Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Vinjamuri Day (Chennai Fine Arts) On July 25th,2026
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Vocal: Maharajapuram Ramachandran
Violin : V V Srinivasa Rao
Mrudangam: J Vaidyanathan
Ghatam : Forgot to note is that SunilKumar ??
Concert Type : Nirvana - Non Ticketed concert
Day : Saturday
Duration - 2 hours
Sabha/Hall : Chennai Fine Arts and Sastri Hall
Occasion : Vinjamuri Vaggeyakkara Trust jointly conducted by Vinjamuri Varadaraja Iyengar , Sandhya
1A. Viruththam in 5 pancha ratna ragas starting with Aiyendu KarathAanai (nattai) + Yenthil IlapArai (Gowlai) + Nandi Mayan(Arabi) + Same lines Kunthiyil Vaitrum (Varali and Shree ragam) - Tirumoolar Urai
1B. Chalamela Jesi (varnam) - 5 pancha ratna krithi ragas - Vinjamuri Varadaraja Iyengar
02.brochE vaa revarE raghupathE (S) - shreeranjani - T
5 mins swaras
03. diwakara tanujam (R) - yadhukulaKambodhi - MD
3 mins alapana and 2 mins violin return
04.Seethamma mAyammA (RS, N, S) -vasantha - T
4 mins neraval in dharanija bhagavatha
4 mins swaras
05. narasimha nannu brOvarA (R) - bilahari - Vinjamuri Varadaraja Iyengar
9 mins alapana and 4 mins violin return
06. hari dAsalu - yamunakalyani - T
07A. JAkelarA nannu brochutaku (R N S T) - hemavati - Vinjamuri Varadaraja Iyengar
9 mins alapana and 6 mins violin return
neraval in varadaraja sevita raja raja for 6 mins
swaras for 8 mins
07B. tani for ?? mins
08. tillana vA velava- mishra sivaranjani - maharajapuram santhanam
09. mangalam - nee naama
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Re: Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Vinjamuri Day (Chennai Fine Arts) On July 25th,2026
I attended 4 or 5 years back where Vinjamuri trust conducted their yearly homage championed by Sandhya (daughter of Vinjamuri who is now settled in Chennai after many decades being in USA) . That year G Ravikiran sang and the same chennai fine arts organized in gokhale sastri hall . 4 olympic years later now it is in Luz Srinivasa sastri hall , with a more seasoned Maharajapuram ramachandran. THe curiosity was bit more to hear the partially forgotten baritoned voice of maharajapuram Ramachandran. I am not sure if he had sung any concert last year in 2025 Dec or he had just few that i missed.
THe start was exact 6 pm and Chennai fine arts muralidharan is a real great sabha patron.Muralidharan gave a crisp speech where he connected Vinjamuri to a little lineage of manambuchavadi or veena kuppiar .For all those who dont know Vinjamuri varadaraja, he was the disciple of ARiyakudi . For me personally he is known because his brothers grandson/great grand son is the prodigy and surely making waves that is the violinst Kamalakiran vinjamuri from Maryland/viriginia. I do know kamalakiran appa subash vinjamuri is a great teacher he must have played a lot in USA but i have personally not heard . I personally assumed Vinjamuri lineage has all goto do with Guntur area more like say a voleti but i was educated by Muralidharan that there is a huge connection of vinjamuri to the land of Tirunelveli - srivalliputtur etal - bit of TRS mama overlap of experience
All said the crowd was way too sparse but the music was not sparse . Atleast at that point when the concert was about to begin, i connected the lineage of Ramachandran to his appa and thatha (that is 125 years) , also JV is son of the illustrious DKJ and also young kanjira artist Sunilkumar appa is triplicane sekhar (tavil artist). I dont know if V V Srinivasa rao has a parent/grand parents lineage . Huge lineage of vaggeyakkara and atleast 3 performing artist - that have collectively 300 years of Carnatic history
THe first drop in the concert was a very detailed pancha ratna raga based viruththam - Tirumoolar Urai , nice sampradaya flow when you take these ragas . I dont know if he sang all the 5 ragas during the varnam , i am assuming the preparation to present all the 5 ragas in varnam sahithya was not there but still i would humbly say when there is a start of intensity of Carnatic oomph with a longer viruththam followed by varnam with even say 3 or 4 ragas ,it makes musically more satisfying and gives an early assurance that the concert is not a marketing thukkada fluff.
Maharajapuram and Semmangudi schools are twins in musical ideas . Vishwanatha Iyer was a guru to both his son Santhanam and kind of also to Semmangudi . Being Saturday diwakara tanujam is a nice drop but the ideas of Ramachandran were significantly semmangudish. What can one say about shriranjani ragam with brochevarevarure born for Maharajapuram and Semmangudi school for their rapid fire twists and turns what a krithi zero time waster every line is full fledged with right carnatic ideas . Ramachandran took an avatar of bit super musically impulsive thatha in vasantha. Bit loss of breath in swaras in vasantha was there like his tatha , but well done
Bilahari i assumed it would be main after a more detailed alapana but it was more like a submain 2. The krithi was like a patnam poochi typecast i guess vinjamuri had a lot of influence in writing this krithi through his parama guru and grand paramaguru (poochi-patnam). Thank god it was not proportioned like Ariyakudi his proportion is only censor to me. Hari Dasalu is a cute drop reminding a lot of his most famous supernova appa Santhanam
Main main main what that would be is what i thought prior to start . No ambiguity in hemavati to disambiguate from say vachaspathi or dharmavati, felt this krithi was like some shyama sastri or mysore varadachari hemavati krithi that gave a run for money to most established Dikshitar krithi of Kanthimathim. Ramachandran indeed showcased the maximum vinjamuri vaggeyakkara class in hemavati krithi the neraval was very well done not musically sowkhyam relaxed like Santhanam just pounding(I dont care if you get all of it or not) like his tatha vishwanatha iyer . Swaras were detailed well ,Ramachandran has never given one big main instead he fragments as 3 or 4 sub mains that is his style.
5 mins before his cindrella closure time of 2 hours , i dont know why he asked can i take 5 mins at 08 :25 PM . I was not happy at all we come to hear more music but it is what it is . Mishra sivaranjani thillana could have had a scaffold of say kanda Guha shanmugha viruththam that his appa and him have sung , but it was just quick thillana closure
JV played exceptionally well , his balance of left and right is superb. I have not heard this combo at all. Srinivasa rao had a nice shruti suddham and his alapana returns were concise . Sunil is turning out as a big star and he played exceptionally well. I have forgotten how the tani was. One has to give it for maharajapuram Ramachandran for singing all alone without any supporting artist which always his appa-santhanam and tatha-vishwanatha iyer had, and he is more aged than both of them. Gratitude for taking this great school that has given immense Carnatic tradition for 100 plus years
Note added after an hour and googling:
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"V.V.Srinivasa Rao is a senior most Violinist, from Bangalore. He started to train in music at a young age from his father and guru Sri V.S.R.Anjeneya Bhagavatar."
I did not know that VVS Rao learnt from his father . So add another 100 years of 4th lineage. and make it 400 years instead of 300 years.
Overall a very good to excellent concert for 2 hours
THe start was exact 6 pm and Chennai fine arts muralidharan is a real great sabha patron.Muralidharan gave a crisp speech where he connected Vinjamuri to a little lineage of manambuchavadi or veena kuppiar .For all those who dont know Vinjamuri varadaraja, he was the disciple of ARiyakudi . For me personally he is known because his brothers grandson/great grand son is the prodigy and surely making waves that is the violinst Kamalakiran vinjamuri from Maryland/viriginia. I do know kamalakiran appa subash vinjamuri is a great teacher he must have played a lot in USA but i have personally not heard . I personally assumed Vinjamuri lineage has all goto do with Guntur area more like say a voleti but i was educated by Muralidharan that there is a huge connection of vinjamuri to the land of Tirunelveli - srivalliputtur etal - bit of TRS mama overlap of experience
All said the crowd was way too sparse but the music was not sparse . Atleast at that point when the concert was about to begin, i connected the lineage of Ramachandran to his appa and thatha (that is 125 years) , also JV is son of the illustrious DKJ and also young kanjira artist Sunilkumar appa is triplicane sekhar (tavil artist). I dont know if V V Srinivasa rao has a parent/grand parents lineage . Huge lineage of vaggeyakkara and atleast 3 performing artist - that have collectively 300 years of Carnatic history
THe first drop in the concert was a very detailed pancha ratna raga based viruththam - Tirumoolar Urai , nice sampradaya flow when you take these ragas . I dont know if he sang all the 5 ragas during the varnam , i am assuming the preparation to present all the 5 ragas in varnam sahithya was not there but still i would humbly say when there is a start of intensity of Carnatic oomph with a longer viruththam followed by varnam with even say 3 or 4 ragas ,it makes musically more satisfying and gives an early assurance that the concert is not a marketing thukkada fluff.
Maharajapuram and Semmangudi schools are twins in musical ideas . Vishwanatha Iyer was a guru to both his son Santhanam and kind of also to Semmangudi . Being Saturday diwakara tanujam is a nice drop but the ideas of Ramachandran were significantly semmangudish. What can one say about shriranjani ragam with brochevarevarure born for Maharajapuram and Semmangudi school for their rapid fire twists and turns what a krithi zero time waster every line is full fledged with right carnatic ideas . Ramachandran took an avatar of bit super musically impulsive thatha in vasantha. Bit loss of breath in swaras in vasantha was there like his tatha , but well done
Bilahari i assumed it would be main after a more detailed alapana but it was more like a submain 2. The krithi was like a patnam poochi typecast i guess vinjamuri had a lot of influence in writing this krithi through his parama guru and grand paramaguru (poochi-patnam). Thank god it was not proportioned like Ariyakudi his proportion is only censor to me. Hari Dasalu is a cute drop reminding a lot of his most famous supernova appa Santhanam
Main main main what that would be is what i thought prior to start . No ambiguity in hemavati to disambiguate from say vachaspathi or dharmavati, felt this krithi was like some shyama sastri or mysore varadachari hemavati krithi that gave a run for money to most established Dikshitar krithi of Kanthimathim. Ramachandran indeed showcased the maximum vinjamuri vaggeyakkara class in hemavati krithi the neraval was very well done not musically sowkhyam relaxed like Santhanam just pounding(I dont care if you get all of it or not) like his tatha vishwanatha iyer . Swaras were detailed well ,Ramachandran has never given one big main instead he fragments as 3 or 4 sub mains that is his style.
5 mins before his cindrella closure time of 2 hours , i dont know why he asked can i take 5 mins at 08 :25 PM . I was not happy at all we come to hear more music but it is what it is . Mishra sivaranjani thillana could have had a scaffold of say kanda Guha shanmugha viruththam that his appa and him have sung , but it was just quick thillana closure
JV played exceptionally well , his balance of left and right is superb. I have not heard this combo at all. Srinivasa rao had a nice shruti suddham and his alapana returns were concise . Sunil is turning out as a big star and he played exceptionally well. I have forgotten how the tani was. One has to give it for maharajapuram Ramachandran for singing all alone without any supporting artist which always his appa-santhanam and tatha-vishwanatha iyer had, and he is more aged than both of them. Gratitude for taking this great school that has given immense Carnatic tradition for 100 plus years
Note added after an hour and googling:
----------------------------------
"V.V.Srinivasa Rao is a senior most Violinist, from Bangalore. He started to train in music at a young age from his father and guru Sri V.S.R.Anjeneya Bhagavatar."
I did not know that VVS Rao learnt from his father . So add another 100 years of 4th lineage. and make it 400 years instead of 300 years.
Overall a very good to excellent concert for 2 hours
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Re: Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Vinjamuri Day (Chennai Fine Arts) On July 25th,2026
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Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Vinjamuri Day (Chennai Fine Arts) On July 25th,2026
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Vocal: Maharajapuram Ramachandran
Violin : V V Srinivasa Rao
Mrudangam: J Vaidyanathan
Ghatam : Sunil Kumar
Sabha/Hall : Chennai Fine Arts and Sastri Hall
Occasion : Vinjamuri Vaggeyakkara Trust jointly conducted by Vinjamuri Varadaraja Iyengar , Sandhya
GLICSPAWES 2026 "Goto LIve Concert Show PAtronage Without Excuses Series" concert #N of Z(hopefully N(26) is goal) . N stands for Nattai
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Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Vinjamuri Day (Chennai Fine Arts) On July 25th,2026
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Vocal: Maharajapuram Ramachandran
Violin : V V Srinivasa Rao
Mrudangam: J Vaidyanathan
Ghatam : Sunil Kumar
Sabha/Hall : Chennai Fine Arts and Sastri Hall
Occasion : Vinjamuri Vaggeyakkara Trust jointly conducted by Vinjamuri Varadaraja Iyengar , Sandhya
GLICSPAWES 2026 "Goto LIve Concert Show PAtronage Without Excuses Series" concert #N of Z(hopefully N(26) is goal) . N stands for Nattai
www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=386121#p386121