E.Gayatri @ Brahma Gana Sabha, 20 Dec 2009

[Gamakam]

Accompaniements - Serthalai Ananthakrishnan, E.M.Subramaniam

Navaraga Varnam - 6 mins

Sobillu - Jaganmohini - 5 mins (with Raga Sketch)

Mayanai - Shri - 6 mins (with raga sketch)

Shankari ninne - Pantu Varali (R,N,S) (Alap had brilliant graha-bedam to MOhanam) - 23 mins

Maragatha Mani maya - Arabhi (R,S) - 17 mins

Rangapura Vihara - Brindavana Saranga (R) - 17 mins

??? - Kosalam - 6 mins

Ragam - Thodi - 10 mins

Thanam - Thodi, Mukhari, Kanda, Valaji, Kalyana Vasantham - 12 mins

Gajavadana - THodi (with Swarams) - 20 mins

Thani - 10 mins (I think they played misra kuraippu)

Bhavamulona - Suddas Danyasi

Vadavaraiyai mattaakki - Ragamalika

?? - Hindola Vasanta (Gayatri announced this as an annamayya kriti, couldn't register the pallavi sahithyam though)

Thamarai pooththa - Sindu Bairavi

Kaatrinile oru Geetham

Chiinachiru Kiliye

Karunai Deivame (Special request)

Mangalam

All I can say, it was a brilliant concert right from the word go. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[S.Govindaswamy]

Podhigai TV is telecasting a series of lecture demonstrations on mELarAgAs, by experts. They explain the basis of the rAgA name as per kaTapayAdi sankhya, features of the rAgA, meaning of the relevant portion of MahAvaidyanAta Sivan’s rAgamAlikA composition and sing a song in this rAgA. On 11 th December Vijaya Siva dealt with rAgAs zUlini (शूलिनि ) and calanATa However he explained the name of the first rAgA as shUlini (षूलिनि ) and sha as the fifth letter after ya in kaTapayAdi sankhya and also that shUlini means, the goddess carrying the trident. As per samskRtam alphabets (य,र,ल,व, श, ष,स,ह,कà¥ÂÂ