Pranavanaadham band will perform a concert combining classic instruments with modern equipment at Da Nang’s Nguyen Hien Dinh Tuong Theatre on Wednesday as a part of cultural exchanges between Viet Nam and India.

The annual Quan The Am (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) Festival is running from 2-4 April at the foot of the Kim Son (Metal) Mountain – the largest of the Marble Mountains – in Da Nang. — VNS Photo Cong Thanh

The Viet Nam-India Friendship Association in Da Nang said the band will perform a fusion concert, mixing Carnatic, music associated with southern India, Hindustani classic music and modern Western music at the theatre,155 Phan Chau Trinh Street, from 4.00pm.

The Indian ambassador to Viet Nam, Mr Parvathaneni Harish, will plant a Bodhi tree taken from Bodhi Gaya, a Buddhist pilgrimage site in India, in a ceremony at the Quan The Am Pagoda tomorrow (4 April).

A photo exhibition of Buddhism relic in India opened at the pagoda at 48 Su Van Hanh Street in Ngu Hanh Son District today (3 April).

It’s part of cultural programmes to mark the 46^th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

(Source: VNS/ DA NANG Today)