varanasi the centennial edition of the sankat mochan music festival began with performance by noted musicians from across the country on the temple premises on monday night the sevenday music fest will feature a wide range and forms of performance including classical vocal instrumental and dance it is an annual function organised as a part of hanuman jayanti the festival began with the shehnai recital by bhaskar nath from delhi accompanied by athar hussain on tabla and kapil kumar on shehnai this was followed by sitar recital by varanasis supriya shah accompanied by anuvrat chatterjee on tabla swar ratan sharma from mumbai mesmerised the audience with his vocal rendition gadam padmaja reddy from hyderabad and her troupe performed kuchipudi dance noted singer pandit nagraj hawaldar from bengaluru followed other artists who perfomed comprised sufi and folk singer jasvir jassi from punjab ustad moiuddin khan on sarangi from jaipur and noted vocalist pandit ullhas kasalkar from pune the first days nightlong music festival concluded with the sitar recital by pandit purvayan chatterjee sankatmochan temple mahant prof vishwambhar nath mishra said renowned ghazal singer talat aziz and many padma awardee artistes are scheduled to perform in the days to come the list of artistes includes percussionist shivmani u rajesh mridangam maestro yella vekanteshwar rao mohan veena creator pt vishwa mohan bhatt classical singer ustad rashid khan and bhajan singer anoop jalota