Mridanga Course: Beginners

In this weekly course you will learn the basics of playing Mridanga. The mantras which are taught in the course are from Narottama Dasa Thakura’s disciplic succession. By the end of the course, you will learn to play simple beats (slow, medium and fast) alongside in kirtan.

You will learn:

• Facts about Mridanga
• Hand practice 
• Mantras
• Playing of Mantras
• Use of the mantras in Kirtan

Details

• Max. 5 participants per group
• Location: Museum
• Language: English

Schedule

The course will start on 9th September and last untill 28th October.

It will be taking place on Saturdays from 3 to 4 PM.

9 Sep, 2023 – 3:00 PM-4:00 PM

16 Sep, 2023 – 3:00 PM-4:00 PM

23 Sep, 2023 – 3:00 PM-4:00 PM

30 Sep, 2023 – 3:00 PM-4:00 PM

7 Oct, 2023 – 3:00 PM-4:00 PM

14 Oct, 2023 – 3:00 PM-4:00 PM

21 Oct, 2023 – 3:00 PM-4:00 PM

28 Oct, 2023 – 3:00 PM-4:00 PM

About facilitator

Ajay Krishna das (Aarukan Yoganathan) has been playing mridanga since five years old. He learned Mridanga in the holy land of Vrindavan (India) from Mahashai Bablu das, a mridanga master teaching the traditional mridanga style of Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura, the great acharya of the Gaudiya Vaishnava lineage. Ajay Krishna has been learning this style for more than 10 years.