Students perform Harikatha during the Sixth Institute Day, 1965

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Cultural Events , Institute Events , Student Activities

The Institute Days had entertainment and cultural events as part of their schedule. They consisted of dances, plays and music. An article written by T. C. A. Ramanujam in The Hindu describes Harikatha: “Harikatha as an art form can be traced back to the Ramayana days. Harikatha involves narration of a story intermingling songs relating to the story.”

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0268 under the ID: 001/0268/IMG_0158

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Sixth Institute Day, 1965

Photograph ID:

001/0025/IMG_0779_1

Album ID:

0025

Date:

4 April 1965

Place:

Open Air Theatre (OAT)

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1936-2002). A geologist by qualification, Gourishankar started his career as a photographer after working for many years with the Geological Survey of India. In everything that he did, Gourishankar strove to achieve flawlessness and impeccable quality. Thus his photography too was characterised by this drive for perfection. Every photograph that Gourishankar took was meticulously planned and shot and printed with diligence and patience. Gourishankar carried out most of the official photography at IIT Madras in the 1960s.

Event:

Sixth Institute Day