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:: SOORYA INDIA
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On Soorya
Soorya is the largest cultural society in Asia based in Trivandrum, the capital
city of the state of Kerala in India. Soorya is 30 years old and has made outstanding
contribution to the milieu Indian Art, Culture & Cinema. It has chapters in
11 countries - New York (USA), London (UK), Manchester (UK), Zurich (Switzerland),
Rome (Italy),Vienna (Austria), Koln (Germany), Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Oman, Abu
Dhabi, Saudi Arabia and Qatar (Gulf). The total membership in Soorya exceeds 20,000
with 7,000 members in India and 13,000 abroad.
The main activities of Soorya span the entire range of art & culture including
organizing classical dance and music festivals, dramas, workshops on theatre, painting,
photography, handicrafts and the like, talks, light and sound shows, screening of
good films, presenting celebrated film directors, holding their retrospectives,
holding seminars and discussions on cinema, with special emphasis on Indian art
& culture. Soorya also operates as a platform for the promotion of young talents.
The annual 75 day long Soorya India Festival has been adjudged as the largest cultural
festival of Asia by the Limca Book of World Records.
Soorya is a non-profit, non-commercial voluntary organization and aims at dissemination
of the rich Indian culture and achieving ‘integration through culture’,
mainly targetting the common man. For further details, please visit
www.sooryaindia.com
Founder of this society is Mr N Krishnamoorthy popularly known as Soorya Krishnamoorthy.
In addition to being the chief organizational spirit behind Soorya, he has himself
scripted, directed and choreographed several shows and has pioneered the sound and
light show as a creative tool to focus on aspects of Indian culture, raising itself
to an art form. He is the recipient of many awards and citations including: President
of India’s National Award for Stage Craft and Direction, Man of the Year 2003
for his contributions to the field of art and culture by Limca book of Records and
more.
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