Geethanjali literally means an offering of songs. "Geet" means music or song and "Anjali" means offering. April marks the arrival of Spring throughout the world and in India it is punctuated by the colorful festival holi in the northern part and the beginning of a new year in the south. SABHA's Geethanjali is more than an offering of songs. It in fact is organized as a tribute to Dr K J Yesudas's Guru Shri Chembai Vaidhyanatha Bhagavathar, whose 100th birth Anniversary is on the first of September 1996. He popularized many carnatic songs such as "Rakshamam", "Brova Bharamma" and "Manavyalakin". Shri Chembai was well known for his Bhavam and Bhakti.

The Geethanjali program on April 26, 1996 provides glimpses of rich musical heritage of the Chembai school of music and embodies joy and fanfare through a music soulful in its rendition, colorful in its variety of ragas and swaras in representing the moods of times.