A Saudha Celebration of South Asian Arts at Leeds City Museum

Sat Feb 21 2026 at 01:00 pm to 04:30 pm

Leeds City Museum | Leeds

Saudha, Society of Poetry and Indian Music (www.saudha.org)
Publisher/HostSaudha, Society of Poetry and Indian Music (www.saudha.org)
A Saudha Celebration of South Asian Arts  at Leeds City  Museum
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Bringing unique arts of story-telling and Indian classical music through an acclaimed production Umraojaan and a Bengali Opera Madhumala
About this Event

This is a unique celebration of South Asian music, story-telling, theatre and poetry from different languages of the globe as part of marking International Mother Language Day at the Brodrick Hall of Leeds City Museum.

The event features a critically acclaimed Kalakar production of Indian classical music, classical dance, story-telling in a haunting theatrical setting UMRAOJAN scripted and directed by a leading interpreter of Indian classical music here Chandra Chakraborty.

The celebration is also brining an exotic and powerful art form from Bengal JatraPala (Bengali Opera / Village Theatre), a very popular folk ballad called Madhumala Madankumar - a unique way of story-telling ( English Narration) combining dance, Bengali folk music in a stunning theatrical setting, scripted and directed by T M Ahmed Kaysher.

In addition, the event will present a brief session of multi-lingual poetry with English Translation.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Leeds City Museum, Cookridge Street, Leeds, United Kingdom

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