Varnams in telugu

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 10 Jun 2009, 22:37

Rasikas,

I would like to know if there is any telugu varnam dedicated to Nataraja(except manavi chekonarada)? hopefully fast paced as I live in a place where people are not used to seeing slow dance. I would be performing in the next 2 months.

I wish to list telugu varnams in this thread if possible.

Sri Balamuralikrishna has composed beautiful pieces in telugu like Brindavani thillana but varnams I am not sure.

Would be great if anyone can help out?

thanks!

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 11 Jun 2009, 21:17

however there are old varnams I know like "Jalajakshi" "era na pai" etc which are in telugu but are they used in dance?

HeyNarayana · Post by **HeyNarayana** » 15 Jun 2009, 10:49

Howabout pada varnam in Natakuranji - Chalamela

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 15 Jun 2009, 23:53

HeyNarayana,
Do you have an audio which I could listen to?

HeyNarayana · Post by **HeyNarayana** » 16 Jun 2009, 01:20

I apologize, didn't see you were looking for the ones on Nataraja.

Here is Natakuranji from YouTube to get an idea. If you search for Natakuranji in Youtube, there are few other versions as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyaCZLX9DVs

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 16 Jun 2009, 22:18

thanks for the link!
...it seems to be more of a vocal varna....do you know of any dance oriented version of that? like with jatis etc...

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 16 Jun 2009, 23:17

saawariya,

I am not aware of a padavarNam in telugu on naTarAja, but here is one on tyAgESa (I think) - http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... anave.html - a composition of Sri Ponniah Pillai. I may be totally off here, but I heard that there is a telugu version of mOhamAna en mIdil...

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 17 Jun 2009, 00:04

Here is the telugu version:

nI sATi (pv). rAgA: bhairavi. rUpaka tALA. Composer: POnniah Pillai.

P: nI sATi dora nIvani nera namminAnu nenaruncarA IvELarA sAmi
A: pOsalakula shrI tuLajEndruni tanaya bhOga dEvEndruDau sharabEndra candrA
(muktAyi svara sAhityam)
nI kudaku sati nEnani nI samukhamuna vacciti nannu paripAlanamu cAyavElarA ipuDu valapu
nilupadagadu solasi kalavayalenu nimiSambuna mathana shAtravidhi calupa vaccitini sarasDancumari
C: mAruDu idigO vaccErA nE tALanurA
1: mAruDidigO vaccErA nE tALanura
2: bhU bANamidi gOkubhapai viDavadoNake
3: kOkilalu palumArukarA nI valapu nilupadakrA rA biguvulu takatikarA virula ceyyakipuDu
4: parAkEla rAsarasa guNalErA nimiSamu ninu bAdu rAghavuDanadumu kOrA adara madhura
rasamu vIrA ikaradulu calu panuluDanucune neTu vaccitinurA manavininarA nI dAnarA
padarApara vashamaidirA vEgamE kalayumika bhUpAluDanucunE neDuvacciti nA bhAviTiki nIvE patiyani mari
a) (rAgA:kalyANI): gAciti nira Orva taramu gAdura karuNAnidhiyani
b) (rAgA: kAmbhOji): birAna kanikarA nakusha parA nagara munannaTamu
c) (rAgA: tODi): nera jANatana mella jUpavyALarAnapkoniradi
d) (rAgA: mOhana): vagala sogasu delupu ipuDu akaTamiganu tagadu vina

HeyNarayana · Post by **HeyNarayana** » 18 Jun 2009, 09:32

saawariya wrote:thanks for the link!
...it seems to be more of a vocal varna....do you know of any dance oriented version of that? like with jatis etc...

Natakuranji is a pada varnam meant for dance however some artists may sing like typical adi tala varnam and what you heard is such one.

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 18 Jun 2009, 19:36

thanks ravi and Lji..

any audio of the varnams you have mentioned above?