Rishma's Diaries: Kishna Leelothsave 2013 - Nishka routs the contest with two 1st place finishes

long shot of audience watching Nishka sing at Krishna Leelothsava 2013 at Krishna Mutt in Edison. Sep 7 2013 3 PM

Nishka sings 'Krishna baaro' at Krishna Leelothsava 2013 and wins 1st prize Sep 7 2013

Nishka proceeds to receive her 1st prize in Krishna drawing / painting at 7:30 PM Sep 7 2013 at Krishna Leelothsava

Thrilled by her 1st place in drawing and painting, Nishka returns with her prize s

Nishka receives the 1st prize in Singing contest from the chief Temple priest Guruprasad at Krishna Mutt on Sep 7 2013 7:35 PM

As Nishka returns with her 1st prize in singing a lady sitting next to Nishka's dad lauds her performance this afternoon 7:26 PM

Nishka in the final stages of her drawing on Sep 7 at 2:24 PM. With just 6 more minutes to spare in the 30 minute contest, she has to bank on any extra time she gets to complete her art

The final product that landed Nishka an undisputed 1st place in her age group of 4-7 years the Krishna draawing / paiting contest at Krishna Mutt

As I watched other kids performance from all age groups, I noticed this girl so impressed by Nishka's drawing that she kept pointing it to her parents to look at 5:50 PM. The pencil sketch at far left earned a 12 year old girl the 1st place in the senior category

More kids art work from all age groups

Nishka gets the 1st prize in drawing / painting at Krishna Leelothsava on Sep 7 2013 7:30 PM

Nishka gets the 1st prize in singing at Krishna Leelothsava 7:35 PM

Rishma playing at her day care at Bright Horizons on Sep 11 2013

Dad waits anxiously hoping Nishka gets her art work which was wat too complex for her age, corect, in the compact 30 minute window from 2 to 2:30 PM on Sep 7

Nishka proceeds with her art work at 2:09 pm

At superfast speed Nishka completes pencil sketch and begins marking her picture 10 minutes into the drawing contest

Nishka all focussed

Manages to deliver a smile in the midst of her hectic schedule

With just 5 minutes left, Nishka has lot more work to do despite having done a significant amount already as Rishma looks on at 2:25 PM on Sep 7 2013 at Krishna Mutt in Edison NJ

Nishka paints Krishna's Butter pot 2:25 PM

At 2:31 PM one of the organizers collects the picture from Nishka.In all she completed her comprehensive artwork (way ahead for her age) in 40 minutes gettng 10 minutes grace time as the judges were impressed by her work and so decided to give her the grace time to finish it

The organizer was impressed by the drawing and before taking it away asked me if I wanted to take a picture of it as it had come out so good.

All kids busy drawing 1:53 pm

All kids busy drawing as i keenly watch Nishka's progress. 1:53 PM Sep 7 2013. For the kids in 4-7 years age group, parents were allowed to sit next to them

Kids participate in the drawing contest of Krishna Leelothsava at Krishna vrundavana on Sep 7 2013

Nishka the champion singer

After Nishka's song had completed in the auditorium

In the music auditorium 4:05 PM

Dance programs at Krishna Leelothsava

All drawings

All drawings from all age groups

1st prize in senior category

Maha Pooja and Rathotsava at 6:30 PM Sep 7

In the middle of Rathotsava 7 :15 PM

Rathotsava continues

Final stages of Rathotsava at 7:20 PM before heading back to main hall where prizes would be announced for todays competition

After Nishka swept both her contests she has a reason to be thrilled that all these days of hardwork especially in the drawing dept where dad sat late nights with her to condition her finally paid off 7:42 PM