Vellore Ramabhadran's health

Bhindi · Post by **Bhindi** » 16 Apr 2008, 23:54

A friend of mine visited me in Washington DC from LA. She attended the TNS Hari Katha. She mentioned that the Ms. Radha Iyer President of the Music Academy in LA mentioned that Sri Ramabhadran was very ill and requested all rasikas to pray for his good health. Can someone post an update on Shri Ramabhadran's health

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 17 Apr 2008, 00:15

This is shocking. I hope and pray that he recovers quickly. His wit and humor at Cleveland this year is still ringing in my ears!

Arun

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 17 Apr 2008, 00:46

Prayers and Best Wishes for a speedy recovery. Does anyone know where he is being treated?

Sam Swaminathan · Post by **Sam Swaminathan** » 17 Apr 2008, 02:13

Ramabhadran sir is one of my favorite mridangists, having been a "permanent" accompanist for my yet another idol, Sri MMI. Recently my anna Easwaran had the previlege of playing along side him in the recently concluded Cleveland festival. In one of his conversations with me, Easwaran mentioned in in this connection that he is a "romba punyam pannierukken". My family offers our sincere prayers for Sri Ramabhadran sir's full recovery. Regards

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 17 Apr 2008, 02:20

I hope he is not that ill! We want him around for a very long time. If prayers would help, and goodwill and affection heal him, he has plenty of it, from all of us...

sankirnam · Post by **sankirnam** » 17 Apr 2008, 05:27

Yes, Ramabhadran sir had an attack of pneumonia and was unable to accompany TNS last Sunday for the harikatha. He was hospitalized and then discharged, I think he is still at Vinod Venkatraman's house recovering (father of violinist Aishu Venkatraman who has been discussed here many times before). I pray for his recovery and his speedy return to the music scene.

That is the thing with these foreign tours. Like TNS sir told me, one needs a very strong constitution to be able to do one of these, as the strain from travelling, sleeping at odd hours due to time differences, and breathing recycled cabin air on the plane can all combine to make one fall ill very easily. I find it amazing that very senior vidwans like Ramabhadran sir, RK Srikantan, and others are able to travel like this and maintain their health. This is probably due in part to the strict saatvic lifestyle they all lead.

jagan · Post by **jagan** » 19 Apr 2008, 16:13

You all may be happy to know that Sri Ramabadran is back in Chennai and in fairly good health.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 19 Apr 2008, 16:45

All is well that ends well.We are grateful to God.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 19 Apr 2008, 16:53

Best wishes for continued recovery from 'fairly good' to 'good/excellent health'!