Fifteen students from Sruthilaya School presented a one-hour Mikeless Kutcheri on the morning of January 9 at the Nageswara Rao Park to kick-start the 18th edition of the Sundaram Finance Mylapore Festival.

The students, who are learning music from guru Suresh Raman, presented theme- based songs on ‘Mylai’ that included ‘Padame Thunai’, Karpaga Vallinin, Karunai Theivamey and Karpaga Manohara.

P Viswanathan, Company Secretary, Sundaram Finance, presented certificates and cloth bags to the artistes, and a memento to the guru.