Bilahari

Somchai · Post by **Somchai** » 20 Jun 2006, 22:55

My first contribution. Not very knowlegeable and so forgive if there are mistakes in the postings

Bilahari, a beautiful raga. Many keertanams some of which are listed below. Audava Sampoorna. Janya of Sankarabharanam.

ParidAnamichite - Adi - Patnam Subramania Iyer
Toli Janma - Jhampa - Thyagaraja
Narasimha nannu brova - Chapu - Thyagaraja
rAra venugopala - Adi - ??
Sri Chamundeshwari - Adi - ??
Na jeevadhara - ?
Sri Balasubrahmanya - Chapu - Muthuswamy Dikshtar

A sample piece by ARI

http://rapidshare.de/files/23607783/19. ... 1.mp3.html

meena · Post by **meena** » 20 Jun 2006, 23:25

shri camundeshvari- MV
naa jeevadhara -T

the swarajathi- composer is unkown.

Prasanna Venkatesh · Post by **Prasanna Venkatesh** » 21 Jun 2006, 00:59

There is one more rarely heard keertanam that I learnt from Embar Sri Raghavasimhan. It is a composition of Sri Achuta Dasar, and the pallavi goes like "Paramathma jothiye parithi mati aadhiye"

sumram99 · Post by **sumram99** » 21 Jun 2006, 01:07

Are you Prasanna Venkatesh from NJ? I mean previously in NJ?

kiransurya · Post by **kiransurya** » 21 Jun 2006, 03:09

Maa Mayura meedhi leyriva-Adi-Chidambara Bahrathi(???)

Forgive my tamil...

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 21 Jun 2006, 03:14

Maa Mayura meedhi leyriva-Adi-Chidambara Bahrathi(???)

Forgive my tamil...

mA mayUram mIdil (mIdu) Eri vA
Ravi

kiransurya · Post by **kiransurya** » 21 Jun 2006, 03:24

Thanks Ravi. Iam no where near

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 21 Jun 2006, 03:50

paramAtma jyOtiyE. rAgA: bilahari. jhampa tALA.

P: paramAtma jyOtiyE pariti matiyAdiyE
A: dhira mArgamOdu maraic-cennimishai min tiruvaruL nirai
C1: poi indriyangaLiDu pOrATTap-polivu keDa
uyyum paDi krpai sheidiDa uTra tuNai yAr unranai viDa
2: pArAdu pArkkum paripakkuvaruL naTanam puri
shErAmal inbam shori tUriya nilai vAn shuDaradu viri
3: karppanai kaDanda gati kATTum cidAkAshapati
arputa prabhAva sthiti AraccutAmrta jalanidhi

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 21 Jun 2006, 03:54

Any reason why there are so many 'commonly in vogue' Bilahari compositions in Chapu thalams? Possibly disproportionately compared to other ragams? Or this is just a case of my perception biassed due to the sampling error? At an artisitic level, the chapu seems to fit Bilahari well...

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 21 Jun 2006, 08:22

Tillana - MDR
Ekadantam - Misra Chapu - Muthuswamy Dikshitar

Radhakrishnan · Post by **Radhakrishnan** » 21 Jun 2006, 09:40

Janya of the 29th mela Shankarabharanam.
Aro s r g p d s
Ava s n d p m g r s
Kaisiki nishAdam appears as anya swara in certain prayogas like pdnp pndp,hence it is a bhAshAnga rAga.
Very lively raga,evokes veera rasa
DhATu and janta prayogas are common.
R d n are jeeva swarAs.
Kalaimamani T.Sasidhar plays paridAnamichite.
http://rapidshare.de/files/23651519/sasidhar.mp3.html

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 21 Jun 2006, 12:33

Dorakuna Ithuvanthi Seva... (Thyagaraja)

Sharanu Janakana... (Purandaradasar)

Maa Maayura... (Mazhavai Chidambara Bharathi)

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 21 Jun 2006, 14:01

My earliesr recollection of a lovely bilahari was a track relaesed commercially by Sankaran Namboodri.He must have been a kid himself then but that track on the Radio used to be wonderful.Never heard it afterwards though.

Lalgudi Jayaraman next visited Davangere (a place near my hometown in Karnataka).It was an evening concert and he was upset by the fact that the concert was arranged in a Drama theatre(the thatched roof kind of structure)
after some persuasion he went on to perform .And his Naa Jeevadhara is etched in my memory.
Looks like this raga is a favourite of violinists though.

Here are a few of my all time favourites..all short tracks

http://rapidshare.de/files/23663245/dwa ... lahari.mp3

http://rapidshare.de/files/23661261/cha ... lahari.mp3
http://rapidshare.de/files/23661769/cho ... aharii.mp3

and a nice vocal track by TVS--paridana
http://rapidshare.de/files/23662962/tvs ... murthy.mp3

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 21 Jun 2006, 16:08

What song is TVS singing in that track please? Thanks.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 21 Jun 2006, 19:09

if you can tell me which krithis pass your test and which dont , maybe i can answer like say group A or group B 8) 8)

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 21 Jun 2006, 22:01

I'll pretend I know what you are talking about 8)

inconsequential · Post by **inconsequential** » 21 Jun 2006, 22:14

hi all,
some additions to the bilahari songlist

sarvEsha aDimaiyai nI udari taLLAdE - Adi -pApanAsam srI sivan (almost sure)
tillAnA - Adi - pApanAsam srI sivan
mAri malai muzhainjil (smt. mlv school) - tiruppAvai - pAsuram # 23
kAmAkshI - Adi - srI muttuswAmi dIkShithar
intakannAnandamEmi - rUpakam - srI tyAgarAja
kanukoNTini - dEsAdi - srI tyAgarAja

regards

SangithaRasika · Post by **SangithaRasika** » 22 Jun 2006, 00:00

intakannAnandamEmi - by MMI made me see the beauty of this raga and only after listening to MMI that all other songs that I had listened before came to life at that instance ... Toli Janma by Alathur Bros is the next in my list.
Anyway, coming to MMIs rendition, the aalapana both by MMI and TNK ( I think) is amazing with the violinist grabbing applause for the aalapana.

Regards,
SR
PS: not to confuse with Attana SR, (Apologies to prefix with Attana)

Prasanna Venkatesh · Post by **Prasanna Venkatesh** » 22 Jun 2006, 00:16

Yes, I am.. I used to live in NJ and now I am in Omaha, NE.

sumram99 · Post by **sumram99** » 22 Jun 2006, 01:25

Prasanna:

This is Sumati from NJ. Nice to see you here!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 22 Jun 2006, 09:15

Vocalist

That TVs track was Paridana...

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 22 Jun 2006, 18:44

Strange how I'd forgotten all of them (with the exception of intakanna which I didn't know at all). Thanks for adding them incon.

Thanks for identifying the track coolkarni. I didn't notice the edit until just now!

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 25 Jun 2006, 17:42

I forgot about
Sri Madhurapuri - Rupaka - Muthuswamy Dikshitar

this was one of the first krithis I learnt!

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 26 Jun 2006, 18:24

It's also the krithi that Nithyashree sings in CML's Irahalib clip.

kiransurya · Post by **kiransurya** » 27 Jun 2006, 02:05

It is Inthakannaa Aanandamemi...

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 15 Nov 2006, 19:03

pooraya mama kamam by narayana thirtha

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 15 Nov 2006, 20:35

Some others that have been popular:
ini namakkoru-Kotishvara Iyer
kANbadeppOden-Ambujam Krishna
karpakAmbikE-P.Shivan
dhIm tadare tAni-Ariyakudi

Does anyone remember the text of a song that I heard a long time ago - pUjita mAdhavanE? Thanks.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 15 Nov 2006, 20:50

there is this piece 'nIvE gAni' by tyAgarAja, which kalpakam mami plays often.

SangithaRasika · Post by **SangithaRasika** » 11 Dec 2006, 22:58

I heard a song from MLV in Bilahari (am sure it is bilahari) .... It starts off something like Kshetra palaka or something which I could never decipher the entire song !! Can anyone please tell me is there any song like this ? It is a Tyagaraja piece ..

I will upload it shortly if no one has it (i am sure this is not the case) ! The concert just says MLV 111, I am sure many of you will have the same copy circulating and it starts of around 38th min into the concert

SR

meena · Post by **meena** » 12 Dec 2006, 00:30

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SangithaRasika · Post by **SangithaRasika** » 12 Dec 2006, 02:23

You guys have to tell me whether it is a commercial recording ? If not, will upload ...
This concert also has Kalyani as the main piece (Nijadasa - Patnam Subm. Iyer ), Bhairavi RTP. Starts off with Vatapi and Sadinchane follows !

Also, does any have the lyrics for this song ? I didnt find this in the list of Bilahari songs in the thread above .

SR

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 12 Dec 2006, 03:45

kSEtra pAlaka. rAgA: bilahari. Adi tALA.

P: kSEtra pAlaka kSEma mosanga inta tAmasamElarA shiva
A: kSEtramuga dharmarAju madamaNIici shrI praNatArthihara pAlincitivi
C: sAdhu satya vrta sucaritra shubhakara sundara mUrti shuka sannutavada
vAdusEyaka shrIvara sura vandita tyAgarAja vinuta pada

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 12 Dec 2006, 11:11

Somchai wrote:ParidAnamichite - Adi - Patnam Subramania Iyer

???

I thought this kriti was originally composed in misra jhampai and later speeded up to kaNDa cApu. It give a blissfully different feeling, when you sing it slowing with misra jhampai.

i hope the adi mentioned by somchai is only a typo...

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 12 Dec 2006, 11:16

some more compositions in bilahari:

smara sadA mAnasa bAlagOpAlam - ST
gOpAlam sEvEham - ST
kOri vaccitinayya - T
nIvE gAnI nannEvaru - T
vA saravaNa bhavA - KI

pmarjun · Post by **pmarjun** » 08 Sep 2012, 04:38

Does anyone know who the composer of the song, annavahini Devi saraswathi in ragam bilahari is?

Thanks!

vivek@mel · Post by **vivek@mel** » 09 Oct 2012, 12:19

Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar composed the song Anna Vahana Devi..
Bilahari is one of my favourite ragas..Its awesome, especially in Instrumental music. The phrases GPDRS, NDDPMGR, and GPDM...GR sung/played with its feel can bring you a total blissful experience.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 09 Oct 2012, 17:05

Do you have any reference that it is by Mutiah Bhagavatar? The song is not in any of his published books.

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 31 Jan 2019, 10:44

And another one comes to life.

The most exhilarating roller coaster of a composition in bilahari - nA jeevadhara : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzby7z0ZfN8#t=27m42s - how many sangatis do you count in the pallavi?!!

The vocal version with an AlApanA by SSI : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GasV0PsUlMw
And Maharajapuram Santhanam : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wnB--vNwOM

Other than dariNi or some compositions of OVK, big "race pace" kritis are quite rare, and spectacular when they're pulled of.

The joke by Semmangudi Mama was that Thyagarja meant to ask the Lord not to take away YOUR life by the time you finish singing this song!

HarishankarK · Post by **HarishankarK** » 31 Jan 2019, 11:16

Smara sada manasa - SWATHI THirunal
Kaanbadhu eppodhu unnai aiyyane - Ambujham Krishna
Pooraya Mama kamam - Narayana Teerthar

HarishankarK · Post by **HarishankarK** » 31 Jan 2019, 11:17

they say that old hindi song 'Kora Kagaz thaa ye mann meraa' from Aradhana is in Bilahari.
But it does not sound to me like Bilahari at all

HarishankarK · Post by **HarishankarK** » 31 Jan 2019, 11:18

Ini Namakku oru kavalaiyum illai endrum inbame

Bilahari is santhosha or ananda raga

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 01 Feb 2019, 11:39

And then bilahari's discussion wouldn't be complete without Ekadantam bhajEham (Dikshitar) or GNB : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtfyWiRhk-g

There are many more Dikshitar kritis in this raga.

Sreeni Rajarao · Post by **Sreeni Rajarao** » 01 Feb 2019, 18:22

Not many veena recordings come up on YouTube when I search for bilahari rAga.

I am glad this one comes up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba8xwXV0MWE

Another song in bilahari that I enjoy listening to:

MS Subbulakshmi - Sri Chamundeshwari (Raga-Bilahari) - Mysore Vasudevacharya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvZw70p4XPY

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 02 Feb 2019, 11:34

Thanks for the veeNa link. I'm hearing this artiste for the first time.

The vocal rendition of inta kannAnanda : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLndx1kg17o

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 02 Feb 2019, 15:33

Veena Kinhal and Sreeni are both the children of Veena Raja Rao...

Sreeni Rajarao · Post by **Sreeni Rajarao** » 02 Feb 2019, 18:58

Arasi avare,

Trust all is well on your end!

SrinathK "Thanks for the veeNa link. I'm hearing this artiste for the first time"

You mean you did not listen to a very rare varNa I posted in August 2018, in an interesting thread you initiated with great enthusiasm?!

Post # 17 here:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=31592&hilit=vagakada

Sorry for the digression. Let's go back to bilahari!

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 03 Feb 2019, 02:57

I was looking at the earlier posts where we were listing songs in bilahari three or four at a time. In the past 15 years I have managed to list 580 songs in this rAgA.

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 03 Feb 2019, 08:28

Unfortunately recordings for most of the rarer songs don't exist. I also do not link to sangeethapriya at the moment.

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 04 Feb 2019, 15:28

@Lakshman , I am curious mama. Where do you find out such a huge number of songs? Do you have recordings for many of them?

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 04 Feb 2019, 16:43

Sreeni Rajarao wrote: ↑02 Feb 2019, 18:58 Arasi avare,

Trust all is well on your end!

SrinathK "Thanks for the veeNa link. I'm hearing this artiste for the first time"

You mean you did not listen to a very rare varNa I posted in August 2018, in an interesting thread you initiated with great enthusiasm?!

Post # 17 here:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=31592&hilit=vagakada

Sorry for the digression. Let's go back to bilahari!

Do excuse me for the memory lapse!!

The idea for the varnam thread isn't forgotten, but in the light of so many things needing my attention from pre dawn to late night, I had to choose between that or the ragas for now.

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