Taamara Foundation - Enabling Art. Sustaining Artists. Strengthening...

Enabling Art. Sustaining Artists. Strengthening Communities.

TAAMARA - WHAT WE DO

Taamara Foundation is a Bengaluru-based charitable trust working in the field of art, culture, education, and artist livelihood. Founded in 2016, the Foundation addresses a critical gap in the cultural ecosystem: while art is celebrated, artists often remain economically vulnerable and structurally unsupported.

- Registered Trust under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882
- Established in 2016
- NGO DARPAN registered
- Provisional 12A & 80G approval
- Transparent trustee-led governance

MISSION

- Enable sustainable livelihoods for artists
- Empower women through skill-based roles in the arts ecosystem
- Integrate art into education and wellbeing
- Preserve traditional and folk art forms through strong systems

VISION

To make art a living, sustainable ecosystem where artists earn with dignity, children learn through creativity, and communities remain culturally rooted.

EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH SEWING SKILLS

WORKSHOPS

CUSTOM COSTUME TAILORING

FIRST PROJECT

SCHOLARSHIP

Sponsored yearly formal education in collaboration with external sponsors.

DANCE EDUCATION

Provided direct funding to support Pavithra’s formal training in dance.

ART-BASED EDUCATION

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WORKSHOP

Specialised workshop led by Nirmala Panicker and Sandra Pisharody focusing on classical hand gestures and expressions.

Naman

Taamara Foundation's journey has been shaped by a simple belief - art becomes meaningful when it reaches people.

Workshop

Over the years, the Foundation has created opportunities for people to experience, learn and engage with the performing arts. Its work has taken different forms: festivals, workshops, performances, lecture-demonstrations, online programmes, artist interactions and individual support.

Presentation

The journey began taking a distinctive shape in 2019, a year that changed the way the world experienced art and community.

MOHINIYATTAM

On 7 April 2024, Samyati moved into Mohiniyattam, bringing together Keiko Okano, Shruthi KP, Ammena Shanavas and Anju Peter.

SAMYATI 2024

The foundation presents its first episode of art festival! SAMYATI - Celebrating the spirit of art.

MARKETING

The programme created a space for participants to work with movement and expression rather than simply watch them from the audience.

Redefining Unity

On 6 May 2020, Taamara Foundation presented Redefining Unity through YouTube. The digital medium had become an important way of reaching audiences and keeping cultural engagement alive.

RAVI RAMAKANT

His images capture simple, unposed moments and the quiet stories found in ordinary surroundings, inviting us to pause and notice what often gets unnoticed.

AKILA VENKAT

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PRANEETH REDDY

A Chennai-based photographer with over a decade of experience in food, space, and product photography, Praneeth Reddy is drawn to monochrome and quiet isolation.

JOHNY STEPHEN

A business entrepreneur, Johny loves warm conversations, children, and coffee. Through lockdown photography, he discovered a fresh, heartwarming lens on everyday moments.

LAVANYA KR

Lavanya is Varnangal. Give her a brush, a fresh canvas, and a hot cup of chai, and she’s entirely in her element. An artist who thrives in quiet focus, she turns every ordinary day - lockdown or otherwise - into a celebration of colour and craft.

PRARTHANA BIDAPPA

A visual storyteller who explores the space between comfort, change, and memory. Her photographs on our storyboard capture a familiar past while quietly posing the ultimate question of transition: “Will things ever be the same?”

BHARAT BEDI

Bharat is a visual storyteller who explores the intersection of human connection and spatial memory. His archive is a collection of personal encounters - each frame documenting a voice heard, a story honoured, and a perspective expanded.

ROCK BALANCING - SREENIVAS SREEDHARAN

How do we destress through rock balancing?

ART OF CREATING ART - ROHIT BASI

Learn making art with colours and easiest things found at home.

KALARIPAYATTU - RAMU MADANAN

The moving meditation - Kalaripayattu. It makes your mind so calm, no wonder martial arts masters are masters of the mind.

YOGA BREATHING TECHNIQUES - NARAYAN RAO

What's the art of breathing? Can there be a healing process to make it right? Focusing on how we breathe is consequential to a calmer self.

STRESS AND DE-STRESS: AYURVEDA PERSPECTIVE - DR. NISCHAL PARTHASARATHY

Know to de-stress through Ayurveda. A choice you can make is a choice to de-stress yourself.

ART OF GARDENING - VINAYAK GARG

Nurturing your plants and the gardening process involved in itself can be a form of meditation.

BHAJANE

The Foundation presented a Bhajane by Sri Veera Bhadreswara Bhajana Kala Tanda.

DOLUKUNITHA

A Lecture - Demo by Hidayath Ahmad

YAKSHADEGULA

A Yakshagana Costume and Make-up workshop by Yakshadegula

A revolutionary movement against the "pay & perform" plaguing the world of Indian Classical Dance. The festival provides holistic opportunities by eminent Gurus. The aim is to empower dancers against manipulation in the name of progress.

19TH JULY 2020

Pankaj Saikia presented the graceful, sacred movements of Sattriya from Assam, while Aneri Sheth shared the fluid, lyrical elegance of Mohiniyattam. By uniting these distinct artistic heritage styles on a single platform, the session highlighted the diverse tapestry of classical expression while deepening the Foundation's commitment to supporting traditional artists.

18TH OCTOBER 2020

On 18 October 2020, Taamara Foundation presented Navapallava, featuring two traditional dance forms. Shridhar Hegde brought Yakshagana to the programme, while Gopika G. Nath presented Mohiniyattam. The programme brought two distinct traditions into the same space and strengthened the Foundation's engagement with Indian performing arts.

2ND & 3RD JANUARY 2021

On 2nd and 3rd January 2021, Navapallava featured four dance forms across regions: Sumedha Sen Gupta brought Odissi in Bangalore, while Swathi K performed Bharatanatyam, Nimmi K took Mohiniyattam to another level, while Bedanta Bikash Dutta showcases Sattriya, the traditional Assam dance form.

25TH SEPTEMBER 2022

Taamara Foundation hosted Navapallava on 25th September 2022 featuring Hridya Haridas on Mohiniyattam and Sushmita Suresh on Bharatanatyam.

LECTURE DEMONSTRATION

Priyanka Mohan - the first female Yakshagana teacher, walked us through the sacred rituals of this art form. Without the distance of a massive stage, our audience wasn't just watching a lecture-demo - they were part of it.

TENKU STYLE WORKSHOP

Trading our usual routines for the rhythmic pulse of Tenku style Yakshagana workshop left an indelible mark on Taamara. Ms. Keerthana Udyavara from Kathegaararu guided us through the grounded Mandala stance and high-octane Digina spin jumps.

SOLO YAKSHAGANA PERFORMANCE

Shwetha Shrinivas is reflecting on exploring devotion, pride, vulnerability, and karuna rasa through her solo Yakshagana performance, Shakthi. Watching Shwetha Shrinivas present Shakthi was an unforgettable masterclass in emotional depth.

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