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CHANDIGARH: Diaspora people with any links to Chandigarh or to the world of culture and performing arts would have known the founder of Pracheen Kala Kendra. Alas! Madan Lal Koser is no more. He breathed his last at Fortis Hospital in Mohali on March 27 after a brief illness. He was 80.

He was born in an illustrious family in Gujranwala to mother Ishar Kaur and father Mela Ram, and learnt at the feet of legendary Guru Uday Shankar and guru Namudri at Almora, practised Bharatnatyam in Tanjor and Kathak in Lucknow, went to Manipur to master the techniques of Manipuri dance and mastered various facets of Indian classical dances.

He set up the "Pracheen Kala Kendra" in Chandigarh in the year 1956 with the patronage of CPN Singh and Partap Singh Kairaon, the then Governor and Chief Minister, respectively, of Punjab.

Today the Kendra has around 3500 centres all over India and abroad and around 2 lakh students studying and preparing themselves for various grades of professional courses conducted by it.

He is survived by his wife Shobha Koser, son Sajal Koser and daughter Purva Puri.

16 April 2008
 

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