The Cleveland ArAdhanA and Festival 2015

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 11 Apr 2015, 01:49

Maduraimini - wonderful review....Thank you. I love the rAgamAlika song (#9)...It is a composition of Sri N. S. Chidambaram, tuned by the singer's late guru and husband, Sri Kalyanaraman. Here are the lyrics from Lakshman-ji, with a few typos corrected.

nI tAn tuNai. rAgamAlika. cApu tALA. Composer: N.S.Chidambaram

(rAgA: nIlAmbari)
P: nI tAn tuNai nIlAmbari nIlakaNThan manOhari
(rAgA: vasantabhairavi)
nI dayavAi ennai Adari nirmala vasantabhairavi
(rAgA: gaurimanOhari)
A: AdhAramAi ulag-anaittum ANDaruL gaurImanOhari
(rAgA: sarasvati)
pAdAravindam paNi sarasvati pADi pOTRiDum paramESvari
(rAgA: shrIranjani)
C: mAtA manamagizhndaruL tara innum vAtA maRaipugazh SrIranjani
(rAgA: mOhanakalyANi)
mati aNi Sankaranin manam kavar mAlini gati nIye mOhanakalyANi
(rAgA: durgA)
manamigu mahishan mAyndiDa vadam seida mahimaiyuTRa mAyE SrI durgE
(rAgA: jyOtisvarUpiNi)
mAndar tam tuyar iruLai agaTRiDum mangaLa jyotisvarUpiNi

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 11 Apr 2015, 01:50

Meenakshi - our posts crossed!
And, I assume SK = Sri S. Kalyanaraman!

meenaakshi · Post by **meenaakshi** » 11 Apr 2015, 02:00

yep, the one and only:):):)

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 11 Apr 2015, 02:01

Let me add that her husband Thanjavur S. KalyANarAman was a disciple of late great GNB.

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 11 Apr 2015, 02:26

SuyaprakAsh on 4-09-2015
I hesitated to write about one of my favorite artsit's concert, since I could not listen to the whole concert. Now that I see no one has written,
I venture to do so.
He commenced the program with the Ganapathi Slokam "Vakra thund mahA kAya" in Mohanam
Next was the usual "KaruNai seivAi" of P.Sivan in Hamsadwani. At this point I had to leave to drop my wife in the local temple for kaingkaryam. On return
he was doing extensive AlApana in Bharavi and followed it with another composition in sanskrit of P.Sivan "Sri VisvanAtham bajE, sri visAlAkshisanAtham",a composition new to me. Klapana swaram at "annapUrNEswari".
HMB's "sArasamuki" in GowdamalhAr raga was presented next.
The piece de resistance was a dwi raga RTP in HarikAmbOdhi (?) and "sumaneesa ranjani" as announced by sUrayaprakAsh:
The pallavi lines in tamil were:
"murugA SubrahmaNyA sadA yemmai kAkka nee vA, gOpAlakrihnan marugA"

Regretfully, I had to leave after the RTP to bring my wife back from the temple for the lunch that I had prepared.

A wonderfulconcert, though I could not listen to all of it.

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 11 Apr 2015, 02:59

RAMAKANTH SRIKANTAN- Vocal on April 09-2015
Dr. Narmada- violin
Balaji- Mridangam

Ramakanth announced that he was going to present compositions on Guru- preceptor- in memory of his late father R.K. Srikantan
1. Sri guruNA pAlithosi in raga Padi
2. Dikshitar's composition on planet Guru in atANa- BrihaspathE thAra suthE
3.Sri Sankara guruvaram in nAgaswarALi- MahVadyanatha Sivan's composition on SankarAchArya
4. ThyagarajA's Narada guruswami in raga DarbAr
5. HMB's Jagath guro SrinAtha in GopikAvasntham
6.Guru DhakshinAmUthE in Bhavapriya
Thani by Balaji
7. Slokam by ValAjApet VenkataramaNa bhAgavathar on Saint Thyagaraja: in raga Surati--VyAso naikamE--- ( I was reminded of
Neduneri's presentation of this Sloka )

A pristine classic carnatic concert that I very much enjoyed. This is the first time I heard him by himself, although I have listened to him accompanying his father several times in Madras.

shankar vaidyanathan · Post by **shankar vaidyanathan** » 11 Apr 2015, 03:03

@Harimau: You have absolutely nailed the answer to "Why U.S. based Indians smile?!" Loved your writing style here and elsewhere. As I travel the world, I see that grumpiness is usually where population is very high and supply is short. For e.g. China. It could be theertham, sakkarai pongal, electricity, water, train tickets, freedom, or tasty Thayir Sadham! I have a side theory that good food must have a correlation to general happiness especially when you feed folks with good free food, for e.g., authentic Thayir Sadham, they smile broadly. And you can go back for second helping too;-) Obviously you don't have to cook and that's a big incentive in the U.S.!

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 11 Apr 2015, 03:18

RAVI KIRAN- Chitra veeNa- 0n April 09,2015

1.Thyagarja's VarasikivAhanA on Lord Surahmanya in raga Supradeepam
2. Valmiki kOkilam atANa- Uthakadu'
3. MarivEre dikkevvaru in LathAngi- PattaNam's
AlApana for 9 min + viloin return for 5 min; song for 14 min.
4. nAttakurinchi raga AlApana 9 min + violin return for 5 min
ekkAlathilum by Ramaswami Sivan- 8 min
5.ThyagarAja's Vara nArada-vijayasri
6. After consulting the audience for their preference for the Main raga
sAvEri raga AlApana & violin return 20 min + brief thAnam for 5 min
Sri RajagOpAlam of Dikshitar
7. Padam in Yadukula kAmbodhi- UpamugAna
8. a jAvaLi in kApi
9. thelinEnE- paras raga-
MangaLam

An enjoyablepresentation by the team

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Apr 2015, 04:05

Maduraimini ,
Thank you for your briskly brought reports. Atta girl!

Ravi, and for your/Lakshman's lyrics. 'madi' and 'vAdA?' rather than mati and vAtA?
The DurgA line is also a bit puzzling. 'What' migu mahishan (asuran)?

Bhushani Kalyanaraman:

That viribOni was something to relish, announcing to us what was in store.

Still wanting more of sAvEri after listening to Ravikiran yesterday with his, it was good to hear hers today. Then, kari kaLabha mukham brought RKSrikantan to mind, once again after yesterday when his son Ramakanth give a very good concert.

paramAthmuDu is one of my favorites and so, another treat...and what finesse in some piDis! Young Kamalkiran likes it too, I guess. He played with gusto!

Then nIdaya rAdA--which is a popular one with musicians this year at Cleveland and guess what, I'm listening to Manda Sudharani now, and she sang it at the beginning of the concert! So, two vasantha bhairavis today and one or two before--perhaps to invoke that naughty vasantham which is taking its own TNS time to come, but once it arrives, it's going to be as sprightly, warm and sunshiny as his concerts

Maduraimini,
I haven't heard rAma kathA sudhA in a long time and that too was a treat--and the refreshing way in which she handled the AlApanA! Neraval was at the usual bhAmA maNi.

Then another favorite rAgam this time at Cleveland: chandrajyOthi! I love that rAgA too.

Sri chakra rAja, GNB' s composition and Sivasakthi rAgA (his creation again) brought MLV to mind.

Bhushani's voice was in good mettle and the regal kAmbOdhi had a royal treatment with her singing. From young to senior singers, the rAgA has been sung multiple times, and this mighty giant takes all repetitions from youngsters to seasoned singers from every school, and still refuses to get stale. Inexhaustible is how I see the rAgA.

Kamalakiran did a good job too.

KailASanAtha had lovely svarams from Bhushani.

The Toronto twosome, Gowrishankar and Karthik gave a lively tani. Let alone their music, we are going to miss all the regulars on stage, playing for newbies and veterans, sometimes twice a day!

The rAgamAlikA is so well wrought and she brought it to us with endearing transitions in every turn.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Apr 2015, 04:16

Sundararajan,
Maduraimini is keeping us on our toes, whatever other things we may have to attend to!

So, you and Srimathi were at the temple, and you cooked lunch too? Wow! You would also have had prasAdam there. Saw Harimau or Shankar Vaidyanathan around?

Will catch up with you on your posts about the concerts...

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 11 Apr 2015, 07:37

Thank you maduraimini , sundararajan and arasi. I am so glad to see the report of vidushi Bhushani kalyanaraman, all numbers targeted with her guru the one and only sunoda vinOdhan S kalyanaraman in mind. Last year i went to music academy to hear her, she is a rare gem .

#I heard significant part of gurucharan , fully r suryaprakash(that pallavi needs more writeup ) and 3 or 4 more in parts thru webcast . Also the pancharatna group rendition in full.

# I loved the us kids presentation when challenged by expert musicians on creativity , the one where kruthi bhat, varun ganesan and few more NA kids participated (keep it up cleveland this program was *superb* ).

. Also heard the my fair thodi in full which to me was the sure *low* in the festival.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Apr 2015, 09:04

Rajesh,
I'm so glad you watched the Creativity session with the kids, with MAE, Nagai M, Narmada and NSG (I'm going alphabetically

). It was exciting and encouraging. How they warmed up as they went along, and how the panel egged them on! They took the challenges bravely and made the challengers appreciate and applaud them them too!

(For those who don't know him, Rajesh who isn't easily convinced, is a staunch music lover and a true cheerleader, nonetheless).

You know that I would have written about our forumite Suryaprakash sooner, had this not been a morn till night festival. It's a great pastime, but it also seems like cramming for the exams--no time to do food shopping, get a meal together as we live and breathe the festival--other social ties are severed--family and friends are put on hold

So there! Suryarakash will show up soon, even though he did not sing any of my songs

with a reason. All the 'tamizh' songs he sang at the concert had to be compositions of Sivan whose 125th year is being celebrated at Cleveland in every possible way--the only exception was the composition by his parama guru's guru HMB at the beginning. Kudos to the Committee for doing that and for remembering Brinda in a big way. Every musician is asked to sing/play something from her repertoire!

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 11 Apr 2015, 17:42

While waiting through the "fire alarm" in the auditorium last night at the before the Bharatha nAtyam program, I discovered that, as you watch the live stream, you could move the cursor at the bottom time line backward and catch up on the previous parts, and thus could watch what you missed earlier'. How I wished I had known this earlier. I could have watched many of the items I missed, like the parts of sUrya's concert. Other more computer savvy rasikas may have been aware of this and used it to advantage. Too late for me ! I have to leave town this after noon for Malladi Bros.concert in Tampa and could return late in the night only and the festival end tomorrow !

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Apr 2015, 19:46

Have a good time listening to the brothers. I am sure they will give a concert as good as the Cleveland one. Your going that far for a single concert (Florida rasikAs have to do this all the time--not easy for our age group to do that) is commendable. Don't know if Maduraimini will be there.

Hope you catch up with all the missed concerts in the ON Demand round. You can even make time for listening to the best ones again

maduraimini · Post by **maduraimini** » 12 Apr 2015, 01:12

Sundararajan, You did not miss much of Suryaprakash. As usual, he gave a pleasant concert.
He started with the sloka Vakra Tunda in praise of Lord Ganesha and sang Sivan's Hamsadhwani kriti .
Thyagaraja's Darbar kriti 'Ramabhi Rama' was next. It was sung with all the glitter of the Darbar, regally.
The niraval swarams were at 'Alarmel mangai manala'
He sang another Sivan song in Latangi, 'Sanka chakradhari Venkataramana. He announced that he will try to
sing as many Sivan kritis as possible, as it was Sivan's 125th anniversary.
Then came a beautiful raga alapana in Bhairavi. Seemed like the Bhairavi raga devatha came down into his voice- such enchanting alapana, followed by Papnasam Sivan's 'Sri Viswanatham bhajeham' describing the Lord in Varanasi (Kashi). The kith is very poetic and the artist sang them well. Swarams were at 'Annapoorneswari'.
Next came a brisk 'Sarasa mukhi' in the raga Gaudamalhar. The composer was Harikesanallur Muthiah Bagavathar.
The ragam,tanam was a new one- which I haven't heard before. Dwi raga (two ragas) all the way- alapana, swarams and pallavi. The first part, poorvangam, was in tribute to Sri TRS and the Uttarangam (later part) was a tribute to Sri MSG. He started with Harikamboji and Sumaneesaranjani, as announced by him. Maybe he said Sumanesaranjani, I am not sure.
He went- no, he glided so smoothly from one raga to the other. Most of them were one liners- He will sing a line of the raga in Harikamboji and the next in Sumaneesaranjani. I was awed by the way, he went through with those 2 ragas. I remember hearing Muruga Subramania. I am not sure, I thought I heard Darbari kanada in between- Maybe I am wrong and dreaming. He sang Kadalagi kasindurugi- Tani followed, very good.
Then he sang the ever popular old song (ofcourse Sivan's) 'Maname kanamum maravade' in Bimplas.
And Sundaramji was there talking about the artist. On the whole an excellent concert

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 12 Apr 2015, 18:40

Thank you Maduraimini
for filling in what I missed in SUryA's concert. I will catch up with it in On-Demand program later.
I guess you couldn't make it to Malladi Bros. concert in Tampa yesterday. It was a good program and well worth driving all the way and returning in the night in pouring rain. I will provide the details soon.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 12 Apr 2015, 20:58

Sundararajan,

Rain or shine, the spirit wins,
Defying age, when music calls...

We have a number of concerts which Maduraimini, you and I haven't written about yet! We have them lingering in our memory and also in jotted down notes. Let's write about them in the coming days. However big the backlog is, I am jumping to today, the concluding day of the festival which to us speaks of the essence of this festival. We have heard so much of the spirit, dedication and hard work which goes into this endeavor which after all is just a glimpse of it all. All the year-long efforts which on a day to day basis are being made, can only be left to imagination.

Of all that happens in Cleveland, the blossoming of children in music and dance, and displaying the devotion and hard work they put into it is to me and to many others, the focus. Yes, we are offered a colossal sum total of concerts to listen to, as if we were in Chennai for the season. But, "Mecca has moved", as someone close to me affirmed.

Cleveland also encourages youngsters from India by inviting them to perform here. Nourishes them, puts them to work.

So, the Sustaining SampradAyA idea and the execution of it is the crown jewel of the Cleveland phenomenon. Sundaram's brainchild and inspiration and perspiration over it is what it's about.

Of the kids in North America, two were featured in today's finale concert given by another, a find of Cleveland from India, Sahana Samraj. She, with Kamalakiran and Kapilan gave the kind of performance I was so looking forward to from the joy I felt after listening to Sahana last year...
(to be contd)

maduraimini · Post by **maduraimini** » 12 Apr 2015, 21:16

Sundararajan, Nice to know you went to the concert. I am sure both of you enjoyed the concert. I cannot make it, as it is too far away. I have to listen to them On Demand. Sorry you had pouring rain on your way back, which makes driving hard at night.

maduraimini · Post by **maduraimini** » 12 Apr 2015, 22:17

Sudha Raghunathan, Raghavendra Rao- violin, Vaidyanathan- mridangam, Guruprasad- ghatam and Toronto Karthik Venkataraman- kanjira.
Sudha started the concert with a beautiful Valaji varnam, Chalamu seyaga. Lalgudi Jayaraman's composition was melodious in this beautiful ragam.
2. She sang the Ganesa slokam 'Gajananam bhootha ganadi' and Siddhi Vinayakam in the raga Chamaram. This kriti by Dikshitar is not heard that much now. She started with 'prasiddha gana nayakam'. Sang swarams there .
3. Next was Kedaram alapana. She sang Swathi Tirunal's 'Paramananda Natanam'.
4. Alapana in Pooikalyani with Paraloka Sadhaname of Thyagaraja. Very nice. Swarams were at paraloka.
5. I couldn't believe my ears when she started the Kedaragaula alapana. Looks like this raga is verry popular this season and we have heard 3 different songs by 3 artists. I never tire of this ragam and it was a bonus for me! She sang 'Venugana loluni ganave by Sri Thyagaraja. This song in Roopaka talam was very pleasing.
6. The following was the ever popular Sivan song 'Ma ramanan, Uma ramanan'. This song has all the pathos of the haunting raga Hindolam and Sivan has made this song everlasting. Sudha molded this song into many wonderful variations and delivered us a scintillating song.
7.Bhairavi raga alapana followed and I was enjoying that with my eyes closed, when a jarring stop made me sit up. There was no sound. I could see all the artists as if in a silent movie- Sudha opening her mouth with no sound. I waited to see if it will come back- But that was that. I missed the rest.
I still don't have the sound, today, Sunday. It is not my computer, because we can hear other songs.
Arasi or Sundararajan can write about the rest of her kutcheri.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 13 Apr 2015, 00:33

Maduraimini,
A shame you had to miss that Bhairavi. To me, the concert started in earnest with 'my favorite'

bhairavi (kidding). Sudha poured her everything into it and her singing sparkled even more with a full bench of percussionists and Ragahvendra (very supportive and sweet). It was very enjoyable.

In the tani that followed, Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan, Guruprasad and Kartik played a very novel (at least to me) tani with gusto. When we were children, do you remember the way we used to 'hear' and sing out the refrains in some phrase? I remember 'trainukku nEramAccu!' was one of them. This one became 'nAn solRadaik kETTukkO!" I never grow up, it seems

Karthik's playing was admirable. Next year, he may outdo this performance! I noticed the same with Balu. They both make me happy.

Then, tukkaDA time. MS's maRavEnE ennALilumE, followed by sAi bhajans.

I have been resisting my attire comments so far. This was the nicest, simplest of her saris--to off set her necklace with a single green emerald (?), perhaps.

Again, it's a very personal thing. Too much glitter of jari (gold work) in a sari distracts. Then again, you can't win these days. Some men outdo the women in colors and shiny kurtA material...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 13 Apr 2015, 04:48

The dance competitions wound up the day and the festival, but we still have to continue with this thread to share our impressions with some more concerts. Those of you who have the time to watch more programs with the On Demand facility, please bring in your responses. I'm sure those of us who had our eyes glued to the screen the past eleven days have a bit more to add, young and energetic as we are, Maduraimini, Sundararajan and I

Others too, from India and elsewhere, please post...

iCarnatic team,
Thanks for our 'season'. Maduraimini hadn't watched this many programs last year, and she has been the most enthusiastic and diligent of us all in bringing reviews this year. I just noticed that you offer more than one view for each program, two being minimum times to watch any program! Appreciate that. We can watch the programs for a month or more. Listen to that sAveri of Ravikiran again, for instance. We will find many more such moments to savor. Thanks again for your punishing work, all voluntary, which is richly rewarding for you and us, the viewers.I am certain the streaming will have lesser glitches next year. Thanks again...

sitaky · Post by **sitaky** » 14 Apr 2015, 13:14

Thank you very much icarnatic for webcasting on demand most of the concerts.We are indebted to your service.The audio for My Fair Todi was bad. Anyway the play was not to my liking.
The reviews by the trio were fabulous and a kind of ready reckoner for not- so -well versed rasikas like me. Personally for me, it makes enjoyment double to read the reviews and then watch the webcast.My heartfelt thanks to the reviewers.

maduraimini · Post by **maduraimini** » 15 Apr 2015, 00:03

Thanks to all the Aradhana committee members, volunteers like Gomathi,Meena and others who make the Thayir sadam, uppuma, coffee etc to fill the stomachs (just food for the ears with the music is not enough), and the hundred others, who worked with the sound system, taking care of the artists, the schedule, bringing the artists from ,and taking them back to the airport, feeding the hundreds of rasikas and artists, cleaning and myriads of unwanted jobs, and not to forget Sundaram, Balu and many more who brought us this 12 day feast for the ears. We, the rasikas thank you all for your unappreciated and endless jo
bs to make us all happy. Thanks a million. We all enjoyed the concerts. Moved away from the computer only as needed for emergencies! May God Bless you all!

How do I listen to the concerts now? My icarnatic is gone and I don't see any link for the concerts.

shankar vaidyanathan · Post by **shankar vaidyanathan** » 15 Apr 2015, 06:45

My thanks to the Cleveland Aradhana committee, all the artists, students, volunteers, reviewers, and, iCarnatic for webstream. That was a stupendous effort where the chariot was pulled by the town! (ஊர் கூடி தேர் இழுத்தது!) The overseas Rasikas in North America and other countries get an annual feast and feel for how the Chennai December season would feel in terms of scale and quality. We are indebted to VVS and his team.

maduraimini · Post by **maduraimini** » 15 Apr 2015, 07:56

I don't see the review for Rithwik Raja's concert and thought I'd share my views. A few years ago, I saw a young teenager behind T.M.Krishna on the stage. He had a mischief filled smile and I asked Arasi a few years later about him, and she said he is a budding artist. When I saw him in Cleveland, the person seemed to have matured a lot and ready to take the world.
Nagai Sriram was on the violin, Erode Nagaraj on the mridangam and Chandrasekhar Sharma on the ghatam.
1. The concert started with the Navaraga varnam of Patnam Subramaniam Iyer's 'valachi vachi' in kedaram, Shankarabharanam, Kalyani, Begada,Kamboji,Yadukula kamboji, Bilahari, Mohanam and Sree. It was good.
2. He sang the Pantuvarali kriti ' Ninne nera namminanura' of Thyagaraja. He did a beautiful job of this raga.
3. Next was Subbaraya Sastry's Dhanyasi raga kriti 'Talachina varu'. I am not a big fan of the raga Dhanyasi, but he sang it well.
4. Thyagaraja's Sahana kriti ' Ee vasudha nee vanti dhaivamu' followed.
5.He sang a beautiful Mukari alapana next. Th alapana was filled with the essence of the ragam Mukari. Thyagaraja's beautiful kriti ' Ksheenamai' was the song. He started with 'Vana nataka alankara'. Niraval, swaram was at the charanam' edi jesina Jagannathudu'. The mridangam and ghatam tani was superb. Did a very beautiful rhythmatic work. Rithwik Raja was very good with this ragam and kriti. This ragam itself is a beautiful one and has room for manodharmam and different sangathis and he used it to it's fullest.
6. Another favorite raga and composition of mine- Jagaddhodharana in Kapi. I am always enchanted by this Purandaradasa kriti. Kapi is a very melodious raga and this kriti is soul stirring. He sang this with rasanai.
After this, it was over- I don't know if I missed some or time for the next program, I guess.

Rithwik sang very well and it was a very enjoyable concert.

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 15 Apr 2015, 07:57

Thanx Arasi and Maduraimini for their tireless efforts in keeping Global Rasikas engaged all these days in getting the clear picture of the day today happenings at Cleveland T[iruvaiyaru] Aradhana. Wishing all the other reviewers too.
Thanjavooran
15 04 2015

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 15 Apr 2015, 09:23

Thanks, Thanjavooran, but let's not forget Sundararajan who really spent time on sharing his Cleveland experience at Rasikas.org by writing about many concerts

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 15 Apr 2015, 10:00

Maduraimini,
Ritwik Raja's mukhAri was what I liked most of what I heard.

I stuck around because our Aravarasar (Erode Nagaraj) accompanied him. Yes, the tani was tremendous, subtle, yet was full of complexities. Sethuraman whom I see for the first time here at Cleveland is very good. Its being Cleveland, I saw him play for youngsters and veterans, and the concert of the CSU philharmonic with the children. In all the Chennai seasons, how is it that I have missed him?

I think the strong group of players with him made Ritwik's concert one notch better.

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 15 Apr 2015, 12:34

Yes. Yes. My special thanks are due to Shri Sundarajan too. Kudos to Him. Entharo mahanu bhavulu !
Thanjavooran
15 04 2015

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 15 Apr 2015, 13:59

Rithwik Raja's concert .........
......
5.He sang a beautiful Mukari alapana next. Th alapana was filled with the essence of the ragam Mukari. Thyagaraja's beautiful kriti ' Ksheenamai' was the song. He started with 'Vana nataka alankara'. Niraval, swaram was at the charanam' edi jesina Jagannathudu'.

The meaningful expression there is gIrvANa-nAtakAlankAra, and the possibility to sing it that way, [i.e. without splitting the word] is best available if one starts at the anupallavi. The gIr- is on the previous drutam and -vANa begins after the beat [ghAtam] of AditAla.

This vANa beginning is a mistake perpetrated by the best and greatest mahavidwAns and viduSis. I hope current artistes take note of this, and don't carry forward the mistakes made by the past masters.

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 15 Apr 2015, 18:48

keerthi, your remarks on 'GIrvAnanAtaka' are valuable.

maduraimini · Post by **maduraimini** » 15 Apr 2015, 23:28

Thanks Arasi and Thanjavooran. Thanks Keerthi for the note on the Anupallavi in Mukari. I am not sure if he sang ' Girvana ' or vana. I do not want an artist to be blamed for my lapse. Let's assume he sang 'girvana'.

srini_pichumani · Post by **srini_pichumani** » 17 Apr 2015, 06:22

>>Bharathi's dream of, and of those who came before him: yAdum UrE, yAvarum kELIr! (this entire world is my home town).

Arasi madam, if I am not mistaken, this is not Bharati's verse...

This line opens Kaniyan Poonkundranaar's Puranaanuru (verse #192) -- All lands home, All humans kin !

Beautifully translated to English by several people including Prof.A.K.Ramanujan, Prof. George Hart, it is a poem that talks about an absolute equanimity of outlook when considering various aspects of life.

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 17 Apr 2015, 06:51

yAdum UrE, yAvarum kELIr!

It is kElir - கேளிர் (not கேளீர்).

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 17 Apr 2015, 07:14

என் தலைக்கின்றிரு குட்டு!

பின்னாளில் அதைச் சொன்ன
குன்றனாரின் பெயர் மறந்தேன்--

பாரதி வாக்கதென்றும் எண்ண‌வில்லை--
வாரிதியாய் கொண்டு சென்றது விழா!

ஆவலுடன் அது பற்றி எழுதும் மும்மரத்தில்
''பாவலர் முதல் பாரதி வரை' என்றேனல்லேன்!

பிழை பொறுக்க...

(I did forget the name of the poet of yore

Didn't think it was Bharathi's, but the festival carried me away
And in writing about it,I did not say 'from kunRanAr to Bharathi'.

Sorry for not being clear in my writing...

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 17 Apr 2015, 07:55

Pratyaksham Bala wrote:
yAdum UrE, yAvarum kELIr!
It is kElir - கேளிர் (not கேளீர்).

The concept of 'वसुधैव कुठुंभकं'।

pattamaa · Post by **pattamaa** » 17 Apr 2015, 08:30

keerthi wrote:
Rithwik Raja's concert .........
......
5.He sang a beautiful Mukari alapana next. Th alapana was filled with the essence of the ragam Mukari. Thyagaraja's beautiful kriti ' Ksheenamai' was the song. He started with 'Vana nataka alankara'. Niraval, swaram was at the charanam' edi jesina Jagannathudu'.
The meaningful expression there is gIrvANa-nAtakAlankAra, and the possibility to sing it that way, [i.e. without splitting the word] is best available if one starts at the anupallavi. The gIr- is on the previous drutam and -vANa begins after the beat [ghAtam] of AditAla.

This vANa beginning is a mistake perpetrated by the best and greatest mahavidwAns and viduSis. I hope current artistes take note of this, and don't carry forward the mistakes made by the past masters.

Thanks Keerthi, that's how MDR sing !!

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 17 Apr 2015, 08:48

PUNARVASU wrote:The concept of 'वसुधैव कुठुंभकं'।

अयं बन्धुरयं नेति गणना लघुचेतसाम् |
उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् ||
(महोपनिषद)

"This is a relative and that one is not" is for the mean-minded. For one who is magnanimous, the entire world is a family.
(mahOpaniSad)

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 17 Apr 2015, 10:37

Another version of this which I had learnt
'अयं निजः परो वेत्ति गणना लघु चेतसां ।
उदार चित्तानां वसुधैव कुठुंबकम् ।।

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 17 Apr 2015, 11:37

Yes, a different version is found in IshOpaniSad (ईशोपनिषद्) / hitOpadEsha: (हितोपदेशः) :-

अयं निजः परो वेत्ति गणना लघुचेतसाम् ।
उदारचरितानान्तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् ॥

Note: कुठुंबकम् / कुठुंभकं' may be typos.