Sangeeta Kalanidhi function 1974 - Photos

metnanda · Post by **metnanda** » 08 Aug 2010, 19:13

Dear Rasikas,

I am posting a few rare photos of the Sangeeta Kalanidhi function of 1974, when Dr Rallapalli Ananthakrishna Sharma was conferred the said title.

Please click on the link

https://sites.google.com/site/rallapall ... to-gallery

regards
Nandan

Sreeni Rajarao · Post by **Sreeni Rajarao** » 08 Aug 2010, 19:22

Nandan,
Thanks for the pictures! I believe the gentleman in the black suit is T S Rajam, President of Madras Music Academy at that time.
Pictures from the Bangalore function mentioned are not showing - are they not uploaded yet?

metnanda · Post by **metnanda** » 08 Aug 2010, 19:25

Dear Sir,

I will be uploading the photos later to night.

regards
nandan

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 08 Aug 2010, 20:19

Yes, the gentleman in the black suit is T.S.Rajam. In the group pictures, do I see Dr. Raghavan and Mrs.YGP?

metnanda · Post by **metnanda** » 08 Aug 2010, 21:33

Yes Dr Raghavan is certainly there. I am not sure about Mrs YGP though.

knrh05 · Post by **knrh05** » 09 Aug 2010, 20:06

metnanda wrote:Yes Dr Raghavan is certainly there. I am not sure about Mrs YGP though.

Mrs YGP is not there in any of the photos. However, it looks like Mr. YGP is in the second photo (to the left of the gentleman right behind the Sangeetha Kalanidhi).

KN

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 09 Aug 2010, 21:14

Next to MDR in the second group photo B Rajam Iyer is seen , is it not ??
Of course, SSI is easily identified.
Former Union Minister Mr Subramanyam is also seen in the center, am i right ?

kitathari · Post by **kitathari** » 11 Aug 2010, 23:28

In the second photo standing 4th and 5th from left are Sri K.P kittapa Pillai and Sri K.P Sivanandam.

vidya · Post by **vidya** » 12 Aug 2010, 23:36

Thanks for the interesting set of photographs! Guessing on Photo 3: Standing (From L to R) TKG, Tiruvizhimizhalai Subrahmanya Pillai,
Turaiyur Rajagopala Sarma, K.P.Kittappa, K.P.Sivanandam , ?,?, Nedunuri(Mostly Not),Chingleput Ranganathan, Dr.SR(not sure), B.Rajam Iyer, MDR, ?
Seated: 7th from Left: RA Sarma, ?? , Mudicondan V.Iyer or V.S.GomathiSankara Iyer(looks like the latter),
Budalur Krishnamurthy Sastrigal, ??, Dr.V.Raghavan. Perhaps the man next to him is Dr.TSRamakrishnan? Would love to put a face to
Dr.TSR's name. In photo 4 / 5, it seems like Smt.Kalpakam Swaminathan seated second from left.

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 13 Aug 2010, 01:19

I doubt the one in between Sri Chengalput Ranganathan and Sri B Rajam Iyer is Dr SR.

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 13 Aug 2010, 01:28

I am quite sure two guesses are not correct: Nedunuri and Dr SR

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 13 Aug 2010, 01:39

Is the one standing 6th from the left, the one with shining ear studs, Embar Vijayaraghavachariar?

vidya · Post by **vidya** » 13 Aug 2010, 02:28

It could be Shri.Embar Vijayaraghavachar but the posture certainly does not convince me it is!

kadambam · Post by **kadambam** » 13 Aug 2010, 10:22

Boy in the Padmasana position -- Ravikiran, true prodigy!!

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 13 Aug 2010, 10:34

vidya wrote:It could be Shri.Embar Vijayaraghavachar but the posture certainly does not convince me it is!

Is it not Devakottai Iyengar the Vina exponent.? And in the same row K.C. Thyagarajan of Trichy AIR also is seen. Later he turned to be an Harikatha exponent.

Thanjavooran 13 08 2010

vidya · Post by **vidya** » 13 Aug 2010, 19:14

Thanjavooran sir,
Thanks for clarifying. I have heard K.C.Thyagarajan's Isai Payirci programs at AIR trichy.He was the one that translated TLV's Dikshitar biography in Tamizh but did not know who it was.

uday_shankar · Post by **uday_shankar** » 13 Aug 2010, 19:36

vidya
Good guesses. Dr. SR was an excellent try and there is a resemblance but wrong because of tow things - age and height. Dr SR. (born 1917) was a few years older than chiranjeevi B Rajam (born 1919?) and MD Ramathan (born 1923) but not as in 1974 old as the person seems in the picture. But more importantly, Dr SR was extremely short, and certainly didn't stand 95% as tall as B Rajam Iyer as seen in the picture. Finally, I haven't seen SR with horizontal pattai, usually a chandanam. More interestingly, while Budalur is correct, he usually didn't wear chandanam as in this picture but pattai

.

Devakottai Narayana Iyengar is wrong. He was a much older person (born either in the 19th century or in the very early years of the 20th century). I am almost willing to be that it is Embaar Vijayaraghavachariar unusual posture notwithstanding.

I have the name at the tip of my (blunt) brain of the the thick glasses old man sitting next to Shri Sharma. Gosh, I hate it when that happens.

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 13 Aug 2010, 20:14

Btw Nandan, can you provide us some samples of Shri Sharma's music? I for one haven't heard him so far.

metnanda · Post by **metnanda** » 13 Aug 2010, 22:01

Ceratainly. Please click the following link. Out of the 8 songs, i have uploaded only two,

http://sites.google.com/site/rallapalli ... hna-sharma

1 ) Navaneetalola - his own composition, kapi ragam, tishra adi talam

& 2) Mangalam- surati ragam.

I am yet to upload others. This audio tape is the only tape we could locate in our house, &
recorded during late 60s - early 70s. Though several programmes were broadcast by AIR stations like Cuddappah , Tirupati, etc, we have been unsuccessful in laying our hands on these tapes.

In this audio tape Shri Sharma has demonstrated very rare Ksetraya padam, three Shiva tandava songs , two annamacharya songs , his own composition & a mangalam.

regards
nandan

metnanda · Post by **metnanda** » 13 Aug 2010, 22:03

PS : Special thanks to keerti for his efforts in digitalising this tape.

nandan

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 14 Aug 2010, 08:23

the second question mark is definitely embAr vijayarAghavachariar. I suspect that it is V.Ramarathnam of Mysore, before Chingulpet Ranganathan.

The collated list for photo # 2 -

Standing -
TKG,
Tiruvizhimizhalai Subrahmanya Pillai,
Turaiyur Rajagopala Sarma,
K.P.Kittappa,
K.P.Sivanandam ,
?,
Embar Vijayaraghavachariar,
V.Ramarathnam,
Chingleput Ranganathan,
?,
B.Rajam Iyer,
MDR,
?

Seated:

6th - Could it be manchala jagannadha ravu??
7th from Left: RA Sarma,
?,
N.Chennakeshavayya,
Budalur Krishnamurthy Sastrigal,
??,
Dr.V.Raghavan,
?

vanajan · Post by **vanajan** » 14 Aug 2010, 08:53

keerthi wrote:the second question mark is definitely embAr vijayarAghavachariar. I suspect that it is V.Ramarathnam of Mysore, before Chingulpet Ranganathan.

The collated list for photo # 2 -

Standing -
TKG,
Tiruvizhimizhalai Subrahmanya Pillai,
Turaiyur Rajagopala Sarma,
K.P.Kittappa,
K.P.Sivanandam ,
?,
Embar Vijayaraghavachariar,
V.Ramarathnam,
Chingleput Ranganathan,
?,
B.Rajam Iyer,
MDR,
?

Seated:

6th - Could it be manchala jagannadha ravu??
7th from Left: RA Sarma,
?,
N.Chennakeshavayya,
Budalur Krishnamurthy Sastrigal,
??,
Dr.V.Raghavan,
?

Seated : 4th from left: Sri.Swarna Venkatesa Dikshidhar

Vanaja

Sreeni Rajarao · Post by **Sreeni Rajarao** » 14 Aug 2010, 17:40

Keerthi,
I am almost positive Sri. Mysore V Ramaratnam is not in the group picture. I would have confidently recognized him if he were there.
I am not sure Sri. Manchala Jagannatha Rao is in the picture either - I have another picture of him from 1974 and he looks very different from the person you are suggesting to be him.

Sreeni

uday_shankar · Post by **uday_shankar** » 14 Aug 2010, 20:06

Have my doubts about TKG too.

vidya · Post by **vidya** » 25 Aug 2010, 19:59

metnanda wrote:
http://sites.google.com/site/rallapalli ... hna-sharma
1 ) Navaneetalola - his own composition, kapi ragam, tishra adi talam
2) Mangalam- surati ragam.

Dear Shri.Nandan,
Many thanks to you and Keerthi for enabling us to listen to Sarma garu's voice. I would love to listen to Dorasamayya's siva taNdava krtis. I had heard only one version of dhUrjati sung by Prof.SRJ and his students and would love to listen to Sarma garu's version and of course Adenamma has been popular among the Pinakapani school and I have not heard that other composition at all. I request you to:
1.Either upload them or 2.Approach someone and digitize them and bring these out as a CD as that would be a nice tribute to a master musician - I for one (and I am sure many rasikas too) would certainly love to buy a copy. In cases such as this motive is not commercial but it is more of our way of paying our tributes to musicians of such high stature.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 25 Aug 2010, 20:54

vidya wrote: I for one (and I am sure many rasikas too) would certainly love to buy a copy. In cases such as this motive is not commercial but it is more of our way of paying our tributes to musicians of such high stature.

Extremely well said!

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 25 Aug 2010, 23:21

Nandan, just saw the audio link - thank you! Hope the other songs will also get uploaded soon.
And I too echo Vidya's sentiments.

metnanda · Post by **metnanda** » 29 Aug 2010, 07:51

Thanks to you all. The digitization of the songs has already been done. I will upload it shortly & provide the link. Making CDs is not a problem at all, as all the songs are already on my PC.

On Dorasamiah's songs, I have two tracks of Dhurjati - one sung by Dr Sharma & the other sung in a faster tempo by my father Prof R A Phani Shayi. I will upload both, and also all other songs.

will revert back shortly with uploaded details.
nandan

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 24 Jan 2013, 19:05

A photo at the end of the function conferring Sangeethakalanidhi to TN Swaminathapillai..

1. Sri K. Balasubramania Iyer felicitates the Sangita Kalanidhi recipient Sri Tirupampuram Swaminatha Pillai.

2. Sri TT Krishnamachari and Sri Rajaji in conversation.

3. Sri GNB and Mudikondan Sri Venkatarama Iyer in conversation

4. Vidwans in the verandah

5. Bade Ghulam Ali Khan begins his concet

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 24 Jan 2013, 20:37

Thanx for sharing the rare photograph. I have a doubt as regards to year of the function. May not be 1974.

Thanjavooran
24 01 2013

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 24 Jan 2013, 21:52

As no other thread is available..I used this one..I will find out the year..

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 24 Jan 2013, 23:32

The year would have been 1953.

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 25 Jan 2013, 04:43

mahavishnu .....

your date is correct...The list of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Recipients is here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangeetha_Kalanidhi

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 25 Jan 2013, 07:14

Of course; GNB was not alive in 1974...

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 25 Jan 2013, 17:34

mahavishnu wrote:The year would have been 1953.

Yes! The related Ananda Vikatan article of January 1954, with a few more photographs:-
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.in/2013/01/10.html
.

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 26 Jan 2013, 05:46

Pratyaksham bala Avl,
Many thanx for the link. Conatains lot of associated vamboos. Kindles my very old memories.
with wishes,
Thanjavooran 26 01 2013

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 26 Jan 2013, 06:20

PB,
As Thanjavooran says, what suvaiyAna vishayangaL (entertaining morsels) from our days!

Kothamangalam Subbu's Asu kavi on the king of nAgaswaram is touching. Kalki's writing under the heading ADal pADal (his feature) is endearing as usual.

Thanks to the blogger (pasupathivugaL). My guess is that he's much younger than us and like some of our younger ones here, his being drawn to the past is evident.

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 26 Jan 2013, 09:22

arasi wrote:Thanks to the blogger (pasupathivugaL). My guess is that he's ...

Check 'Biography' at -
http://www.comm.toronto.edu/~pas/

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 26 Jan 2013, 10:37

Prof Pasupathy's 'Kavithai iyaRRik kalakku' is an excellent aid to anyone attempting to write conventional Tamil poems (marabuk kavithai)...I first came across Prof Pasupathy's helpful blogs on Prosody rules when member 'msm' (why has he stopped posting here?) referred to him in the 'if you are a venpa buff' thread.

It was interesting to learn from prof Pasupathy in a TV interview on podhigai channel that the love of Tamil language and classical works was instilled very early in him and his siblings by his father, who IIRC was also in the teaching profession....the most interesting fact from that interview? They hail from a Telugu speaking family, which has produced great Tamil scholars over generations!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 26 Jan 2013, 15:15

PB and Sridhar,
I was fooled! However, it makes me happy that he's 'young at heart' after all these years of scholarship!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 26 Jan 2013, 21:30

Prof Pasupathy of Toronto is a professional genius with unbounded love for Tamil !
He is a walking encyclopedia on old Tamil magazines and Novels....

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 29 Jan 2013, 05:40

Dear Rasikas,

I plead guilty to some of crimes committed by me and reported here , under the name 'Pasupathy' . (though not to the Podhigai interview alluded earlier by an esteemed member) .
Here's a list of my recent posts which, I'm sure, would be of interest to many members. I apologise to those who can't read Tamil.I'm sure the pictures in many of these posts would be of interest.
1.
I remember excerpts from M K Tyagaraja Bhagavathar's concert being broadcast by AIR. Dr John Marr ( 2009 Padmasri Awardee) presents a talk at Vidhvat
Sabha.Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar , looking at Minister C.Subramanyam sitting opposite him , starts " Sri SubramaNyAya namasthE" ...

When did all these happen? 1953/54 season. When Sri ThiruppAmpuram Swaminatha Pillai got "sangeetha kalanidhi".
A Tamil article with pictures about the Season that appeared in Ananda Vikatan is given below:
Musical Tidbits -1
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2012/12/1_15.html
2.
Caricatures of Vidwans (as they were in 1930-s) by the famous artist, Mali, of Ananda Vikatan.
Musical Tidbits - 2
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2012/12/2_19.html

3.
Another Tamil article (with pictures) about the 53 Music Season.
Musical Tidbits - 3
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2012/12/3_22.html

4.
A 'Vikatan' article (by the famous lawyer V.C. Gopalarathnam) about 'Sangitha Kalanidhi' T L Venkatarama Iyer, whose 'Shashtiabda pUrthi' was celebrated in 1953.
Musical Tidbits -4
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2012/12/4_24.html

5.
'Light' refreshment for the Season .Some 'musical' jokes ...mainly from artists Raju and Gopulu of Vikatan , starting from the 40's
Musical Tidbits -5
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2012/12/5_27.html

6.
A rare Tamil article written by Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar in 1939. ( with his characteristic humour bubbling in parts).
Musical Tidbits -6
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2012/12/6.html

7.
Many photos of 4 Vidwans taken by artist Mali of Vikatan in 1939, who spent most of his Rs.300 monthly salary on Camera (according to veteran artist Gopulu).
Since the names of artists were not given, I have guessed them to be Ariyakkudi, Kumbakonam Rajamanikkam Pillai, Chithoor Subramanya Pillai and GNB.
Musical Tidbits - 7
" Musical Expressions" ; Photos by Mali
4 pages from 39 Deepavali Special Issue of Vikatan.
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/01/7.html

8.
AIR Madras was started in 1938. Victor Paranjothi ( trained at BBC) was the first station-director. His (rare) Tamil article in Vikatan
(39 Deepavali Special Issue) , adorned by 'Mali's' sketches, is presented in
Musical Tidbits -8
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/01/8.html

9.
A Tamil article on ' Narayana Theerthar' by Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer , from 1938 Vikatan Deepavali Malar.
Musical Tidbits -9
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/01/9.html

10.
The last 'Dance and Song' article in Vikatan about the Madras 53 Music Season
Musical Tidbits -10
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/01/10.html

11.
After AIR Madras started in 38, 'Kalki' magazine started reviewing Radio Concerts regularly . Here are two samples of those (40-s) articles. Artists like
VVSadagopan, Karaikkudi Sambasiva Iyer, ThuRaiyUr Rajagopala Sarma, M A Kalyanakrishna Bhagavathar .... are some names .....
Musical Tidbits -11
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/01/11.html

12.
After AIR Madras started in 38, "Ananda Vikatan" also started reviewing Radio Music programs in a regular series of articles , called ' How is Radio?" ( Radio
eppadi?) Here are a few such articles, which appeared in the 40-s, commenting on subjects like Koteeswara Iyer Day, Music Lessons thru Radio, increase of
"Record" music in Radio etc.
Musical Tidbits -12
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/01/12.html

13.
The special relationship between M.S. Subbulakshmi and 'Kalki' magazine is illustrated by these 3 articles (from 'Kalki'-Issues from the 40-s),
which talk about a 78 rpm record of M.S. and two charity concerts of M.S. ( one article written by Kaviyogi Suddhanandha Bharathi)
Musical Tidbits -13
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2013/01/13.html

I plan to post some more similar 'Blasts from the Past' , though my Blog is not just about Music. Will post those links here, if there is interest.
Thanks,
Pasupathy

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 29 Jan 2013, 06:19

Dear Pasupathy.
Welcome to our Forum.
We are delighted to have you here.
Pl share your scholarly and creative contributions with all of us as uou please.
Those which are entirely in Tamil scripts may be posted at out Tamil section.
Thank you!

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 29 Jan 2013, 07:40

Thanks, cmlover.

All of my posts are in Tamil ; if needed, my above letter can be removed and put in a suitable thread. Since my Blog-posts on music will cover all sorts of areas, it will be difficult to find a central theme or one thread. As I mentioned, they will be mostly of "Blasts from the past" types of tid-bits from old Tamil magazines and the like.
My 13 posts above are good examples.
Please give me an URL for the Tamil section you mention. I will post my future links there.
Or if a separate thread is the best, please let me know.Or if someone can start a new suitable thread, I will consistently post there.

Thanks .
Pasupathy

cmlover wrote:Dear Pasupathy.
Welcome to our Forum.
We are delighted to have you here.
Pl share your scholarly and creative contributions with all of us as uou please.
Those which are entirely in Tamil scripts may be posted at out Tamil section.
Thank you!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 29 Jan 2013, 08:04

The Tamil link is
http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=28
If it is in Tamil in Roman script it can be posted anywhere.
Some of our memberrs knowing Tamil could not read Tamil script.
Pl start a new thread as you wish so that others can participate and comment.
Anecdotes will be quite entertaining especially those involving musical personalities....

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 29 Jan 2013, 21:20

Thanks , Sridhar_Ranga.

A possible explanation : I think that the Pasupathy you saw in Podhigai Interview is one M.V.Pasupathy, a Tamil scholar

( see http://books.dinamalar.com/AuthorBooks.aspx?id=2657 )

and is in charge of U.V.Swaminathayyar Library in Chennai . His father , K. M. Venkataramiah was a great scholar.
( See http://www.venkataramiah.org/ )

sridhar_ranga wrote:Prof Pasupathy's 'Kavithai iyaRRik kalakku' is an excellent aid to anyone attempting to write conventional Tamil poems (marabuk kavithai)...I first came across Prof Pasupathy's helpful blogs on Prosody rules when member 'msm' (why has he stopped posting here?) referred to him in the 'if you are a venpa buff' thread.

It was interesting to learn from prof Pasupathy in a TV interview on podhigai channel that the love of Tamil language and classical works was instilled very early in him and his siblings by his father, who IIRC was also in the teaching profession....the most interesting fact from that interview? They hail from a Telugu speaking family, which has produced great Tamil scholars over generations!

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 29 Jan 2013, 21:39

PB, Arasi, Sridhar, cmlover and others,

Thanks for the comments.

Arasi,
A note about the "Adal pAdal' articles ( written in 1953-54 ) I had posted in my Blog. They were not written by Kalki. While 'Adal pAdal' columns were started in Vikatan by "Kalki" ( using the name "karnAtakam".) when he was the Editor , he left Vikatan in 41. The title of columns continued and yes, they are written nicely ; it would be nice to know who wrote them.

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 29 Jan 2013, 22:05

Dear cmlover,
Thanks for the suggestion. I have started a new thread called" Musical Morsels" and will continue my posts there.
The link is:
http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20824

sivachinta1965 · Post by **sivachinta1965** » 29 Jan 2013, 22:47

Dear Rasikas

Is MDR is the tallest CM?

Siva