Swaminatha paripalaya

[nri]

Dear members,

I am learning this Nata kriti by MD. I get struck in the chitta swara part - particularly the obscure D swara coming just for once out of the blue. In some recordings, there is no chittaswara and it is there in the others.
Is chitta swara a part of the original or a later addition?

Thanks

[RaviSri]

There is no chittaswaram given in the Sangeeta Sampradaya Pradarshini'. The Brinda-Muktha school did not sing chittaswaram for this song. I think you can safely ignore the chittaswaram which must have been a latter day creation by some vidvan.

[classicallover]

Yes. That is correct. The chittaswaram was created much later as recalled by DK Pattammal.

[vs_manjunath]

GNB used to sing Chittaswaram which is quite enjoyable.

[shankarank]

Now this is version I have not heard. Is it the SSP version?

https://youtu.be/5nSV_Ko-jKw?t=115

One of the sisters is all smiles as Mridangist pauses the second time to hear it carefully and they touch mandra stAyi in places.

This avoids the issue of a possible detour to catuSruthi daivatam in vAmadEva pArvati as musicians handle it in known nATTai rAgam - a question raised by NSG in one lec dem online.

So Sri dIkshitar is indeed a note based composer huh?

The layam is well defined as they could extend the notes in good rhythmic pattern. No meandering or ramble!

Anyways monotony is broken by bringing new versions of same kritis