Violin maestro Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan expired today

navami2008 · Post by **navami2008** » 08 Sep 2008, 22:33

Violin maestro Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan expired today at 845 p.m.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 08 Sep 2008, 22:38

may his soul rest in peace.

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 08 Sep 2008, 22:39

This is really shocking. May his soul rest in peace. I was talking with Neyveli Sir a while ago and he informed me and i opened rasikas to write about it and there i found this thread. I am really shocked.

J.balaji

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 08 Sep 2008, 22:43

Quite shocking. Condolences to his family, friends and rasikas. May his soul rest in peace!

ram · Post by **ram** » 08 Sep 2008, 22:55

Shocking news. May his soul rest in peace.

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 08 Sep 2008, 23:00

so sad. may his soul rest in peace.

i remember the day, he was present as the chief guest for my debut... he was the then president of iyal isai nAtaka manRam...

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 08 Sep 2008, 23:01

Sad to hear about this...one of the most vibrant personalities in carnatic music. He will be missed for sure. My condolences to his family and friends..

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 08 Sep 2008, 23:06

One more senior vidwan has left us. Condolences to the famiy.

kps · Post by **kps** » 08 Sep 2008, 23:08

condolences to the family . may his soul rest in peace

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 08 Sep 2008, 23:11

Very Sad!
He was one who could bring a lay person to enjoy CM.
I was one of those and I'm really shocked to hear he is no more.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 09 Sep 2008, 00:23

Condolences to the family of this multi-faceted senior artist! May his Soul Rest in Peace!

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 09 Sep 2008, 01:21

Can't believe this news. Truly a sad day for rasikas.
May this great maestro's soul rest in peaceful abode, with paramatman.

Sam Swaminathan · Post by **Sam Swaminathan** » 09 Sep 2008, 01:53

A sad day indeed for all of us, rasikas......may his soul rest in peace. Condolences to the family.

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 09 Sep 2008, 04:33

very sad to hear. Another great loss to Carnatic and cine world. His charming face will be missing in
Thiruvaiyaru festival . Deep condolences to his family.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 09 Sep 2008, 05:04

Sad news .. condolences to his family. News brief available at http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/09/stories ... 931300.htm

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 09 Sep 2008, 05:43

That's really shocking. His CD of thillanas was one of the first things that drew me into CM. Condolences to his family and may he rest in peace!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 09 Sep 2008, 05:50

Heart felt condolences. He was a unique milestone in Carnatic Violin play. May his soul rest in peace!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 09 Sep 2008, 06:46

Unexpected demise. Condolences to the family.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 09 Sep 2008, 06:58

Very sorry to hear about the demise of Sri Kunnakudi. Condolences to his family.

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 09 Sep 2008, 07:01

Truly one of the greatest personalities in the carnatic music world.
Sincere condolences to his family.

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 09 Sep 2008, 07:03

Very sad news. Condolences to the family and friends of the Vidwan.
Sathej

shankarabharanam · Post by **shankarabharanam** » 09 Sep 2008, 07:05

Indeed shocking...Condolences to the family...May the soul rest in peace

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 09 Sep 2008, 07:47

He has become the asthana vidwan of LORD MURUGA.,GOBILALITHA

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 09 Sep 2008, 08:01

Mrityor Ma Amritam Gamaya Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 09 Sep 2008, 08:28

may his soul rest in peace.

tkb · Post by **tkb** » 09 Sep 2008, 09:08

Sincere condolence to all his Rasikas, friends and family members.

carnaticdasan · Post by **carnaticdasan** » 09 Sep 2008, 09:22

Shocking.He has done a lot for his accompanying artists who were so loyal to him.Carnatic world has lost a Great Violin Vidwan and a Great Composer / Organiser.My condolences to his family and others in his music troop.

V_Shesha · Post by **V_Shesha** » 09 Sep 2008, 09:22

Very sad news. Condolences to the family.
V_Shesha

sangeeta chandrasekar · Post by **sangeeta chandrasekar** » 09 Sep 2008, 09:40

very shocking n sad news..........my condolences to his family and his fans.a great loss to carnatic n cine world.Today morning we listened to his program in podhigai tv. we MISS a great violin maestro.

grsastrigal · Post by **grsastrigal** » 09 Sep 2008, 09:55

Rarely, we can find a person who excelled both Carnatic and non-carnatic field. We could find "n" number of violinists who excelled in CM field, but Kunnakkudi Sir is different. Though he did not perform solo nor concert but encourage CM by organising workshops, had his own academy of arts.

He enjoyed whatever he has done. Utomost sincerety, be it is the head of Thyagaraja festival, Tiruvaiyaru or his own academy of arts or innovative way of finding the ragas to cure diseases etc. He spanned his carreer in many ways. A devotee of Maha peiaval and lovable by one and all.

Two contributions merit mention here.

1) His film "Deivam" (God" in which he made Madurai Somu to sing his all time famour "Marudamalai MamaNiye" -excellant Darbari kanada. It is the only video clip of Somu available (I think) with us. You could see young kunnakkudi playing violin wih all smiles.

2) His film Agasthiar where he composed music. One has to listen to the songs and the raagas. All the songs are excelptional especially who will forget the Ravanana-Agasthiar Song.. "VenRiduven". When someone lauded him for this song, he humbly said, no song could be better than "oru Naal Podhuma by Balaiah and Sivaji's " Pattum Nane" in the film Tiruvalayadal. He added that is the best one to one song he has heard in his life. Another tribute to his guru A.P.Nagarajan who introduced him first to become a music director in his film "Vaa Raja Vaa".

Unfortunately, he could not groom any disciple to step in to his path. Sad whether common public, would love to listen to violin of any one else apart from Sri. Kunnakkudi.

Condolences to his family.

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 09 Sep 2008, 10:24

Sad to hear about the sudden demise of Sri Kunnakudy Vaidyanathan. A truly remarkable personality.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 09 Sep 2008, 10:41

May his soul Rest In Peace

Naada Priya · Post by **Naada Priya** » 09 Sep 2008, 12:14

Very Very bad news. A legend who popularized Carnatic Music among all classes of people.
May god bless the sacred soul with all the eternity.

rajumds · Post by **rajumds** » 09 Sep 2008, 12:19

Very sad news. May his soul rest in peace

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 09 Sep 2008, 13:05

Condolences.

vidyaarthi · Post by **vidyaarthi** » 09 Sep 2008, 14:08

He was a simple person at heart and meant good to the entire music loving community.
May His Soul rest in peace.
Neyveli Santhanagopalan.

coolkapali · Post by **coolkapali** » 09 Sep 2008, 14:22

One can never be sad when Kunnakudi sir adorns the stage, I still remember a family function i which he played a 2 hour concert. As soon as my grand father walked in he played, "Vaango, Vaango" on the violin. He has truly mastered the instruent.
I am sure he will attain the Lotus Feet of Lord Muruga, whom he always worshipped.

vganesh · Post by **vganesh** » 09 Sep 2008, 14:24

Few days back only we watched "Agasthiyar' in Jaya TV and was wondering what a remarkable personality Sri Kunnakudi was. We have last one more Gem after Smt Rajeshwari padmanabhan.
Condolences.

Ramnath Iyer · Post by **Ramnath Iyer** » 09 Sep 2008, 14:42

May his soul rest in peace. Heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.

K.Sathyasai · Post by **K.Sathyasai** » 09 Sep 2008, 16:59

Carnatic Music has lost an eminent violinist. As an artiste he took carnatic music to the masses and on the other hand he could also satisfy the connoisseurs through his art, it is very sad that he is no more. May his soul rest in peace, my deepest condolence to his family on this monumental loss.

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 09 Sep 2008, 17:08

Sincere Condolences to the bereaved family. May his soul rest in peace.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 09 Sep 2008, 17:16

Such a mastery over the instrument he had! my father told me of an incident so many years back in Villivakkam-when a baby cried during a concert, it seems he mimicked the cry on his violin.
His fingers literally danced on the strings.

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 09 Sep 2008, 18:32

Very shocking news. Truely, one of the greatest musicians to be ever remembered by all rasikas. Condolences to his family members, his deciples his friends and rasikas. Pray for this ever great soul to rest in peace!.

radharajan · Post by **radharajan** » 09 Sep 2008, 21:21

really shocking. may his soul rest in peace
radharajan

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 09 Sep 2008, 22:39

As a homage to the maestro, perhaps his picture can adorn our Intro page?

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 10 Sep 2008, 04:50

Ragam-talam, thanks for the picture, intro page updated

bhaktha · Post by **bhaktha** » 10 Sep 2008, 10:09

One of the most vibrant musicians ever....CM has lost a genius...The Aradhanas at Tiruvaiyyaaru will no longer be the same again... May his soul rest in peace.

Balachandran · Post by **Balachandran** » 10 Sep 2008, 10:15

Respected visitors,

I heard two programmes of Sri. Kunnakudy swamigal at Calicut and 24 years back at Kottakal Arya Vaidhyasala Kottackal near Malappuram Kerala was a memmorable events."SASHTANGA PRANAM" Guro.

ganesh_mourthy · Post by **ganesh_mourthy** » 10 Sep 2008, 12:08

I still wonder why such a celebrity never nurtured any single successor to inherit his style. And also I dont know why no one showed interest to learn his style ever. Kunnakudi bani is something I have never heard of. I guess not even his progenies are into music , let alone his style.

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 10 Sep 2008, 12:24

The year 2008 seems to be a very bad year for CM indeed. Another irreplaceable loss to the community. May his soul rest in peace.