Prasanna Venkataraman, BGS, 24/Dec/2017

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with HKVenkatram, KAP, ? khanjira

mOhanam varNam manamOhanA. In the moment reaction: this varNam should have been taken to the woodshed and put out of misery after the sEthupathi had shown his munificence. In general I feel, other than bhairavi, kAnadA and kAmbOdhi other k ata varNams suffer from quite a lot of suckitude

jAnaki ramaNA. PV should have just opened with this! s@raktanaLinadaLa

janaranjani beautiful glides in violin repartee nAdadina mAta

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v good ns@talaku vachchina..

Very poor audience turn out, hardly 30-40 folks.

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sAlagabhairavi (announced, I had it pegged as a KHP cluster) padavini sadbhaktiyu s@pallavi

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kalAvathI kamalAsana yuvathi. A poignant melody.. what a stunning transition from madhyamakAlam to the pallavi!
chalamElarA sAkEtarAmA
kAmbOdhi

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Adum deivam nI aruLvAi ns@viri prapancham muzhudhum .. unnai adaindhEn, with tisram too. tani

viruththam vizhikkuththuNai followed by manadhiRkugandhadhu murugan rUpam
bAro krishnayyA

CM in all its glory! (varNam excepted). Neither too much aggro nor kuzhaivu too much.