Kaasinath Balagurunath won second prize in the Junior Mridangam category (26 participants, age 11-15) at Cleveland Aradhana, conducted on April 18, 2014. He was asked to play Thani Avarthanam in Kanda Chaapu Thaalam. Kaasinath is a 7th grader from Southborough, MA and has been learning Mridangam for the past 5+ years, from his Guru Shri. Gaurishankar Chandrashekhar. Kaasinath has won prizes previously at Cleveland and CMANA competitions in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

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