi Gharana

Guru: Taking taalim under Sri Subhranil Sarkar
Started training under Sri Ajoy Sarkar

DOB: 11 February, 2001

Educational qualification: Graduate in B.A Indian Classical Music (Instrumental) from Rabindra Bharati University (First class first in instrumental music) passed in 2022
 
Studying M.A in Indian Classical Music (Instrumental) in RBU

Achievements:

Performed sitar recital in many parts of the country

Performed sitar recital in Govt. programmes in Bangla Academy Dhaka Bangladesh and Madhumela in Jassore Bangladesh.

Junior National Scholarship in Indian Classical Music 2013.

Played at AIR (Shishumahal) in 2015.
Stood 1st at Bharat Sanskriti Utsab .