It was first performed on 15 December 2007 at the Robert Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech, to raise funds for the Emory University Telugu Initiative.
[1] It was produced, directed and choreographed by Sasikala Penumarthi,[2] the founder and director of the Academy of Kuchipudi Dance, which was established in 1997 in Atlanta, Georgia as a non-profit organization.
Music for the performance was composed by Atlanta-based singer Subhashini Krishnamurthy, and the dance choreography was by Sasikala Penumarthi, student of Padmabhushan Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam of Kuchipudi Arts Academy,[3] Chennai, India.
Raman (Flute), Sandhya Srinath (Violin), Seshu Sarma (Veena), Subra Vishwanathan (Mridangam or Drum).
The fundraising committee was led by Professor Joyce Flueckiger, incoming Director of the Program of South Asian Studies, Emory University.