saraswati vanajaBhava sati in saraswati rAga

[Sreeni Rajarao]

For the Navaratri season of 2013, I would like to present a song on Saraswati

"saraswati vanajaBhava sati"

rAga: saraswati tALa: Adi

Composed by Veena Raja Rao on November 30th, 1941

Performed by Veena Kinhal on November 23rd, 2012 in Bengaluru, India

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHcwxiOr8Zw

You can also download the same from here:

http://archive.org/details/SaraswatiVan ... lNov232012

Sreeni Rajarao

[mahavishnu]

Thank you, Sreeni. There something magical about the veenA and the rAga Sarasawati. Beautiful!
Perfect for Saraswati pooja.

[ramakriya]

Thanks Sreeni. Very nice indeed!

[Sreeni Rajarao]

Mahavishnu and Ramakriya,

Thank you! I am happy to share what I have! And, there is a lot more music I have yet to share!

I cannot even imagine what a joy it would have been if I had been fortunate enough to have a recording from this concert at
Gayana Samaja (from July 20th, 1947) where vAggEyakAra L Raja Rao himself presented this song (in a veena concert along with his younger brother L Gopala Rao)

[mahavishnu]

And such a beautifully crafted concert if I may add, with a wonderful palette of ragas in sequence.
Do you have the lyrics to this song in Saraswati?

This is the fourth song about Goddess Saraswati in this rAga that I have now come across (GNB, NS Ramachandran and Muthiah Bhagavathar being the other composers).

[Sreeni Rajarao]

Yes, the lyrics are here:
http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10055

[HarishankarK]

And such a beautifully crafted concert if I may add, with a wonderful palette of ragas in sequence.
Do you have the lyrics to this song in Saraswati?

This is the fourth song about Goddess Saraswati in this rAga that I have now come across (GNB, NS Ramachandran and Muthiah Bhagavathar being the other composers).

By the way there is the composition Saraswati Dayaynidhi Nee gati in tamil by Sri Papanasam Sivan in ragam Saraswati.

Could you pl name the two songs of NSR and HMB? Thanks

[mahavishnu]

The song by NS Ramachandran is saraswati namOstutE (same first line as GNB's composition) and HMB's song is vAgIswari vAni saraswati.
Lakshman-ji would almost certainly have the notation/lyrics to both.

And yes there is the song by P. Sivan, that you mentioned. I've heard Sri Sethalapathy Balu sing it, I wish we would hear it more often.

[vs_manjunath]

sreeni-Item 9 Maanamutho in Shanmukapriya..It must be your father's compoisition

[Sreeni Rajarao]

Manjunath,

I was also curious about this particular song (item #9).

I searched and Google search gives me Mysore Vasudevachar's Manamuto nannu brovarada - Shanmukhapriya/Adi.
Most likely this is the one they performed.

My Father's only composition in Shanmukhapriya is "Eke nirdaya sRI ramayya"

[HarishankarK]

The song by NS Ramachandran is saraswati namOstutE (same first line as GNB's composition) and HMB's song is vAgIswari vAni saraswati.
Lakshman-ji would almost certainly have the notation/lyrics to both.

And yes there is the song by P. Sivan, that you mentioned. I've heard Sri Sethalapathy Balu sing it, I wish we would hear it more often.

Thanks for the names of the two other songs and now i will try to discover where i can hear these.
In youtube the P.Sivan Saraswathi song is available and sung by Smt Gayathri Venkataragahavan
search in google with phrase 'saraswati dayanidhi gayathri venkataraghavan' and the first result will be this video in youtube. You may hear it if you please.

[vs_manjunath]

Vina Pusthaka Dharini in Vega Vahini & Saraswathi Vidhi Yuvathi
in Hindola are xcellent MD songs.MS Amma's rendion of the former & Rajkumar Bharathi's rendition of the latter song are my favourites.
Sharade of P.Sivan in Devagamdhari by DKJ is also Xcelent.

PS:Although the above songs on Saraswathi are in different ragas felt like including)