Date and Time: Saturday January 24th, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Reporting Time : 12:30 PM
Venue: Boston Sri KaliKambal Shiva Temple; 15 North Main Street, Unit A-2, Bellingham, MA 02019 (separate entrance available)
Registration Mandatory: Please use the link to register ASAP as registration MAY CLOSE PRIOR to an announced date based on the response.
Please report on time at the venue (No exceptions for delay)
Your item number will be given to you when you check in at the venue on the day of the performance
Participants going over the time limit in the rules will incur a 1 point penalty for every 10 to 30 secs over time limit.
Judges’ Decision and Results are FINAL
Participants must be within the age range as of January 1, 2026 for all competitions
Please come fully dressed in appropriate festive Indian Stage Attire and be prepared to go on stage for the time slots given
Violin to be tuned and to be bought by each student
No seeing the notes and playing
Song Selection includes Keerthana, Krithis, Varnam or Thillana (No Geetham OR Swarajathi)
Language : Indian Languages (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada or Sanskrit)
Age Group, Age category, Duration of Performance
8 to 10 years; Sub- Juniors; 5 minutes
11 to 13 years; Juniors; 8 minutes
14 to 17 years; Senior : 8 minutes
Melody 10 marks
Thalam 10 marks
Presentation 10 marks
Complexity of the composition 10 Marks
Mano Dharmam (optional) will score more points