Drawing at Sabha

On Sunday, we drew at Bengaluru’s newsest Heritage Space, Sabha.

Sabha, the recently renovated heritage space in Ulsoor, Bengaluru, conducted an open house on Sunday. Penciljam was invited to be a part of the event, so about 60 of us arrived there with our sketchbooks. There were different types of musical performances, and I sat in one Baithak of Hindustani Classical Music performed by the sitartist Siddharth Garud accompanied on tabla by Kaushik Bhat.

Since this was a live performance, the lights were dimmed, but I managed to draw both the artists.

I met these kind, gentle folk after the concert, and they complimented me on my drawings.

Before its transformation, Sabha was a 160 year old school belonging to the RBANM’s Educational Charities. It was founded by a businessman called Dharmarathnakara Rai Bahadur Arcot Narrainsawmy Mudaliar, who this article describes as a self-made man who started his life as a vegetable trader.

Visit Sabha’s website for more information.