Sugama Sangeetha Academy Trust, Mysuru, the brainchild of H.R. Leelavathi and her husband late S.G. Raghuram, took its birth in Mysuru on 19.5.1985 mainly with the object of promoting light classical music based on the poems written and popularised by dozens of poets and poetesses (to name a few, Da.Ra. Bendre, Kuvempu, K.S.N.Swamy, Pu.Ti.Na., G.S. Shivarudrappa and a versatile legion thereof). She herself is a well-known singer in this hireachy and has headed the State Sangeetha Nrithya Academy for three years. With the help and assistance of a few well-known connoisseurs of art and music in Mysuru, Leelavathi is carrying on the mantle with grace and aplomb.
The Academy arranges and promotes two or three annual programmes involving and encouraging young and talented artistes in the line and this present one is based on the popular Hindu Festivals like Ugadi, Gowri-Ganesh, Sankranthi and the like.
