Chant Gita – Enchant Krishna

Participants are grouped as follows:
Group A – PreKG/KG
Group B – Grades 1 & 2
Group C – Grades 3 & 4
Group D – Grades 5 & 6
Group E – Grades 7 & 9
Group F – Grades 10 to 12
Group G – Adults

Competition format:

• Range of verses is randomly picked by the participant at the time of the competition.
• “Arjuna uvāca” and/or “śrī Bhagavānuvāca” must be chanted if it is in the range of verses
• Chanting of introduction (“om śrī paramātmane namaḥ.”…) and conclusion (“om tatsat iti……”) is expected.  However, no points are assigned or deducted. Judges will provide instructions at the time of chanting.
• Participants in Pre-KG/KG group chant first ten verses from memory
• Participants in grades 1 & 2 chant randomly selected 12 contiguous verses from memory from the first 20 verses.
• Participants in the remaining groups (Grade three to adults) chant two randomly selected sets of six contiguous verses from 01 to 29 from memory. For each set, lead judge prompts by reading last quarter of the previous verse.  Participant chants the following six verses and stops.
• Scoring is based on the following factors:
  • Completeness
  • Pronunciation
  • Clarity & delivery
  • Overall effect

• If a participant gets stuck, judge will help once

All participants will get participation certificates. Top three finishers in each group will be awarded trophies