Month: October 2016

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Happy and Prosperous Diwali 2016

Dear Visitors and Friends

My heart felt Diwali Greetings  to one and all !! . 

May the festival of Lights bring in Harmony, Success, Wealth,

Peace, Prosperity and Happiness

IN ALL OUR LIVES

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#3-Vidyārambham @ Shanmukhapriya School of Music

Dear Friends and Visitors

Happy to share a few photographs of  Sangeetha Vidyārambham at Shanmukhapriya School of Music.

Started Classes on

  • Carnatic Vocal – Beginners &  Intermediary /
  • Veena – Beginners & Intermediary /

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#175-Navavarana Krithis of Muthuswami Dikshithar

Dear Friends and Visitors

Here is my contribution to add divinity and melody to the Navarathri Celebrations.

Special Manjal Kumkumam offering to all the ladies who visit this Blog 🙂

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These are the Kamalaamba Navavarana krithis composed by the great vaggeyakara Sri, Muthuswami Dikshithar, in praise of goddess Kamalamba of Tiruvarur.  Muthuswami Dikshithar has composed these in the Five Grands Ragas or Carnatic Music such as Todi, Kalyani, Kamboji, Sankarabharanam and Bhairavi. The remaining four songs are composed in rakthi ragas -soul sitting ragas Sahana, Anandabhairavi, Punnagavarali, Ghanta and Ahiri. These songs were popularised by the great vidwan Sri. D.K.Jayaraman.

Tracks

01-Sri Maha Ganapati – Gowla – Misra Chapu – Muthuswami Dikshitar-MS Amma
02-Balasubramanyam-surutti-Sita Rajan
03-Dhyanam-Kamalambike – Todi (Dhyana Kriti) – Rupakam
04-Avaranam-01-Kamalamba Samarakshatu-Anandabhiaravi-Misrachappu

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Divine Navarathri-2016
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Divine Navarathri-2016

Once again we are celebrating the divine Nine-Night /Navarathri festival worshipping Goddess in the forms of Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswathi.

Navarathri depicts Mahishasura Vadham – Destroying the demon Mahishasura by Goddess Durga. Mahisham is buffallo which is the embodiment of  lethargy – laziness or jadathwam  filled with immense strength of arrogance. In this modern world, we can infer it symbolically as  the human mind which is the seat of all good and bad tendencies. The mind is a  battlefield where there is always a fight between these two forces – good  Vs bad.

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