
‘Margazhi Matram’ arts festival begins
The Hindu
Events to be livestreamed today
The second edition of Marghazhi Matram (“Marghazhi with a change”) is under way in the city.
The five-day hybrid event featuring artistes, who are persons with disabilities, will be streamed live for three days on the YouTube channel of SciArtsRUs from Sunday.
The event is being organised to promote inclusive events in performing arts by Ranjini Kaushik of Los Angeles, founder of SciArtsRUs, which has started an initiative “Artabilities 4 All” for artistes with disabilities from throughout the world. The physical event was held on Friday and Saturday at the Dakshinamurthi Auditorium, Mylapore.

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