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Carnatic Recommendation – 5
The name Sadasiva Brahmendra Saraswati is not a very known name. However, his kriti “Manasa Sancharare” is widely known and very famous. Manasa Sancharare is this week’s Carnatic Recommendation. Let us take a look at this great kriti by the greatest Avaduta of India of 17th century. A brief intro from Wikipedia Sadasiva Brahmendra was […]
Carnatic Recommendation – 4
This week’s Carnatic Recommendation is one of the Trinity – Muthuswami Dikshitar’s, “Swaminatha Paripalayasumam”. Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775 – 1835) is famous for his compositions in Samskrit. His compositions on Sri Ganesha and Kamalamba. A brief about Muthuswami Dikshitar from Wiki: Muthuswami Dikshitar was born in Tiruvarur (of Thanjavur district in what is now the state […]
Subramania Bharati – The Visionary
@sridharkswamy and @NR_Tatvamasi today were in conversation about Bharatiyar. With my little knowledge on Bharatiyar, I too passed a comment. Sridhar K Swamy immediately sent a few links of Bharatiyar’s works. One that must be studied carefully is a song called “Velli Panimalayin”. This is a post about the same song. Who was Bharatiyar? Bharatiyar […]
Carnatic Recommendation – 3
This week’s Carnatic recommendation is Purandara Dasa’s “Alli Nodalu Rama”. Purandara Dasa is regarded as the father of Carnatic Music. Much like Panini formalized Sanskrit and Patanjali formalized Yoga, Purandara Dasa systematized Carnatic Learning making Mayamalavagowla as the baseline for learning Carnatic Music. He was a contemporary to Kanakadasa. He is also known by the […]
Carnatic Recommendation – 2
This week’s Carnatic Recommendation is Swathi Thirunal’s Nanamakhila from his Harikatha “Ajamilopakhyanam”. Ajamilopakhyanam is a story taken from Bhagavatam. It is about a Brahmin called Ajamila who swayed away from the path of Bhakti and gave into carnal pleasures. Ajamila was raised according to the Vedic regulations. He was a perfectly trained Brahmin and had […]
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