chennai gear up for the battle of ragas and an exhilarating musical evening as five youngsters compete for the finale of the 12th edition of the prestigious times thyagaraja awards on january 21 january at the music academythe five finalists s swarathmika from madhuradhwani anugrah lakshman from karthik fine arts mukund bharadwaj from madhuradhwani malladi sindhu regeswari from sama gana sabha lahari cultural trust and adithya s from ambattur vishaka irai isai peravai trust will enthrall the audience with their soul rendering performancethe audience will be treated to a scintillating live musical performance by l subramaniam soon after the five finish their renditions the 12th was launched on december 3 at the music academy with a concert by sudha ragunathanthis year over 100 entries were received from young carnatic singers and they performed live during the audition conducted between 20 24 december in front of eminent carnatic gurus who judged their performance and the five were shortlisted for the finalethe times thyagaraja awards is the annual property from the times of india that aims to indulge and promote the music and culture of chennai the campaign was first launched 11 years back to identify and honour the most talented amateur carnatic singer during the marghazhi music seasonthe competition grew in stature year after year with a greater number of nominations from sabhas celebrity concerts and involvement of bigger venues like music academy and legends from the carnatic world like late balamuralikrishna lsubramaniam aruna sairam sudha ragunathan and ranjani gayathri this year the 12th times thyagaraja awards is presented by grt jewellers equitas small finance bank casagrand cooptex viveks indian oil tnpl deepam lamp oils gopuram turmeric powder and kumkum and vs hospitals for complimentary invites to the january 21 concert logon to wwwchanceyillain or give missed call to 93554 54454 or collect complimentary invites from the times of india office kochar tower no19 venkatnarayana road t nagar between 10 am to 6 pm