Ganesh Chaturthi, or Vinayaka Chaturti, is the birthday of Lord Ganesha, the God of wisdom, prosperity and auspiciousness. Tomorrow it is Ganesha Chathurthi which is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha, the God of wisdom. “Ga” means intellect, “Na” means wisdom and “Pathi” means master. Hence, Ganapathi means the master of intellect and wisdom.
Bowli, a janya of 15th mela Mayamalavagowla, is a morning / purvodaya raga with a calm,pious and deep meditative quality. I think this is the main reason for choosing this particular raga for Suprabhathams. The word Suprabhatham itself means Auspicious Morning and Raga Bowli -a Bakthi Rasa pradhana raga is chosen for tuning most of the Suprabathams. Listening to Raga Bowli in the dawn transforms the morning mood to be one of serenity and sacredness. Bowli calms the turbulent mind and promotes relaxation and prevents the effects of chronic stress, promotes emotional well being and maintains positive mental health to begin the day. Bowli has the following Arohana and Avarohana.
Tracks
01-Sarasijanabha (Varnam) – Kambodhi – Ata – Swathi Thirunal
02-Hamsadwani-Ragam
03-Vathapi Ganapathim – Hamsadwani – Adi – Dikshitar
04-SamaganaVinodini-Hamsanandi-Adi-LalitaDasar
Tracks
1- Namami Vighna Vinayaka – Hamsadhwani-Rupakam-Krishnaswami Ayya
2- Phanipatishayee – Jhankaradhwani ? – Adi
3- Brochevarevarura – Kamas – Adi – Tyagaraja
Tracks
1- Namami Vighna Vinayaka – Hamsadhwani-Rupakam-Krishnaswami Ayya
2- Phanipatishayee – Jhankaradhwani ? – Adi
3- Brochevarevarura – Kamas – Adi – Tyagaraja
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01 Raghunayaka-Hamsadhwani-Adi-Tyagarajar
02 Ra Rama Intika-Asaveri-Adi-Tyagrajar
03 Nannu Palimpa-Mohana-Adi-Tyagrajar
This is a continuation of what I wrote a few months back as to How to Develop the Singing Voice ? I would like to say that I am not a Voice Guru. Whatever I pen here is my own way of experimenting to improve the quality of my voice. But i can assure you that these simple techniques works towards acheiving a very good voice quality.
01_YeraNapai_varna_Todi_Adi_Patnam_Subramanya_Iyer
02_VandhiSuve_adiyalli_Natta_KChapu_PurandaraDasa
03_rAka_sasivadhanA_Dakka_Adi_Tyagaraja
Simhanandana is the longest talam in world music. It has 18 angas, 128 kriyas(or beats) and 512 aksharas. The talam, apart from commonly used angas Laghu and Drutha, also contains the rarely used angas Guru, Plutha and Kaakapaada.
01_NeraNammiti-Kanada-Varnam-Ata Thalam-Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar.
02_Sri MahaGanapathe-Nattai-Adi-Muthuswami Deekshithar
03_Shiva Shiva Shiva-Panthuvarali-Adi-Tyagaraja
04_Sadinchane-Arabhi-Adi-Pancharatna Krithi-Tyagaraja
ANURADHA MAHESH 