mysuru mysureans have found a way to keep themselves entertained as they remain under lockdown with a number of artistes using facebook to live stream their performancescitybased vocalist m a jyothi who had five concerts lined up for ram navami cancelled them due to the lockdown she sang for a concert that was streamed live via ganabharathis facebook page jyothi said the online music concert happened after over five of my concerts that were planned for the ram navami celebrations at several locations in mysuru city were cancelled and i thank ganabhrathi for organising it jyothi is not the only artiste who is performing online while the lockdown has taken a toll on all sectors the citys cultural life has been hit severelyso far ganabharathi has successfully conducted three online music programmes featuring vocalists jyothi srinath and a flute performance by chandankumar the grandson of noted musician pitil chowdaiahas multiple music concerts planned by several organisations were cancelled due to the covid19 pandemic music collective ganabharathi decided to go online to promote solo individual live music programmes where the artiste can perform from their residence itself said ganabharathis secretary t s venugopalthe programmes are being streamed on the ganabharathi facebook page twice a week between 6pm to 7pm all these three programmes have so far received a good response from viewers he addedmusic patron and ganabharathi president dr c g narasimhan said that the organisation will continue to promote online music programmes on its facebook page after the lockdown is lifted