The fifth episode of the above series was held on 30 June 2013 at Tatwaloka Hall. The programme has received the acknowledgement and appreciation of the music lovers and many rasikas are regular attendees for the programme. The hall was full at 5.50 itself when I entered. This is a recognition of the hard work, sincerity, attention to minute details and presentation of Smt. GayathriGireesh. SmtNandiniRamani and Prof TRS were there in the audience. I am happy to share the proceedings for the benefit of the rasikafriends.
The Chief Guest of the day was Vidushi Smt. SugunaVaradachary.While making her brief speech she appreciated the efforts made by Gayathri Gireesh to obtain authentic information on the related subject and to learn authentic version of the kritis. Gayathri Gireesh expresssed her gratitude to SmtSuguna Varadachary who had spared lot of her valuable time in guiding SmtGayathri. She also acknowledged the guidance she received from many other scholars. Before proceeding to the episode, she gave a recap of the previous episode. During the recap, Gayathri Gireesh recalled the episode of Bhageeratha bringing Ganges to the Earth. She said that the date of Bhageeratha bringing Ganges to Earth has been calculated as June 18 this year. It is a strange coincidence that the floods in Uttarakhand happened on June 18 this year. She dedicated this episode to the people who faced severe calamities in the Uttarakhand region.
The list of songs rendered
Karikalabhamukham- Saveri-MD
Virutham- Simhendramadhyamam –Villiputhooraar Bhaaratham
Neelaachalanaatham - Sumadyuthi (Simhendramadhyamam)-MD
Slokam from the Mahabharatham - Kedaragowla.(Arjuna praying to Lord Siva)
ThirumoolarThirumanthiram - Kambodi.
SadasivenaSankarena-Sinduramakriya-MD
Omkareswara-Saptharagamalika of HMB
SreeMathrubhootham, Kannada-MD
PahimamRathnachalanayaka - Mukhari- MD
Nabhomanichandragninayanam-Nabhomani-MD
EesanadiSivaakaaramanche –Sahana-MD
Siva PanchaksharaSthothram
The programmee started with the invocation song- Karikalabhamukham, a composition of Dikshithar in Saveri on the Dundiganapathy. In Varanasi, there is a temple known as Dundirajaganapathymandir. Down South, in Mayiladuthurai KasiViswanathar temple, there is a sannidhi for Dundiganapathy. The picture of Dundiganapathy was displayed in the Powerpoint and iconographic details were explained.
The next in the Anugrahamurthy series taken up was Kiratamurthy.Kirata means hunter and the great Sanskrit scholar Bharavi has written the story Kiratarjuneeyam. (This story of Kirata is very famous in Kathakali also.) Before the war of Mahabharatha, Krishna advised Arjuna to pray to Lord Siva and seek Paasupathaastram. Arjuna does astute penance for many days in the Indraneelaparvatham in the Himalayas, in the midst of Panchaagni. i.e surrounded by fire on his four sides and the sun above reckoned as the fifth fire. For testing Arjuna, Siva appears as a hunter along with his consort as the hunter's wife. At the same time Mookasura, in the guise of a pig comes to kill Arjuna. Both Arjuna and the hunter leave their arrows on the pig and the pig was killed. Arjuna, not knowing that the hunter was Siva, claimed that it was he who killed the pig and not the hunter. Then Siva challenged Arjuna to fight with him. While fighting with Siva, because of Siva's arrow, Arjuna fell unconscious. When he opened his eyes, he saw Sivalingam near him. Arjuna puts a garland on the lingam. Subsequently he goes in search of the hunter and he finds the same garland on the neck of the hunter. Then he realised that it was Siva who came as the hunter. He worshipped Siva and Siva gave him the Paasupathaasthram.
Indraneelaparvatham is a paadalpetrasthalam- Thirugnanasambandhar has composed a thevaram on the Indraneelaparvatham and the above episode. In the south, near Chidambaram, there is a temple in Thiruverkalam where the presiding diety is Pasupathinathar and Ambal Sadgunambal. Here is sannidhi for Kiratamurthy and also Arjunan. The image of Kiratamurthy- with Siva holding bow and arrow was shown in the PP presentation. There is a shrine of Kiratamurthy in Kumbakonam temple also. There is a temple for Kiratamurthy in Chennai too- Thiruvettiswarar in Triplicane. Villiputhurar Bharatham, contains a virutham explaining the Kiratamurthy-Arjuna episode. This virutham was sung very beautifully in Simhendramadhyamam. This was followed by the MD composition Neelachalanaatham in Sumadyuthi (Simhendramadhyamam). The pictures of Neelachalam in Himalayas were shown. The mountain is blue in colour. It is presumed that the white mountain is Siva and the adjacent blue one is Parvathi. In the temple there, the Ambal name is Neelambika. Gayathri Gireesh rendered the prayer slokam of Arjuna from the Mahabharatham in a captive Kedaragowla. To be contd....
MYRIAD FORMS OF SIVA BY GAYATHRI GIREESH- EPISODE 5
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contd....
The next Anugrahamurthy taken up was Sadasivamurthy.who has five faces – namely, Sadyojatha, Vamadeva, Thathpurusha, Eesaana and Aghora. In the song Nadathanumanisam Thyagaraja refers to the Sadyojatha and the five faces of Siva. It is said that shadjam and panchamam are fixed swaras or prakriti swaras and the other swaras namely rishabham, gandharam,madhyamam, daivatham, and nishadam were born out of the five faces of Siva. In the temple Gopuram of Tanjore, there is a idol of Sadasivamurthy with five faces. In some other places, the idol is four face and one face on the top of the four faces. A verse from Thirumoolar Thirumanthiram was sung in a soulful Kambodi. Then a composition of MD in the ragam Sinduramakriya, a janyam of 45th mela Sivapanthuvarali ( not to be confused with the same raga under the Thyagaraja school which is a janya of MMG). The song Sadasivena Sankarena with an alapana was rendered well. The raga has the arohanam and avarohanam of its parent raga but in the avarohanam it has GRGS. After this song, Gayathri Gireesh rendered a Saptharagamalika of HMB which has a reference to the Panchamukham of Siva. The ragamalika is very attractive which has unique structure. If you combine the first letters of all the charanas, it comes as OM NAMASIVAYA. It starts as Omkareswara Gangaasasidhara uragaabharana Namosthuthe. The ragamalika is in Yamunakalyani, Sree, Vasantha, Bhairavi, Panchamam,Megharanjini and Natanarayani.There is chittaswaram for each ragam. This was a great musical treat in itself.
The next Anugrahamurthy taken up was Umamaheswaramurthy. As stated earlier, Siva always has his consort by his side when he comes to give blessings to his devotees. The reference was to Thayumanaswamy or Mathrubhootheswarar with his consort SugandhiKundalambal. The story of Thayumanavar is well known. Sree Mathrubhootham, the MD composition in Kannada was very well rendered.
The next Anugrahamurthy taken up was Rathnagireeswarar in Rathnagiri situated near Kulithalai near Trichy. There is a triad of famous Siva temples here- Kadambavaneswarar, Rathnagireeswarar and Eengoinathar. The name of the Ambal is Araalakesi- means the lady with curly hair. The temple is on the top of the Rathnagiri hills which is in the shape of the Sree Chakram. One has to climb 1017 steps to have a darsan of the lord. There are nine rocks representing navarathnas. There is a story about this lord. There was one North Indian King whose Rathna studded crown was lost. His astrologer told him to go to Rathnagireeswarar temple and do abhishekam by lifting water from the Cauveri. The king with the help of his men carried water to the hill top and did abhishekam for many days. But he did not get the crown. In the temple one Brahmin told him to fill one Kopparai (container for water) with water and then do the abhishekam. The king and lot of his assistants brought water from Cauvery and poured in the container, but it was not getting filled up. The king got angry and attacked the brahmin with his sword.Later, when he saw the Lingam, there was a scar on it. We can see a scar on the Sivalingam in the temple. The Siva in the temple is also called Vaalpokkinaathar. Even now, every year, his descendants perform the abhishekam to the Lord Siva taking water from the Cauvery down below. Dikshithar has composed a very beautiful song Pahimam Rathnachalanayaka in Mukhari in which this episode has been mentioned. This song was rendered with due prominence to its jeevaswaras and bringing out the raga bhavam excellently. It is enough to say that the voice of Gayathri Gireesh reverberated with divine melody.
Gayathri then took up a very rare song Nabhomani Chandraagni nayanam in the ragam Nabhomani (Navaneetham) This song is on the Brihadeeswarar of Tanjore. Nabhomani means Surya and the song describes Siva as having Surya, Chandra and Agni in the form of eyes.
The next song taken up was on Lalithambika. Lalitha Parameswari is described as sitting on the bench whose legs are the four faces of Siva- Sadyojatha, Vamadeva, Thathpurusha and Aghora and she is sitting on Eesana (Siva) who is lying. Lakshmi and Saraswathi stand by the sides.A rare song of Dikshithar in Sahana- Eesanadi Sivaakaara manche was rendered. There is reference to Sivakaramanche in Soundaryalahari and two other songs of Dikshithar. The voice of Gayathri Gireesh was in excellent form - even towards the end of the programme. She further demonstrated that Sahana ragam, as per Sangeetha Sampradaaya Pradarshini uses Saadharana Gaandharam and very rarely Andara gaandharam. But present day Sahana uses only Andara gaandharam.
The accompanists did a good job. The raga essays of Mysore Srikanth were very sweet and had the authentic pidis. S.Balasankar provided adequate laya support. SmtVijayalakshmi on the Veena gelled well. The PP presentation was well conceived with lot of pictures of the idols being discussed, temples and included the lyrics of the songs as well. It had good visual impact. Kum Vishruthi, daughter and disciple of Gayathri Gireesh provided excellent support without referring to any paper for singing all the rare songs. Keep it going Vishruti.
Gayathri Gireesh concluded the episode with Siva Panchakshara Sthothram which was most appropriate for the occasion.
The next Anugrahamurthy taken up was Sadasivamurthy.who has five faces – namely, Sadyojatha, Vamadeva, Thathpurusha, Eesaana and Aghora. In the song Nadathanumanisam Thyagaraja refers to the Sadyojatha and the five faces of Siva. It is said that shadjam and panchamam are fixed swaras or prakriti swaras and the other swaras namely rishabham, gandharam,madhyamam, daivatham, and nishadam were born out of the five faces of Siva. In the temple Gopuram of Tanjore, there is a idol of Sadasivamurthy with five faces. In some other places, the idol is four face and one face on the top of the four faces. A verse from Thirumoolar Thirumanthiram was sung in a soulful Kambodi. Then a composition of MD in the ragam Sinduramakriya, a janyam of 45th mela Sivapanthuvarali ( not to be confused with the same raga under the Thyagaraja school which is a janya of MMG). The song Sadasivena Sankarena with an alapana was rendered well. The raga has the arohanam and avarohanam of its parent raga but in the avarohanam it has GRGS. After this song, Gayathri Gireesh rendered a Saptharagamalika of HMB which has a reference to the Panchamukham of Siva. The ragamalika is very attractive which has unique structure. If you combine the first letters of all the charanas, it comes as OM NAMASIVAYA. It starts as Omkareswara Gangaasasidhara uragaabharana Namosthuthe. The ragamalika is in Yamunakalyani, Sree, Vasantha, Bhairavi, Panchamam,Megharanjini and Natanarayani.There is chittaswaram for each ragam. This was a great musical treat in itself.
The next Anugrahamurthy taken up was Umamaheswaramurthy. As stated earlier, Siva always has his consort by his side when he comes to give blessings to his devotees. The reference was to Thayumanaswamy or Mathrubhootheswarar with his consort SugandhiKundalambal. The story of Thayumanavar is well known. Sree Mathrubhootham, the MD composition in Kannada was very well rendered.
The next Anugrahamurthy taken up was Rathnagireeswarar in Rathnagiri situated near Kulithalai near Trichy. There is a triad of famous Siva temples here- Kadambavaneswarar, Rathnagireeswarar and Eengoinathar. The name of the Ambal is Araalakesi- means the lady with curly hair. The temple is on the top of the Rathnagiri hills which is in the shape of the Sree Chakram. One has to climb 1017 steps to have a darsan of the lord. There are nine rocks representing navarathnas. There is a story about this lord. There was one North Indian King whose Rathna studded crown was lost. His astrologer told him to go to Rathnagireeswarar temple and do abhishekam by lifting water from the Cauveri. The king with the help of his men carried water to the hill top and did abhishekam for many days. But he did not get the crown. In the temple one Brahmin told him to fill one Kopparai (container for water) with water and then do the abhishekam. The king and lot of his assistants brought water from Cauvery and poured in the container, but it was not getting filled up. The king got angry and attacked the brahmin with his sword.Later, when he saw the Lingam, there was a scar on it. We can see a scar on the Sivalingam in the temple. The Siva in the temple is also called Vaalpokkinaathar. Even now, every year, his descendants perform the abhishekam to the Lord Siva taking water from the Cauvery down below. Dikshithar has composed a very beautiful song Pahimam Rathnachalanayaka in Mukhari in which this episode has been mentioned. This song was rendered with due prominence to its jeevaswaras and bringing out the raga bhavam excellently. It is enough to say that the voice of Gayathri Gireesh reverberated with divine melody.
Gayathri then took up a very rare song Nabhomani Chandraagni nayanam in the ragam Nabhomani (Navaneetham) This song is on the Brihadeeswarar of Tanjore. Nabhomani means Surya and the song describes Siva as having Surya, Chandra and Agni in the form of eyes.
The next song taken up was on Lalithambika. Lalitha Parameswari is described as sitting on the bench whose legs are the four faces of Siva- Sadyojatha, Vamadeva, Thathpurusha and Aghora and she is sitting on Eesana (Siva) who is lying. Lakshmi and Saraswathi stand by the sides.A rare song of Dikshithar in Sahana- Eesanadi Sivaakaara manche was rendered. There is reference to Sivakaramanche in Soundaryalahari and two other songs of Dikshithar. The voice of Gayathri Gireesh was in excellent form - even towards the end of the programme. She further demonstrated that Sahana ragam, as per Sangeetha Sampradaaya Pradarshini uses Saadharana Gaandharam and very rarely Andara gaandharam. But present day Sahana uses only Andara gaandharam.
The accompanists did a good job. The raga essays of Mysore Srikanth were very sweet and had the authentic pidis. S.Balasankar provided adequate laya support. SmtVijayalakshmi on the Veena gelled well. The PP presentation was well conceived with lot of pictures of the idols being discussed, temples and included the lyrics of the songs as well. It had good visual impact. Kum Vishruthi, daughter and disciple of Gayathri Gireesh provided excellent support without referring to any paper for singing all the rare songs. Keep it going Vishruti.
Gayathri Gireesh concluded the episode with Siva Panchakshara Sthothram which was most appropriate for the occasion.
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CRama,an excellent write up as usual.While I salute GG for her perseverance in collecting such a valuable data and presenting it so nicely I do appreciate your perseverance in registering the divine experience in such a nice manner.Pl.continue your Yeomen service.
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* Excellent write up C.Rama! A talented &humble Gayathri Girish needs a brand ambassador (sincerely) one like you. We get a complete divine musical experience of being taken to a higher plane through her integrated presentation bringing forth historical musical& philosophical messages enshrined in kritis of MD &others through her lucid&scholarly style appealing to both Pamara &Panditha alike(safely I venture to place myself in the middle!)
*"During the recap, Gayathri Girish recalled the episode of Bhageeratha bringing Ganges to the Earth. She said that the date of Bhageeratha bringing Ganges to Earth has been calculated as June 18 this year. It is a strange coincidence that the floods in Uttarakhand happened on June 18 this year. She dedicated this episode to the people who faced severe calamities in the Uttarakhand region."-quite moving!
*A few of my observations I would like to supplement.
* "kari kalabha mukam-Saveri -I recall GNB rendering this kriti with swara @Hari ayathi.."One more person who had popularized this song according to me is TRS who was present throughout the programme.
*"Ka Ri " GG wanted us to notice the swaraksharam.
*Thiruveetiswarar in Triplicane I have heard is maintained by Arcot Nawab family.If you put up with the ordeal of passing through the meat shops on either side of the road leading to the temple(Triplicane) You can have dharshan of this beautiful temple.
* "The words appearing in 'Sadasivena sankarena'.."Sanakathi samsaya harena"connote MD has depicted Sadasiva as 'Dakshinamurthy'.
*HMB ragamalika had chittaiswarams in all ragas except Nata Narayani.
*"During the recap, Gayathri Girish recalled the episode of Bhageeratha bringing Ganges to the Earth. She said that the date of Bhageeratha bringing Ganges to Earth has been calculated as June 18 this year. It is a strange coincidence that the floods in Uttarakhand happened on June 18 this year. She dedicated this episode to the people who faced severe calamities in the Uttarakhand region."-quite moving!
*A few of my observations I would like to supplement.
* "kari kalabha mukam-Saveri -I recall GNB rendering this kriti with swara @Hari ayathi.."One more person who had popularized this song according to me is TRS who was present throughout the programme.
*"Ka Ri " GG wanted us to notice the swaraksharam.
*Thiruveetiswarar in Triplicane I have heard is maintained by Arcot Nawab family.If you put up with the ordeal of passing through the meat shops on either side of the road leading to the temple(Triplicane) You can have dharshan of this beautiful temple.
* "The words appearing in 'Sadasivena sankarena'.."Sanakathi samsaya harena"connote MD has depicted Sadasiva as 'Dakshinamurthy'.
*HMB ragamalika had chittaiswarams in all ragas except Nata Narayani.
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*Under Siva's form"Uma Maheshwara Murthy" she rendered Thirungna Sambandar Devaram in "Navroj"...Pan-Kolli.
* Sri Mathrubootham -mention of Javanthi pushpam -The deity is also called "Javanthi Nather."Mention of 6 annual festivals viz., Brahmothsavam, Arudra Dharisanam sivarathri,navarathri Tepposthavam &Sankaranthi.
Rathnagiri has the sapthakannigaigaL shrines because it is one of the 51 Shakthi Peetams. That the mountain is shaped like the "SriChakra" is mentioned in the Mukhari Kriti.
*One can never see any crow in any part of the hill even today due to shapa(curse).
*Accompanists appeared to have had thorough idea of nuances of each rare kriti/Raga while accompanying the main artist(kudos to her for having prepared them to the level) as if fitting well with any normal concert pattern -Great joint effort .
* Sri Mathrubootham -mention of Javanthi pushpam -The deity is also called "Javanthi Nather."Mention of 6 annual festivals viz., Brahmothsavam, Arudra Dharisanam sivarathri,navarathri Tepposthavam &Sankaranthi.
Rathnagiri has the sapthakannigaigaL shrines because it is one of the 51 Shakthi Peetams. That the mountain is shaped like the "SriChakra" is mentioned in the Mukhari Kriti.
*One can never see any crow in any part of the hill even today due to shapa(curse).
*Accompanists appeared to have had thorough idea of nuances of each rare kriti/Raga while accompanying the main artist(kudos to her for having prepared them to the level) as if fitting well with any normal concert pattern -Great joint effort .
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Thank you CRama and Satyabalu for your descriptions - the description is almost as good as the concert!!
I have known Gayathri for many, many years, and am really pleased to see her get her due. Just as Vishruti is now accompanying her mother, my first introduction to Gayathri many years ago was when she was accompanying her mother. At the kAtyayini samEta jalakaNThESvarar temple inside the campus of IITM, important events like navarAtri and pradOSam are celebrated with great pomp and grandeur. The main evening pUja is followed by chanting of the 4 vEdas, recitation of SlOkas, and finally, sangIta sEva before the major dIpArAdhana - and I first heard Gayathri accompanying her mother in singing Sri cakra rAja simhAsanESvarI for the sangIta sEva the first pradOSam I attended at the temple when we moved to IITM. She was my junior in KV IITM, and I have heard and seen her grow as an artist since then with great pleasure.satyabalu wrote:* Excellent write up C.Rama! A talented &humble Gayatri Gireesh needs a brand ambassador (sincerely) one like you.
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* Here are the feedback received on presence of swaraksharams in kritis covered .
*SD" swarakshara in pallavi of sindhuramakriya Kriti Sadasivena Shankarena. Also in the anupallavi beginning of the same song- "Sadaachara".
*SD" swarakshara in pallavi of sindhuramakriya Kriti Sadasivena Shankarena. Also in the anupallavi beginning of the same song- "Sadaachara".
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Thank you Ganesh, Satyabalu and rsankar for your encouraging words. Your motivating words do inspire me to write more.
Thanks to Satyabalu for supplementing information. Some of the points I had noted, but did not include in my report as I felt that the report has become too lengthy. The pann in Kolli, Navroj, was not sung. She only mentioned about it.
Satyabalu, I have never heard TRS singing Karikalabhamukham. Do have any recording?
Thanks to Satyabalu for supplementing information. Some of the points I had noted, but did not include in my report as I felt that the report has become too lengthy. The pann in Kolli, Navroj, was not sung. She only mentioned about it.
Satyabalu, I have never heard TRS singing Karikalabhamukham. Do have any recording?
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crama
thank you for your review, two numbers interest me a lot , the mahabharatha slokham and the sapta ragamaliga of HMB. I will wait with you in hearing the Karikalabhamukham by TRS.
thank you for your review, two numbers interest me a lot , the mahabharatha slokham and the sapta ragamaliga of HMB. I will wait with you in hearing the Karikalabhamukham by TRS.
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CRama, what a comprehensive report of the event! Thank you.
The kriti in Nabhomani is new to me. I have heard that it is related to the scale Navaneetham. Does anyone have a sample of this?
Ravi, I did not know that GG is a KV-IIT alum. Although I did know that about you!
The kriti in Nabhomani is new to me. I have heard that it is related to the scale Navaneetham. Does anyone have a sample of this?
Ravi, I did not know that GG is a KV-IIT alum. Although I did know that about you!
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She's as smart as you guys are too 
let alone her being so good with her music! Such a pleasant person she's too.
She gets special stars from me not only for her communicative skills but also for saying what she means. It's not that easy for any artiste to sing a new song in a concert (there are thousands of old, familiar ones to sing. Why venture into introducing a new song--is understandable). However, Gayathri not only listened to my CD, but sang a song of mine --after asking me which concert of hers was I planning to be at--and sang it at Brahma Gana Sabha a few years ago. She sang it beautifully too, prefacing it with a virutham.
She made time to be at Neela Ramgopal's concert when her CD was released. This season, I had the pleasure of sitting next to her son, nephew and her mother at her YGP concert, which in spite of endless mike troubles was a winner!
let alone her being so good with her music! Such a pleasant person she's too. She gets special stars from me not only for her communicative skills but also for saying what she means. It's not that easy for any artiste to sing a new song in a concert (there are thousands of old, familiar ones to sing. Why venture into introducing a new song--is understandable). However, Gayathri not only listened to my CD, but sang a song of mine --after asking me which concert of hers was I planning to be at--and sang it at Brahma Gana Sabha a few years ago. She sang it beautifully too, prefacing it with a virutham.
She made time to be at Neela Ramgopal's concert when her CD was released. This season, I had the pleasure of sitting next to her son, nephew and her mother at her YGP concert, which in spite of endless mike troubles was a winner!
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I think KV-IITM can take a small part of the credit in Gayathri's absolute sAhitya Suddham - I would rank her pronunciation of lyrics in all languages on par with that of Smts. MSS and Radha (my gold-standard).mahavishnu wrote:Ravi, I did not know that GG is a KV-IIT alum. Although I did know that about you!
To clarify - even at the time when Gayathri was a student at KV-IITM (which was many, many years after me!), Hindi was still very prominent - In addition to studying it as a second language, the Social Studies (History, Geography, and Civics) were taught in Hindi....IMO, this degree of Hindi can't but sensitize one to the kh, gh, ch, jh, ph, bh sounds (as an example)...
And (not to divert the thread), some of the other KV-IITM alums connected to the music field are Charubala (of Charsur), Dr. Vijalakshmi Subramaniam's husband (both of whom were ahead of me), and our members, Ranganayaki (who is more of Gayathri's contemporary) and Suresh (who is my contemporary)! And if we extend the geography by just a few miles, I understand we can also 'include' Sri Ravikiran, Sri Shashikiran, and Smt. Kiranavali (who are alums of KV-CLRI)!
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Re: MYRIAD FORMS OF SIVA BY GAYATHRI GIREESH- EPISODE 5
I don't recall her singing the dEvARam. Only showed the text and mentioned navroj.she rendered Thirungna Sambandar Devaram in "Navroj"...Pan-Kolli.
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Re: MYRIAD FORMS OF SIVA BY GAYATHRI GIREESH- EPISODE 5
kirAta (Lord shiva as a Hunter)
http://www.shaivam.org
The story from mahabharata in which Lord shiva was the hunter and fought with arjuna. (elaborated in kirAtArjuniyam) . This is the link posted by Lakshman .
http://www.shaivam.org
The story from mahabharata in which Lord shiva was the hunter and fought with arjuna. (elaborated in kirAtArjuniyam) . This is the link posted by Lakshman .