Bharatiyar on Velavan

Some songs are timeless. Subrahmanya Bharati's villinai otta puruvamazhai tannai vElavA is one such for me. It is easy to listen to MSS's version of it over and over. Despite having learnt it, I am still trying to identify the name of the rAgam.

It appears to have the ArOhaNam and avarOhaNam of a kAkaLi niSAdam version of suDhaDhanyAsi along with chatuSruti dhaivatam in its avarOhaNam.

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North of the Vindhyas

For any Hindustani music technicality on rAgas, rAginis and thAts, I now refer to Swarganga and Sangeeth Research Academy.

Haiku: Carnatic Music Season

My colleague Liz conducted a haiku workshop last year and these were the ones I came up with her encouragement.

rAgam tANdavam

Extremely captivating. It seems like a kAkaLi niSAdam counterpart of valaci (sa ga pa dha ni sa). Not sure if I am missing a ri. Heard it for the first time in a Sanjay Subrahmanyan kacheri. Composition by Dandapani Desikar

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Mridangam playing two year old

Amazing child. Watch here.