Rajalakshmi Series, Coimbatore

peanutbutter · Post by **peanutbutter** » 07 Sep 2007, 01:17

I think this series started this past weekend. Any reviews/news?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 07 Sep 2007, 19:40

Here are a few from Hindu reviewers, for what they are worth! Prashant, have you heard the Bombay Brothers? (I do not like this penchant for coming up with names for 'duo' performers - became contrived after the AlatUr brothers!)

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/09/07/stor ... 780300.htm

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 07 Sep 2007, 19:44

Thanks for the review link, Rshankar.
Did anyone notice the contraption in Unnikrishnan's ears in the picture featured in the Hindu? Is it some kind of feedback monitor?

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 07 Sep 2007, 20:10

rshankar: Yes, I have - although I did not realize they dubbed themselves the 'Bombay Brothers'

. They sing quite well and are students of Prabha Rao, who is in turn a disciple of my Guru Sri N.S. Chandrasekharan.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 07 Sep 2007, 20:31

Small World!

shwesand · Post by **shwesand** » 07 Sep 2007, 22:11

"Did anyone notice the contraption in Unnikrishnan's ears in the picture featured in the Hindu? Is it some kind of feedback monitor?"

Yes Unnikrishnan uses an earpiece for feedback. He brings some sort of equipment which he connects to the Audio In or Out of the Audio system. From his equipment he uses the earpiece which acts as feedback

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 07 Sep 2007, 23:01

thanks, Shwesand.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 07 Sep 2007, 23:17

There are also the Bangalore Brothers - I heard a small snatch sometime back and found them quite good too...so that's Bangalore, Bombay, Hyderabad, Trichur...strangely enough Chennai is still up for grabs! As are Delhi and Kolkata - folks, what are you waiting for...

Why not experiment with some substitutes for the hackneyed Brothers/Sisters appendage (especially since, in most cases, the two artistes happen not to be related to each other!)...how about Malakkottai Mahavidwans/vidushies or Jamshedpur Jambavans/Jambavathis...or if the duo happens to suffer from a touch of modesty, perhaps Gangaikondacholapuram Gnanasoonyams or Aruppukottai Apaswarams

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 08 Sep 2007, 00:12

Vijay..LOL!
Here's an original idea: Why not go with just their names...Ranjani/Gayatri; Radha/Jayalakshmi as examples for instance!
For the most part, I think it is reviewers (like the dreaded SVK!) who bestow these sobriquets on these performers and unfortunately, they are stuck with it for rest of their performing lives and beyond!

shadjam · Post by **shadjam** » 08 Sep 2007, 00:37

vijay and rshankar,

Didn't Ravikiran and Ganesh call themselves as Asia brothers? I wonder why? Has it got anything to do with globalization?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 08 Sep 2007, 08:52

Vijay,
You don't say two of them are rasikAs members, do you?!
By the way, if we have that meeting in Chennai and some among us are going to perform, they would be 'brother and sister members'!

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 08 Sep 2007, 16:23

Hmmm....Gananasoonyam pretty much describes my knowledge of music and GKCholapuram is not too far from my native place either...Alas, the only thing I can do on stage is keep time and that too incorrectly! However if these services are required for the rasikas performance they shall be made available, so long as I am assisted by an abler partner, brother or sister..

Gangaikondacholapuram Gnanasoonyams, Expert Time-keepers - sounds like a good business idea...

sridevi · Post by **sridevi** » 09 Sep 2007, 20:04

This is in complete jest only...

me and my female friend were learning from a young maestro ( nameless for obvious reasons) and this maestro had quite a reputation for having a colorful life. In order to eliminate any unwanted ideas/rumors about us we decided that in case we perform together we will call ourselves

maestro's sisters

( please notice the the apostrophe in the right place !)

Again, all in good humor!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 09 Sep 2007, 20:47

Good idea! 'Cousin' is the word which should be avoided...

peanutbutter · Post by **peanutbutter** » 11 Sep 2007, 08:00

Wow... the replies have very little to do with the topic posted, but ok thanks.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Sep 2007, 08:08

peanut butter,
It would be nice if we get some reviews of the concerts.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 11 Sep 2007, 16:42

Peanut butter - apologies for taking the thread off-tangent. It is difficult to help passing random observations/comments and all too often these take on a life of their own (like the Sanjay interview)...here's hoping to get some reviews on the Rajalakshmi Series.

jeyaar · Post by **jeyaar** » 11 Sep 2007, 21:17

Prashant:Prabha Rao learnt from Chellamani Bhagavathar in her early days and graduated from Carnatic Music college, Chennai and recently she continued her training form N.S. Chandrasekhara Bhagavathar = just a info.

gopalank · Post by **gopalank** » 15 Sep 2007, 00:10

I was travelling on business and happened to be in Coimbatore for the better part of last week. Having heard about this series, I was keen to check it out. Ultimately work pressure ensured that I was able to make it to just one concert - that of Sowmya, last Tuesday. The series had some quaint themes for each concert and this one was titled 'Maiyal'. I can't think of an appropriate English equivalent for the word. Frankly, I went in thinking this to be a frivolous theme thought up by the organizer who also happens to be a heavyweight in the music CD business and that it might turn out to be just a sequence of padams & javalis, since Sowmya is proficient in that style. How wrong I was and what a cracker of a concert it turned out to be! First the song list (disclaimer - many unfamiliar items, so details might be hazy or wrong. Pls bear with me)

Sowmya, Embar Kannan, Ganapathyraman
Rajalakshmi Series, Sept. 11th 2007

viriboni (varnam) - bhairavi (surprise inclusion of two rare charanams / chittaswarams)
nithirayil soppanathil - pantuvarali (r sketch)
neelapurikuzhalale - yadukulakambhoji (Swati Tirunal utsavaprabandham)
cheraravademira - ritigaula - tyagaraja (r, s)
tattai mozhiyal - kalyani (padam)
chedikkulle - surutti
samiyai azhaittodi va - navaraga varnam (todi, mohanam, vasanta, devamanohari, sankarabharanam, saranga, kanada, arabhi, bhairavi) - ragam, tanam, neraval & swaram with kuraippu/korvai in all 9 ragas - k. n. dandayuthapani pillai (this item alone took about an hour and 10 mins)
tani avarthanam
teruvil varano - khamas - muttutandavar
netrandi nerattile - huseni - subbarama iyer
anda naal - hamsanandi - suddhananda bharati
payyada (padam) - nadanamakriya - kshetragna?
kannanidam - senjurutti, punnagavarali, nadanamakriya - p. sivan
tillana - dhanashri - swati
vazhiya sentamizh - bharatiyar

A very unusual songlist and main item. It was evident that a lot of homework/research had gone into this and Sowmya also gave brief explanations periodically. I'm a sucker for ragas like Yadukulakambhoji, Huseni, Khamas, Ritigaula and Surutti, so this line-up was bound to floor me. And the seamless way in which she carried off that nine-raga sequence (main piece) was astounding. Three hours and ten mins of bliss: full credit to Sowmya & pakkavadya vidwans. They fully deserved the spontaneous standing ovation at the end, which I learnt was the only one that far in the series. I wish I could have made it to a few more of these thematic concerts... the star line-up was pretty impressive.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 15 Sep 2007, 03:58

A nice, varied choice of songs.

maiyyal is intoxication, craziness, etc. Obviouusly, some songs like cEra rAvadEmirA rAmayyA by T, addressed to RamA, are not about intoxication at a terrestrial level.

kaNNaniDam eDuttuc collaDi is a rAgamAlikA by Ambujam Krishna in SencuruTTi and nAdanAmakriyA.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 15 Sep 2007, 08:07

gopalank,
Nice to see reviews from Coimbatore. Very impressive and rare songlist from Smt Sowmya.

I never knew about the composer by name vaitheeshwarankOil subbarAma Iyer who is the composer of the huseni #.

More info about the composer is in the url http://www.karnatik.com/co1056.shtml

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 15 Sep 2007, 11:34

Let me make up for my earlier digression by providing a link to the Hindu's coverage of the series!

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/09/14/stor ... 420300.htm

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 15 Sep 2007, 20:06

Nice coverage.
Since we know them to be thematic concerts, what where the themes? We have so far heard of two: maiyyal and nayakA...

sangitaRasika · Post by **sangitaRasika** » 17 Sep 2007, 19:42

In addition to the lists of various artists and many things already discussed/linked here, I heard the following about this concert series through friends of friends that attend this series:

- During every concert, there is real-time CM trivia, being displayed on a screen on the side. This trivia is usually about the raga/lyrics/composer etc. relevant to the song being sung at that time.
- "Bakthi" and "pancha bootha" - could've been other themes featured.
- The navaraga varnam in Sowmya's concert was requested by the organizer and Sowmya spoke about it too.
- Extremely well organized seating and a very comfortable auditorium;
- Awesome sound system;
- Artists commended hosts for their hospitality
- This concert series is a felicitation to the organizer's mother, in connection with her birthday (9/11);
- The organizer sponsors/records the thematic CD recordings (e.g Ravikiran's Vinatage Virtuoso - "Mukhari" is one of them)

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 17 Sep 2007, 19:58

Thanks for the info Sangita Rasika - good to see the organizers take such pains. I wish we had more of them...

mahesh3 · Post by **mahesh3** » 18 Sep 2007, 04:22

sikkil gurucharan sang on the theme "shivamayam"...where apparently he sang a lot of rare dikshithar krithis. i dint attend, so dont know too many details. Satishkumar of Rajalakshmi arts is definitely a pioneer....

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 18 Sep 2007, 11:44

shwesand wrote:"Did anyone notice the contraption in Unnikrishnan's ears in the picture featured in the Hindu? Is it some kind of feedback monitor?"

Yes Unnikrishnan uses an earpiece for feedback. He brings some sort of equipment which he connects to the Audio In or Out of the Audio system. From his equipment he uses the earpiece which acts as feedback

Are you sure it isn't a bluetooth headset for his cell phone?

saveri · Post by **saveri** » 18 Sep 2007, 11:57

Yes , as arasi mentions, 'maiyyal' is some kind of craze or blind , extremely intoxicated fascination about someone, usually referred to in the erotic / terrestrial sense. It had nothing to do with meta physical or divine.

So how does Cheraravademira fit in??

It has become a sort of 'maiyal' with many organises these days to give themes to the singers and the singers too try and try to fit in within the theme desperately. I for one cannot understand the need to encapsulate everything in life and thereby add ingredients to the recipe that stick out either causing allergy or indigestion !!!

Incidentally, the Viriboni varnam's chittaswara/ charanam is no surprise, as that is the original.

I have sometime back in this site mentioned about this varnam.

The varnam has a third chittaswara before the Sa ri ga sa ri ga ri, which is now sung as the 3rd.

After the 4th c.swara, i.e. sa ri ...., there is an anubandham which is a long sahitya passage which links itself to the anupallavi line of Sri Rajagopala and finishes with Viriboni.

Even here how does this fit into maiyal?? Would like someone to answer.

sangitaRasika · Post by **sangitaRasika** » 18 Sep 2007, 21:35

I think having a theme is a great idea because it certainly has a "WOW" factor in so many contexts - variety in a given area, versatality of artist, composers, the learning that comes with it and so on. Also, I wouldnt say that it necessarily "forces" the artist to "fit" things into themes, but on the contrary, helps them to creatively express in that realm.

The concept of theme has been around for centuries, even the composers had their favorite themes, especially M.Dikshidar. Over the past decade, even the CD albums fall into themes, so it is not the organizer forcing things nor the artists struggling to find something to put in there.

As a race, human brain has always had a tendancy for "organization" and "grouping" and psychologists in this forum can speak more to it. Therefore the creativity that comes about in choosing themes and in "thematic representations" as a whole, accounts for a high level of intelligence - be it in the fine arts, science, interior decorating or even in cooking!!

Saveri, I do remember you mentioning about the viriboni varnam. Did you also talk about the navaraga varnam? Since some of us are still learning things about CM, some repetition in this forum is quite natural.... Would "Eraa Ra Ra..." in Kamas by P.Sivan, fit in the maiyal (guess, can also be extended to "longing" or "pining") theme? Also, CM, designed to elevate the soul, has almost always had a divine core. Therefore it is assumed that all the "feelings" are toward the Supreme - I suppose.

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 19 Sep 2007, 06:37

saveri wrote:After the 4th c.swara, i.e. sa ri ...., there is an anubandham which is a long sahitya passage which links itself to the anupallavi line of Sri Rajagopala and finishes with Viriboni.

Yes, this is the anubandham(appenditure) to the varNam which R vEdavalli introduced a few years ago. For the notation, please refer to the web edition of the sangIta sampradAya pradarshiNi published by PPN Sir and co.

saveri · Post by **saveri** » 20 Sep 2007, 00:07

km rasika wrote : rvedavalli introduced a few years ago

The anubandham in the varnam is not an introduction by R.Vedavalli, into the varnam, but an introduction of the fact that an anubandham exists, composed by Pachimiriyam himeself, to the CM listening public.

If that is what u meant, i withdraw!!

The anubandham and the chitta swara are both unique in the sense that, thee are many not so oft heard patterns in these. The 3rd swara is all in lower octaves, starting with p d n sin in the lower octaves. The anubandham is a serpentine passage and both take quite an effort to memorise and sound almost like (SM's Breathless),poor comparison though.

Maybe because of this one reason, it must slowly have been omitted on the stage, with some heavy weight , popular vidwan taking the lead and liberty ; and today it is forgotten property.

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 20 Sep 2007, 10:56

saveri wrote:km rasika wrote : rvedavalli introduced a few years ago

The anubandham in the varnam is not an introduction by R.Vedavalli, into the varnam, but an introduction of the fact that an anubandham exists, composed by Pachimiriyam himeself, to the CM listening public.

If that is what u meant, i withdraw!!

I didn't quite understand the last statement of yours, but anyways, yes, it was an introduction to the fact that the anubandham exists. Smt. vEdavalli determinately rendered the anubandha at the Music Academy and it did get mentioned in the reviews following the day's concerts(not it has been commonly rendered, owed to the observations you've made about it).

saveri wrote:...it must slowly have been omitted on the stage, with some heavy weight , popular vidwan taking the lead and liberty ; and today it is forgotten property.

And this is why we have senior musicians like vEdavalli to remind us about how much there is in our art to learn and explore. Sure gives an insight to music that existed at their times...

tsk5000 · Post by **tsk5000** » 21 Sep 2007, 01:03

hi,
this is sathish kumar.the promoter of rajalakshmi fine arts.firstly thanks for the interest shown in my sabha's activites...as regards maiyyal,the viriboni varnam has got swara sahithyam for all the charana swaras...this is NOT the anubandham...
actually this is the first time ever(yes this is the first time) that the charana swara sahithya is being rendered...i have actually released a compilatiion of 880 tana varnams(compiled by shri.b.m.sundaram) under my sabha's banner..the sahityam for the viriboni varnam is printed in that...again it is NOT the anubandham...but the entire threee charana swaras have sahithyam which are full of shringara bhava and moham and viraham....
now for cheraravadhemira....it is one of the few compositions of thyagaraja addressed to lord rama with shringara bhavam.it is a very well established shringara rasa kriti of thyagaraja...the meaning fits in perfectly into maiyyal...
the recording of eight concerts recorded during this season are to be released comercially.. it will be released shortly...
about unni's ear piece pic...it is his monitor which he uses for all the concerts.
someone had mentioned bhakti to be a possible theme...actually this year krishna sang on bhakti manjari eulogising the 13 forms of bhakti...the nine forms commonly seen as explained by prahalada and the other 4 forms which we have sourced from narada's bhakti sutra..this recording will also be available shortly.
and how could i forget bombay jayashri's theme saagara sayanam...and the unforgettable pallavi she sang in charukesi..."mutthukalo kangal,thitthipadho kannam paarkadal uraindhidum manna"....now dont think that this is a movie song line..it is actually adapted from the divya pradandam.
whewwww....that was a long mail.....thanks folks...

tsk5000 · Post by **tsk5000** » 21 Sep 2007, 01:05

and kannanindam eduthu solladi is by ambujam krishna

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 21 Sep 2007, 01:48

tsk5000:
Is your book of B.M.Sundaram's varNas compilation available in the music book stores? What is the title of this book? Thanks.

tsk5000 · Post by **tsk5000** » 21 Sep 2007, 01:51

it is available in the music book stores...as well as online at www.rajalakshmiaudio.com
the book is in 4 volumes and it is called taana varna tarangini

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 21 Sep 2007, 03:15

vaNakkam, Dr. Satish.
Thanks for all the information.
Good to say hello to you after a long while...

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 21 Sep 2007, 04:01

Thanks.

saravanan · Post by **saravanan** » 21 Sep 2007, 12:44

Dr Satish sir .Wonderful eforts.Could you just give us the names of the artistes who performed with the song list? This will help us guys who are out of India.We can enjoy having more informations?thanks in advance and wish you all the best in your efforts.

tsk5000 · Post by **tsk5000** » 21 Sep 2007, 16:45

thanks for the posting...total of 52 concerts were held in the season from september 1 to september 16 2007..to put the entire schedule would be too much to post...lol

sangitaRasika · Post by **sangitaRasika** » 21 Sep 2007, 19:21

Mr. Satish,
Hats off to your great efforts. Lot of people are benefiting from this and that is fantastic.

From what I understand, when a varnam has saahityam for the mukthai swarams and chittai swarams, then they are classified as "Padha varnams". So, then "viriboni" will be classified as Padha varnam rather than thana varnam, wouldnt it? Also, in your "taana varna tarangini" book do you feature a separate section for padha varnams? Do you have tharu varnams in there also?

I know you are a busy man, but, could you put the listing of songs and the concerts on your website, if you think the posting here would be too long?

mdrgnb · Post by **mdrgnb** » 22 Sep 2007, 08:04

Rajalakshmi Audio is doing a great service esp. by releasing CDs of Rama Ravi and some of the stalwarts of the yester era - Tiger Varadhachari, Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer, Dr. S. Ramanathan. Conducting a music festival at Coimbatore, is also a great service to music in terms of propagating music.

However, I am not too crazy about the "Themes. Some of the names of the themes are not great or a trite frivolous. I understand Themes concept can be useful to promote CD sales.

Regarding Cheraravadhemira, I enjoy the rendition of Cheraravadhimira - Reetigowla by Alathur Brothers, (IMHO, the best rendition). Especially, when Alathur Subba Iyer is singing the anupallavi with full vibrato and all the sangathi ornamentation "Meragadhura ika maha meru " to the accompaniment of Palghat Mani Iyer, I do not think if Srungara bhavam can be felt. While, Reethigowla can evoke many moods, say Nannu Vidachi sung by DKJ or Santhanam, is a very moving krithi or the medidative Reetigowla of MD Ramanathan's Paripalaya Paripalaya. But, Cheraravdhemira to me sounds more vibrant Reetigowla.

Similarly, when I hear Brinda and Muktha, singing Rama Rama Pranasakhi, I can only hear the spell-binding Bhairavi. I have not looked up the meaning of Rama Rama Pranasaki in a book. In a music concert, the greatness of Padams, IMHO, is in the slow development of the raga with all the rakthi prayogams of the raga. Javalis provide a contrasting, sprightly tempo to Padams.

Perhaps in a dance, Padams could be used to convey Nayaka - Nayaki Bhavam with Abinayam.

BTW, even in dance, I do recall an interview of Semmangudi, in which he mentioned that he used to go to dance recitals of Balasaraswathi to listen to the music of T. Jeyammal.

There was a teaching session of Rama Ravi to her students, when she was teaching the Kanada Javali Vanibondhu. She was explaining about all the "podi" sangathis and pidis in this Kaanada Javali. It was a revelation for me that there were so many intricacies in that Javali. (No wonder T. Brinda's rendition of this Javali is simply brilliant) Someone asked her about the meaning of this Javali. She gently avoided the question - like Rahul Dravid ducking to a bouncer - and responded "the meaning is there in all books".

tsk5000 · Post by **tsk5000** » 23 Sep 2007, 15:38

thanks for the posting...
there is a point in what you are telling...sometimes the rendition makes all the difference...for example the cheraravadhemira by alathur brothers has no tinge of shringaram in it because of the style of singing it..but the meaning of the song still remains the same and is soaked in shringaram...
rama ravi is probably one of the greatest artists that we would see in our lifetime...i m glad that i am able to release some of her work through my cds..
i had an exclusive site for my sabha but the users were too little..so i took it away..
probably i will restart the site..
every month the first sunday is the concert date of my sabha in coimbatore..october features sumithra vasudev,november will feature smt.vedavalli,december will feature lalgudi gjr krishnan and vijayalakshmi violin duet..
cheers...

tsk5000 · Post by **tsk5000** » 23 Sep 2007, 15:42

few varnams which are predominantly taana varnams have sahityam..examples are viriboni in bhairavi and chalame in naataikurinji..the rendition can be done with or without the sahityam.We are releasing the entire set of padha varnams in the next compilation.there are over 400 of them..thanks for the interest

saveri · Post by **saveri** » 23 Sep 2007, 18:14

Dear Sri Satish Kumar,

Has the varnam the lyrics in Tamizh, on Muruga?

Going this way ?

Arumuga vadivelavane mayilavane, tiruttani malayil ezhundarulum siva saravana bhava guruguha kumarane ........

Then it does fit into Maiyyal, as the wordings are full of Srirangaram. Each of the swaras have sahityam. I know the lyrics, but do not who composed the tamizh words, to suit the swaras.

Could u please thow some light on this?

Thanks.

saravanan · Post by **saravanan** » 24 Sep 2007, 13:31

Dear Satish sir.sorry to ask you again.is the programmes listed in your website?sitting in Melbourne it really is helpfull to we oldies to know what is happening around in namba ooru.hope you wont mind.

tsk5000 · Post by **tsk5000** » 24 Sep 2007, 15:29

dear saveri,
which varnam is that you are asking about....? the viriboni varnam which smt.sowmya sang is the one composed by pacchimiriam adhiappaiyya...the swara sahityas are in telugu.....the sahityam is extensive and actually a tongue twister as each swaram has got a word as its sahityam...i shall give an example from the swaram....sa ri ga sa ri ga ri,
ni sa ri ni sa ri sa....the sahityam goes like this...sami ninne kori, mohamu athi meeri..and so on...it is a very long sahityam.all on shringaram and viraham of the nayaki's love and pining for the lord who has kept her longing for his love...actually the word viriboni itself means a bunch of flowers...it means a young girl ready for womanhood....certain words which we take as bhakti are in reality full of shringaram...for example the word sarasooda means a casanova...
the main piece which she sang that day is the tamil navaragamalika varnam of dhandayudhapani pillai starting with the words "samiyai azhaithodi vaa sakhiye"..in thodi ragam.it is on lord shiva.the ragamudhra comes in each line of the varnam....for example....the kaanada phrase goes like this....thedi thedi kodum kaanadaithenadi...koti manmadham poley nindranadi.. and the one in sankarabaranam goes like this....sadha ninaivu kondu maiyyal meerudhey sankarabarananai...
the nine ragas being thodi,mohanam,vasantha,devamanohari,sankarabaranam,saranga,kaanada,arabhi,bhairavi

saveri · Post by **saveri** » 24 Sep 2007, 20:54

I found out that Veena Varadayya a post trinity musician composer has composed a telugu sahityam for the Viriboni varnam, not much in vogue.

Similarly, the vadivelavane mayilavane is a tamil sahityam for the same varna mettu, which is full of Sringaram, being taught popularly in the Madras University music course, again not much in vogue. Do not know the composer. It does sound nice and it full of Vallis' description of Her Nayaka , Muruga.

tsk5000 · Post by **tsk5000** » 24 Sep 2007, 22:44

i have not heard of this tamil sahityam..sounds interesting though

christom · Post by **christom** » 04 May 2019, 13:07

Hi, I have been searching this book for some months, I couldnt find it in book stores or online. Also heard it is out of print. Could you or anyone help to find these 4 volumes of tana varna tarangini, please?

tsk5000 wrote: ↑21 Sep 2007, 01:03 hi,
this is sathish kumar.the promoter of rajalakshmi fine arts.firstly thanks for the interest shown in my sabha's activites...as regards maiyyal,the viriboni varnam has got swara sahithyam for all the charana swaras...this is NOT the anubandham...
actually this is the first time ever(yes this is the first time) that the charana swara sahithya is being rendered...i have actually released a compilatiion of 880 tana varnams(compiled by shri.b.m.sundaram) under my sabha's banner..

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