Most touching " Rama" nama alapana in carnatic kritis?

[sivachinta1965]

dear Rasikas

Which are the most touching "Rama" Nama alapanas in kritis?

My list includes

'Rama' eni.... in Telisi Rama ( by GNB)
" Palukavademira Ramaa.. ( by Madurai Mani, Devamanohari)

Please add some of your suggestions.

Siva

[arasi]

In BhadrAchala RAmadAs's ennagAnu rAma bhajana, MS singing the charanam rAma chilukanokaTi penchi, the line rAma rAma, rAmayanuchu always moves me.

[vasanthakokilam]

When you say alapana, what do you mean?

Based on your examples, you seem to be using that to mean the krithis that have 'Rama' in the pallavi line. Is that what you meant?

If so, I will put in "ninnE nera namminAnurA O rAmA" ( pantuvarali ). The raga bhava meshes so well in that 'O rama' making it very touching. The live concert instance is by Smt. Ponnammal. Her stage presence and a certain inexplicable timbre in her voice all made it that much more touching when she sang that 'O rAmA' part.

[arasi]

That rAmA too!Both in pantuvarAli.

shivachinta means Neraval, perhaps?

AlApanAs do have hari in them occasionally...!

[kvchellappa]

There are innumerable compositions with 'Rama'. In fact, the majority of Thyagaraja Kirthanas have 'Rama'. In Vasantha bhairavi also, when MS sings Rama Rama in neraval, it is moving. What of MS is not moving? We have Bhadrachala Ramadas compositiions like 'Ramanamamu' in Atana and 'Emiruchira Rama' in Poorvikalyani, sung soulfully by Somu. The list is endless.

[kunthalavarali]

rAma nAmamanu vara in Thyagaraja's baNTu rIti koluv(i)yy(av)ayya rAma - haMsanAdaM. Madurai Somasundaram made it memorable. What a treat it is to listen to him (recording of course) specially with MSG or LGJ.

[sivachinta1965]

dear Rasikas

Rama anywhere, what I meant.

'Appa Rama Bhakthi' by MMI ( what is the meaning of "Appa" here?)

Siva

[kunthalavarali]

Another Somu master piece was BhadrAchala RAmadAs's "O rAma nI nAmamEmi rucirA"

[rshankar]

what is the meaning of "Appa" here? Siva

It is a figure of speech, like appappA...rAma Bhakti yentO gopparA...appappA, rAma bhakti evaLavu osattiyAnadu...amUlyamAnadu...etc.

[arasi]

There are those who sing with the wonder in the word intact, and others who sing it nonchalantly as aparAma bhakti, and it sounds like aparAdha bhakti!
There are hundreds of songs, as kvchellappa says, where the word rAmA is emotive. mOhana rAmA he surely is.

[sivachinta1965]

dear Rasikas

In 'Ksheera sagara... , Is it Thaaraka Nama or Rama??

Siva

[varsha]

Top1.rAma rAma rAmayanucu
in ennaganu Rama Bhajana- Panthuvarali
MSS - after the neraval and swaras , just before closing out the krithi , would float in a sea of emotions with her gut wrenching voice modulations .

Top2-9 . Somu - whenever he came across the word Rama in any song - or conversation .- or the name of an accompanist.

Top 10 . DKJ wetting our consciousness , like an inexorable tide of a sea wave , with his Ramayaa Rama+Kodanda Rama+ Pattabhabi Rama

Three singers who could transform the concert stage to a place of worship .

[satyabalu]

*Eamiyarama-Bhadrachala Ramadas-Nedanuri-Kamboji-
*Rama dayachtave-...................-DKJ-Dhanyasi.
*Rama Sri Thiagaraja prema-in Jesinatelemarachithivo- Todi-T-R.Vedavalli.
*Ramaneesamana-T-Karaharapriya-ALB.
*Ramakatha suda-MVS-Madyamavathi-T.
*melukovaiyya....Rama-Dr.MBK.T.
*Enthukupeddala-Sankarabharanam- OH !Ramiah.(I think Ramiah is the speciality with T?)
*Ramamandravajabitho-Jonpuri-P? TNS.
*Ramnukku mannanmudi-Hindolam-TNS.

[grsastrigal]

Though this research is never ending, two kritis flashed in my mind immediately.

Sikkil Gurucharan's -AvatAru ragupati- a kriti of AnnamAcharya in Kamas- the anupallavi and neraval on "rAma rAghavA rAma, rAmachandra prabho" was a real beauty. It was a concert in Triplicane temple, last year.

Second Somu's "Ninee nera nammi nAnu rA" in PantuvarAli- He starts with "nammi nAnura" and then pauses... then starts "ninee nEra"- Somu is always ecstasic. Ecstasic Somu brings ecstasic Raama...

Listen to Sikkil's avarAru..

http://www.sendspace.com/file/s73ayy

[priyaram78]

My favourite songs on Sri RAmA sung by Smt. Sudha Ragunathan are

RAma Bhakthi SAmrAjyam- Suddha Bangala

Yemayya Rama- Kambhoji

[gobilalitha]

Mine is 'teliyaleru Rama bhakti margamu' in denuka because I am one such. veeyns3 come to our minds as he always ends his post with 'may LORD RAMA BLESS YOU.

[rshankar]

My most favorite one doesn't include the word rAma in it, yet is unmistakably about him! The lines in question (yes, it is a very wordy nereval, but true to my nature, I find it wonderful) - 'sundarESa suguNa bRnda daSaratha nandana aravinda nayana pAvana' by Smt. MSS in the bhairavi piece of St. T's - EnATi nOmu phalamO....I get goosebumps, and a lump in my throat every time I listen to it...

[kalyani_ragam]

The simmendramadhyamam kriti of Swati Tirunal - rAma rAma gunaseema - Sung by MSS and Neyyatinkara Vasudevan Nair

[maduraimini]

My favorite Karaharapriya ragam kriti is Thyagaraja's '
rama nee samanamevaru'. I love this rendered by M.S. ,his Denuka kriti 'Teliya leru Rama' and I also like Arunachala kavi's Rama nataka kriti in Asaveri ' saranam saranam raghurama' .

[Ranganayaki]

My favorite Karaharapriya ragam kriti is Thyagaraja's '
rama nee samanamevaru'. I love this rendered by M.S. , .

The no. 1 kriti that comes to my mind too as a touching one, my favorite versions are SSI's (in my memory at least, I haven't heard it recently) and definitely Lalgudi Jayaraman's

[mohan]

rama nee samanamevaru'. I love this rendered by M.S.

Neduneri Krishnamurthy does the neraval on the pallavi line itself for this kriti and says it has a more appropriate meaning than 'paluku paluku'.

[sivachinta1965]

dear Rasikas

Rama" in "Rama Neeyada... ( Kharaharapriya)" by Chemabi is very touching.

Siva

[sureshvv]

Nisha Rajagopal attempted neraval at "Rama Rama" while rendering Nee Daya Radha in Vasanthabhairavi recently. Was something new for me and was quite impactful.

[sivachinta1965]

dear Rasikas

Some singers used to insert "Rama" nama during kriti rendering where actually no 'Rama' word is used by the writer.

Can somebody throw light on this?

Siva