Aruna Sairam Programme,Bhairavi Music Circle, puducherry.

[V.Mahalingam]

Padma smt..Aruna Sairam’s Vocal concert on 12/9/2010 at Bhairavi Music Circle, Puducherry was an instant Success. The hall which can accommodate more than 800 people was almost full inspite of heavy downpour. The audience who attended the programme went home with heartfull of joy. Some members commented that ‘outside the hall there is heavy Mazhai (Rain) and inside there is ‘issai Mazhai’(Rain)

[Pratyaksham Bala]

Bhairavi Carnatic Music Circle, Puducherry
12th September 2010
Vivekananda Higher Secondary School Auditorium

Padmasri Smt. Aruna Sayeeram
H.N. Bhaskar - Violin
Kalaimamani J. Vaithinathan - Mridangam
S.V. Ramani - Ghatam

LIST OF SONGS:-

1. sri vignarAjam bhajE - gambhIranATTai - UttukkADu VenkaTasubbaiyer (S)
2. srI mAninI manOhara - tyAgarAjA
3. viruttam - vALAl magavarintu - pattinathAr
4. ALAvatennAlO sivamE ?
5. sadA sAranga nayanE - ranjani - mysore yOga narasimham (AS)
6. Ehi annapUranE - punnAgavarAli - muttuswAmi dIkshitar
7. kadana kudUgula nAyaki - pallavi venkatrama Iyer
8. MAIN - chakkani rAjamArgamu - karaharapriyA - tyAgarAjA (ASN) tani
9. rAma nAma payasakE - bhimplas - purandaradAsA
10. nenjukku nIdiyum - subramania bharati
11. gajamukha - ganapati bAppA mOryA!
12. mADu mEikum kaNNE
13. viruttam - oru mukham shalittAl - tiruppugazh
14. enna kavi pAdinAlum - nIlambari -Ayanampatti AdishEsha Iyer
15. tillAnA - kALinga nartanam - gambhIra nATTai - UttukkADu VenkaTasubbaiyer
16. mangalam

Smt. Aruna Sayeeram mesmerised the crowd. It was a scene of total silence broken by occasional loud applause. In the end the audience exhibited their appreciation with thunderous clapping for full one minute!

Vaithinathan in Mridangam gave adequate support.

S.V. Ramani in Ghatam was brilliant - he rightfully earned two rounds of spontaneous applause for his superb performance!

Despite heavy downpour the hall was full. It was an exciting evening. And everybody was HAPPY! In short, a memorable kutcheri.

[rajeshnat]

4. ALAvatennAlO sivamE ?
14. enna kavi pAdinAlum - nIlambari -Ayanampatti AdishEsha Iyer

4. ALAvatennAlO sivamE - parAs - periyaPurana keerthanai

14. enna kavi pAdinAlum - nIlamani -Ayanampatti AdishEsha Iyer

[bilahari]

Nice to hear the concert went off well and had such great attendance (unsurprisingly)! Now the thunderous clapping at the end should surely have included a standing ovation?!

[Pratyaksham Bala]

Now the thunderous clapping at the end should surely have included a standing ovation?!

Yes, of course. I should have mentioned that!

[Pratyaksham Bala]

rajeshnat:
Thanks for the additional information/correction.

[mahakavi]

14. enna kavi pAdinAlum - nIlambari -Ayanampatti AdishEsha Iyer
Ayanampatti -----> AnaiyAmpaTTi

[mahakavi]

>>4. ALAvatennAlO sivamE - parAs - periyaPurana keerthanai<<
rajeshnat:
Composer: UttukkADu VenkaTa kavi
It is a beautiful composition covering all the 63 nAyanmArs woven in a tapestry in brilliant colors (not only just the names of the nAyanmArs but embellishing some of the names and telling a real story there).

By the way, OVK included MANikkavAcagar in this kriti but left out mUrkka nAyanAr. Some sAhitya experts can go through the text and let me know if mUrkka nayanAr is hidden somewhere there. Perhaps ChitravINA Ravikiran knows. Somebody can ask him.

[Pratyaksham Bala]

mahakavi:
Thanks!

LYRICS OF
ALAvadennAlO shivamE -- periya purAna kIrtanai

UttukkAdu vEnkaTasubbaiyer

P:
ALAvadennAlO shivamE aDiyArk kaDiyanAi - un

A:
kELAdaLikkum varamE aNDa mElAnadaRkum paramE iLam
tALAna kamala muTpuRamE padam
dadikka dAmena viditta tALamum
tutikka tAmena madittu gatipeRa - ALAva...

C:
punmai piRavi pOgavENum eDuttAl puNNiya piRaviyAga vENum
innavaril oruvaraip pOlE iNaiyonRum illApadattiNaiyAga vENum - innavaril ...
1
kAzhimaNam shivapAdamagan tirunAvarasan maNivAchaka sundaran enum - innavaril ...
2
siRut toNDar tirunIlakaNDa viRan mINDa nandi taNDi aDikal enum - innavaril ...
3
aiyaDigaL kADavarkOn AnAyakaNam pullar ninRa shIr neDumARa
gaNanatha munaiyADuvAroDu tirunALaip pOvAr enum - innavaril ...
4
meiporuLar perumizhalaik kuRumbar EnAtinAta kalikkambar
amarnIti narasinga munaiyaraya shadaiya caNDEsha kaliya kAriyArenum - innavaril ...
5
mAnakkanjAra nEsha pUshalAroDu vAyilAr
shomashimARa mangaiyarkarashi kungiliyak kalayAr iLaiyAnkuDi
mARa aRivATTAya kUTRuvar kOTpuli chAkkiyar sattiyan - shiRap
puliyar sheRuttuNaiyar pugazhtuNaiyar kulacciRaiyar kazhaTRaRivar iyaRpagaiyarenum - innavaril ...
6
tirumUla muruga mUrtti appUdiruddara pashupatiyAr ishaignaniyar
nIlanakkar iDangazhiyar atipattar eRipattar Eyar kOnoDu
nIlakaNDa yAzhpANa pugazh shOzha kOTshenkatshOzha kazhaRshingar
kAraikkAl nagar mEvu kaniyAroDu kaNNappar kuRipput toNDaranum - innavaril ...

iNaiyondRumillA padattiNaiyA vENum - innavaril ...

[Pratyaksham Bala]

>>4. ALAvatennAlO sivamE - parAs - periyaPurana keerthanai<<
rajeshnat:
Composer: UttukkADu VenkaTa kavi
It is a beautiful composition covering all the 63 nAyanmArs woven in a tapestry in brilliant colors (not only just the names of the nAyanmArs but embellishing some of the names and telling a real story there).

By the way, OVK included MANikkavAcagar in this kriti but left out mUrkka nAyanAr. Some sAhitya experts can go through the text and let me know if mUrkka nayanAr is hidden somewhere there. Perhaps ChitravINA Ravikiran knows. Somebody can ask him.

I give below a list of nAyanmArs mentioned in the above song, mentioning against each name the serial number and name of nAyanmAr as mentioned in http://www.shaivam.org/naayan_f.html.
Though Sri vEnkatakavi's song has 63 names, he has included maNivAchakar instead of gnAnasambandar.
As for mUrka nAyanar, I think, the very first reference to ‘kAzhimaNam shivapAdamagan’ may refer to mUrka nAyanAr. (mahakavi: please confirm.)

ALAvadennAlO shivamE -- periya purAna kIrtanai :-
1
kAzhimaNam shivapAdamagan (this may refer to mUrka nAyanAr – 31st nAyanAr)
tirunAvarasan (20. thirun^Avukkarachar)
maNivAchaka (included instead of thirugnAnasambandar – 27th nAyanAr)
sundaran (63. chun^dhara mUrthi n^AyanAr)
2
siRut toNDar (35. chiRuththoNda n^AyanAr)
tirunIlakaNDa (1. thirunIlakaNda n^AyanAr)
viRan mINDa (5. viraNmiNda n^AyanAr)
nandi (26. naminandhi n^AyanAr)
taNDi aDikal (30. dhaNdiyadikaL)
3
aiyaDigaL kADavarkOn (45. aiyadikaL kAdavar kOn n^AyanAr)
AnAya (13. AnAya n^AyanAr)
kaNam pullar (46. kaNampulla n^AyanAr)
ninRa shIr neDumARa (48. n^inRa chIr n^edumARa n^AyanAr)
gaNanatha (37. gaNa n^Adha n^AyanAr)
munaiyADuvAr (50. munaiyaduyAr n^AyanAr)
tirunALaip pOvArenum (17. thirun^Alaip pOvAr n^AyanAr)
4
meiporuLar (4. meypporuL n^AyanAr)
perumizhalaik kuRumbar (22. perumizalaik kuRumba n^AyanAr)
EnAtinAta (8. EnAthi nAtha n^AyanAr)
kalikkambar (42. kalikkamba n^AyanAr)
amarnIti (6. amarnIdhi n^AyanAr)
narasinga munaiyaraya (40. n^arachiN^ka munaiyaraiya n^AyanAr)
shadaiya (61. chadaiya n^AyanAr)
caNDEsha (19. chaNdIcha n^AyanAr)
kaliya (43. kaliya n^AyanAr)
kAriyAr (47. kAri n^AyanAr)
5
mAnakkanjAra (11. mAnak kanychARa n^AyanAr)
nEsha (58. n^Echa n^AyanAr)
pUshalAr (56. pUchalAr n^AyanAr)
vAyilAr (49. vAyilAr n^AyanAr)
shomashimARa (32. chOmAchi mARa n^AyanAr)
mangaiyarkarashi (57. maN^kayark karachiyAr n^AyanAr)
kungiliyak kalayAr (10. kuN^kiliyak kalaya n^AyanAr)
iLaiyAnkuDi mARa (3. iLaiyAnkudi mARa n^AyanAr)
aRivATTAya (12. arivAttAya n^AyanAr)
kUTRuvar (38. kURRuva n^AyanAr)
kOTpuli (55. kOtpuli n^AyanAr)
chAkkiyar (33. chAkkiya n^AyanAr)
sattiyan (44. chaththi n^AyanAr)
shiRappuliyar (34. chiRappuli n^AyanAr)
sheRuttuNaiyar (53. cheruththuNai n^AyanAr)
pugazhtuNaiyar (54. pukazth thuNai n^AyanAr)
kulacciRaiyar (21. kulachchiRai n^AyanAr)
kazhaTRaRivar (36. kazaRiRRu aRivAr n^AyanAr (chEramAn perumAL n^AyanAr)
iyaRpagaiyar (2. iyarpakai n^AyanAr)
6
tirumUla (29. thirumUla n^AyanAr)
muruga (15. muruga n^AyanAr)
mUrtti (14. mUrththi n^AyanAr)
appUdi (24. appUdhi adikaLAr)
ruddara pashupatiyAr (16. uruththira pachupathi n^AyanAr)
ishaignaniyar (62. ichainyAniyAr)
nIlanakkar (25. thiru n^Ilan^akka n^AyanAr)
iDangazhiyar (52. idaN^kazi n^AyanAr)
atipattar (41. adhipaththa n^AyanAr)
eRipattar (7. eRipaththa n^AyanAr)
Eyar kOn (-kalikAmar) (28. EyarkOn kalikAmar)
nIlakaNDa yAzhpANa (60. thirun^IlakaNda yAzppANa n^AyanAr)
pugazh shOzha (39. pukazch chOza n^AyanAr)
kOTshenkatshOzha (59. kOchcheN^kat chOza n^AyanAr)
kazhaRshingar (51. kazaRchiN^ka n^AyanAr)
kAraikkAl nagar mEvu kaniyAr (23. kAraikkAl ammaiyAr)
kaNNappar (9. kaNNappa n^AyanAr)
kuRipput toNDar (18. thirukkuRipputh thoNdar)

[rajeshnat]

Tx Pratyaksham balA , such a difficult thamizh. Aruna has certainly a penchant for karadu moradana thamizh.
There is a youtube rendition of the same .
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYUSxCK2cI

[fduddy]

Harimau - Where are you

[mahakavi]

>>As for mUrka nAyanar, I think, the very first reference to ‘kAzhimaNam shivapAdamagan’ may refer to mUrka nAyanAr. (mahakavi: please confirm.) <<
PB:
kAzhi stands for sIrkAzhi where Sambandhar was born to SivapAda hrudayar (He who had the feet of Shiva installed in his heart) and BhagavathiyAr. OVK calls sambandhar as "kAzhi maNam" (the fragrance of sIrkAzhi). By the way sIrkAzhi is known by more than a dozen names--pugali, kazhumalam, saNbai, among others.

MUrkka nAyanAr was a gambler who used his gambling revenues to feed the Lord's devotees. He lived in ThiruvErkkADu (in toNDai nADu). He got the name "mUrkkar" because he stabbed one of the fellow gamblers when he failed to honor his oral bet in gambling.

I had combed OVK's song several times before in search of "mUrkkar" in vain. I am sure Ravikiran knows one way or the other.

Note: OVK prioritizes the nAlvar in the list of aDiyArs. In the first line that he starts narrating the names he puts sambandhar first thus: kAzhi maNam sivapAdamagan, tirunAvarasan, maNivAcaga, sundaran.... Then he goes on to all the others in no particular order.

[rshankar]

Sri PB - The mRdangam player is J. Vaidyanathan (although he is called Vaithy by his family), the son of Sri DKJ.

[Pratyaksham Bala]

PB:
kAzhi stands for sIrkAzhi where Sambandhar was born to SivapAda hrudayar (He who had the feet of Shiva installed in his heart) and BhagavathiyAr. OVK calls sambandhar as "kAzhi maNam" (the fragrance of sIrkAzhi). By the way sIrkAzhi is known by more than a dozen names--pugali, kazhumalam, saNbai, among others.

Thanks!

[Pratyaksham Bala]

LYRICS FOR
viruttam - vALAl magavarindu - paTTinattAr

vALAl magavarindu UTTavallEn allEn; mAdushonna
shUliLamai tuRakkavallEn allan; tonduseidu
nALaRil kaNNiDattu appavallEn allan nAn ini shenRu
ALAvadu eppaDiyO tirukkALatti apparukkE.

[mahakavi]

The three episodes:
1. siRuttoNDar
2. KAraikkAl ammaiyAr
3. KaNNappa nAyanAr
Right?
The song is on KALahasti.

[Pratyaksham Bala]

mahakavi:
Thanks.
Your pointed reference to the episodes make the viruttam more appealing.

[mahakavi]

PB:
Usually musicians sing a vruttam from tEvAram/prabhandam and sing a kriti related to the theme in the vruttam. Here Aruna Sairam not only followed it but supplemented the vruttam which contained the episodes of 3 nAyanmArs with a full complement of all the nAyanmArs (I count MANikkavAcagar as the 64th nAyanmAr--he got the 8th tirumuRai all for himself) in the kriti by OVK "ALAvadennALO..." reciting all the names. AS could do it since she is an expert in singing kALinga narttanam. OVK himself made it simple by splitting the 63 into several caraNam segments with a new sub-pallavi line "innavaril oruvaraip pOlE iNaiyonRum illA padattu iNaiyAgavENum" . I presume AS sang the whole song with all the 6 caraNams.

[mahakavi]

PB: If you are interested, here are 2 articles, one on KAraikkAl ammaiyAr (in PuduccEri territory), and another on KaNNappa nAyanAr (KALahasti---where there was the recent collapse of the front tower).
http://archives.chennaionline.com/colum ... icle47.asp

http://archives.chennaionline.com/colum ... icle44.asp