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Saturday, July 11, 2009

Visakha Hari - Venkatesa Mahaathmiyam

Download VM 01 Part 1.mp3
Download VM 02 Part 2.mp3
Download VM 03 Part 3.mp3
Download VM 04 Part 4.mp3
Download VM 05 Part 5.mp3
Download VM 06 Part 6.mp3
Download VM 07 Part 7.mp3
Download VM 08 Part 8.mp3
Download VM 09 Part 9.mp3

kozhumum said...: Really appreciate your noble service sir. Hope you do not mind, if i post your message to our Vishakha Hari Orkut community, so that it is of use to many. Respectfully, Karthik

July 13, 2009 5:01 AM
hvaidya said...: Oh yes. Mr. Karthik. I have no objection to posting the availability of her discourses in your Orkut community.

July 13, 2009 6:40 AM
Swami Iyer said...: Namaskaram, This is a great service you are doing. The fourth part in the Venkatesa Mahaathmiyam is not available in mediafire, can you please check to see whether the issue is with the link provided in this section. Thanks, Swami

August 12, 2009 10:27 PM
hvaidya said...: It is opening. May be due to some server problem. Try again.

August 13, 2009 10:11 AM
Siva said...: I am a retired person and I am new to the music world. On my friend's advice, I started paying attention in music. After hearing the donloads, I feel much blessed with Peace of mind. Thanks once again for your noble service Regards Vaazgha Valmudan Swamimalai Sivasubramanian

October 12, 2009 5:50 AM
hvaidya said...: Thank you Mr. Siva subramanian. Music is the highest art and to those who understand , It is the highest worship. Thus told Vivekananda. All the best to you in your life.

October 12, 2009 6:32 AM
Siva said...: Namaskaram Happy Deepavail Thanks for your reply. Some of the music files are in .M4a format and or not playing in music systems. If possible please post the files in .MP3 format. The originality is lost due to bad conversion by a third party converters. The video files are in .flv type and are not playing in music systems. If possible, kindly upload the files in a type compatiable to the music systems. Vaazgha valamudan Anbudan Swamimalai Siva

October 15, 2009 2:34 PM
geetha said...: dear sir this is a wonderful service and a great idea. fantastic contribution.visaka haris some files do not open. thanks a ton to the namasankirthanams upload. mrs raja-dubai

December 5, 2009 4:07 PM
hvaidya said...: Dear Geetha, I checked up all VisakhaHari links. they are all working and downloadable. Please let me know which one you were not able to download, to enable me to re upload if necessary.

December 10, 2009 6:19 AM
cvsmuthy said...: Dear Sir, For the information of persons who do not know. All can download the real player software (free) from Google pack which comes with a free convertor and one can convert the M4a format to mp3 and the conversion speed is really fast.

January 4, 2010 9:21 PM
narasimhan said...: Thank u for ur noble service sir . Pls continue the good work !!!

January 8, 2010 6:49 PM
narasimhan said...: Sir the links part 2 and part 9 are not opening for me . Pls c why it is so. Thanking u in advance !!!

January 9, 2010 6:26 AM
hvaidya said...: Dear Mr. Narasimhan All the files you have mentioned are working. Perhaps there was server problem for some time. Try again. If not, please let me know. I will see how I can help you

January 9, 2010 6:44 AM
narasimhan said...: Thank u for ur prompt response sir . Will try again and if I have any problem will let u know .

January 9, 2010 7:34 AM
narasimhan said...: Thank u once again sir . I was able to successfully download the files.Keep up the good work sir..

January 10, 2010 2:44 PM
K.R. said...: I was just browsing for something else and I gotten into the labyrinth and ended up in ebooks of Srimad Bhagavatham. A little bit delving into it brought it into the ocean of various items of interest which I would not have even dreamt about elsewhere. It was a real pleasure in getting access to it -- a true yeoman service you do to the music lovers. Just saying "thank you" won't suffice to express my gratitude in its full form. Bravo and may God shower his blessings on you. K.R. Raghunathan, Delhi

January 17, 2010 11:00 PM
Crazzy 4 more said...: Thank you very much Sir.Am a great fan of Vishakha Hari and all these wonderful downloads have given me an oppurtunity to once again appreciate the Greatness of our Mythology and the new wonder woman Vishakha Hari.

March 23, 2010 3:12 AM
Shanthi said...: Namaskaram Sir. I am out of words to thank you for uploading all the audio files of Smt. Visaka Hari. Living so far away, we are not able to attend these Kathakalakshepams, but feel thrilled to listen to them. Thank you very much.

January 1, 2011 5:26 AM
LASHMAN S L said...: Namaskaram Sir.the print is not proper.VENKATAKRISHNA VENKATAKRISHNA song is not available.i am sorry.

April 30, 2011 11:46 AM

hvaidya said...
Dear Mr. Lakshman,

I am not able to understand your comment. What do you mean "the print is not proper" Which print you refer to?

What do you mean Venkatakrisha song is not available?

April 30, 2011 7:20 PM

LASHMAN S L said...: Dear sir.comparing to sabari moksham,pancharathnam,padhmavathy kalyanam or narayana theerthar,sriranganga mahathmiyam and venkatachala mahathmiyam is not clear.i cannot hear properly.of course,i checked properly.Venkatakrisha song is not available.sorry sir

May 1, 2011 11:36 AM

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

An autobiography of a middle class man - Chapter 8

M.S.Subbalakshmi, Sadasivam and me(1973)

The activities encouraged by my mother and to some extent by my father has developed a leadership quality in me and that has emerged in my younger days by various activities in the village. Automatically, I was the leader and organiser of many functions in my village. If it is Sivarathri

( the birthday of Lord Siva ) or Srijayanthi

( the birthday of Lord Krishna ), it was me, who organised the sleepless night. {It means no child in Agrahaaram ( the name of the street, where only brahmins lived) will sleep during the night}. We cannot think of any money being pooled to celebrate the whole night with some entertainment. So we used to go to every house to collect rice, jaggery to cook சக்கரை பொங்கல் (rice cooked with jaggery) and oil to burn the lamps. All the housewives in Agrahaaram will liberally contribute and the sleepless night will be celebrated only in my house. My parents never thought this assembly as a disturbance to them. Since these two days will not come during the school vacations, I cannot plan dramas to be enacted. So the night will be filled with songs and indoor games and elder kids teasing the younger kids who could not control their sleep. However, maximum by 1.00 or 2.00 A.M most of us will be fast asleep, and next day being school holiday (they declare holdiay because the kids will not be able to come, because of the sleepless night) we will be discussing who slept first, and who could keep himself/herself awake. The beautiful part will be that every kid will be claiming to the kid who slept early, that he or she did not sleep whole night.

My mother used to involve us very actively during Navaraathri ( Dusseraa) to arrange the toys, and making Cardboard buildings, and welcome boards etc. Big நல்வரவு (Welcome) will be written in big white papers and cut by every letter , and transparent colour sheets will be pasted in the cuttings and small oil lamps will be kept behind each letter for the letters to glow.

A tank permanently constructed in the floor, which will remain closed all the other days except these nine days, will be filled with water and my younger brother will fetch small fishes from the village tank and put them in our tank. This tank will look like a temple tank with steps in all the four sides.

A park will be constructed, by the side of the tank with toy benches placed around the park. If the relevant toys are not availble, it will be made with paper and placed.

I am writing these things, because, even though we were not having the facilities what we are having today, the imagination and enthusiasm were not curtailed. At the age of 12 or 13 I used to construct drama stage with benches borrowed from various houses, and bedsheets collected from every actor's house will be the curtains. I used to be the incharge of story, screen play, dialogue and direction apart from acting as hero. We never had any facility for records, tapes or any other modern equipments to learn the songs and we used to hear the song only once while seeing movies, and they will be rendered in the dramas at appropriate places. My mother never fails to purchase the song book of every movie we see to enable us to memorise the songs. Invariably in all the dramas, the king will ask, the minister, "மந்திரியாரே ! மாதம் மும்மாரி மழை பொழிகிறதா?" (Dear Minister! Is it raining three times in a month?).

In the whole village only one house used to have a petromax ( a lamp with air/gas filled mantle)lamp and the owner will never refuse to lent it to us. Either my father or our servant will light it filling with kerosene and later pumping it with air.

My biggest achivement in the art of drama, was to act as heroine in a drama staged by my uncle, when I was 15 years old, with full settings and make up before an audience of more than thousand villagers in and around our village. My entry to the stage was with myself singing M.L. Vasanthakumari's famous song "கொஞ்சும் புறாவே" "Konjum puraave". which I can never forget. People were anouncing money to me for my acting, (மொய் எழுதுவது)which was a habit in villages.
Even though, I could manage some wonderful shows in Madras city, in 70s with lot of facility and help from experts, these initial training, to conduct shows with constrained facilities to make it successful and appreciable was the foundation, during this period.

Concert - T.V. Sankaranarayanan - 5th Dec 07

http://www.mediafire.com/?wxjm3dhh4mz Pranadosmi vinaayakam - Naattai
http://www.mediafire.com/?rhjqdjj2mq3 Neeve nannu brova - Durbaar
http://www.mediafire.com/?imdydjmwjgm Panthuvaraali - Aalaapanai
http://www.mediafire.com/?uzjn0minnzo Panthuvaraali - Violin
http://www.mediafire.com/?zbj5tnny3dv Appaa raama bhakthi - Panthuvaraali
http://www.mediafire.com/?ziwqmxto2gt Ravichandrikaa - Aalaapanai
http://www.mediafire.com/?yimutnkcdmm Ravichandrika - Violin
http://www.mediafire.com/?teqjejzzuyu Maakelaraa - Ravichandrika
http://www.mediafire.com/?yktntkm2zbi Mandhrabalam - Hamsanaadham
http://www.mediafire.com/?rcwhzno31m3 Devaamruthavarshini - Aalaapanai
http://www.mediafire.com/?ymz1jzi53hw Devaamruthavarshini - Violin
http://www.mediafire.com/?twgmmycwtk2 Saami neeve kaadhaa - Devaamruthavarshini
http://www.mediafire.com/?jykngoyknyf Thani
http://www.mediafire.com/?nmnixjdm2uj Viruththam fwd by Krishnaa nee - Yamankalyaani
http://www.mediafire.com/?zi3xdyfuank Thiruppugazh
http://www.mediafire.com/?hzqzdua0qij Mangalam

Shyam said...: dear sir, Thank you for your valuable postings. I am really grateful to you.. I just wanted to bring it to your notice that links to files 9 and 15 are not working..It would be great if you could provide a working link. Again, thanking you for your great work sir.thank you so much... regards, Shyam

November 4, 2010 11:31 PM

hvaidya said...
Dear Mr. Shyam,

I found all of them are opening. Perhaps there might have been a server problem, at the time when you were trying. Please try again. In case you still find it difficult please let me know.

November 6, 2010 8:21 AM

Monday, July 6, 2009

Concert - T.V. Ramprasad - 22nd Dec 08

http://www.mediafire.com/?0qhjm1mzvy1 Varnam - Sri
http://www.mediafire.com/?mxn0itumih3 Chedebudhi - Ataanaa
http://www.mediafire.com/?zyem5yz1mfe Veena pusthaka - Toya vedavauhini
http://www.mediafire.com/?elytttt12ek Kripayaa paalaya - Charukesi
http://www.mediafire.com/?uqjqtn0jtym Mukhaari - Aalaapanai
http://www.mediafire.com/?ggzdgmj5j3q Mukhari - Violin
http://www.mediafire.com/?itqyjyniym1 Muripemu - Mukhari
http://www.mediafire.com/?wytmly0yzzj Thani
http://www.mediafire.com/?dzwinz2dzcw RTP - Raagam - Hamsanandhi
http://www.mediafire.com/?w5mzt5ywmgy RTP - Violin and Thaanam
http://www.mediafire.com/?zjijhonccyz RTP - Pallavi
http://www.mediafire.com/?muz2jozwhwo Ninnu jooda (Padam) Punnaagavaraali

If you are interested in knowing more about the artist, please click this LINK

sundar said...: Dear Sir, SLNo.8 Thani is missing Sundar

September 7, 2010 6:17 AM
hvaidya said...: Yes.I will try to locate the file in my hard disc and upload. Unluckily, my back up hard disc with 500 GB wherein I had all the uploaded files also crashed and I am trying to recover that. Hope I will be able to get it. I am also appealing to readers to give the links of some of the missing files. I will strive my every nerve to see that You get it.

September 7, 2010 6:58 PM

Carnatic Music Raagas - Bowli

15 mAyamALava gowLa janya
A: S R1 G3 P D1 S
Av: S N3 D1 P G3 R1 S

http://www.mediafire.com/?aetjg4wbni3 Bhaagyadhalakshmi - Nithyashri
http://www.mediafire.com/?nmof4itkzt4 Brahmam okate - p. Unnikrishnan
http://www.mediafire.com/?zhzwyee5api Karunanidhiye - S.P.Ramh
http://www.mediafire.com/?mdedfwnxlgw Karunanidhiye - Bombay Jayashri
http://www.mediafire.com/?3ziz4jwbldx Kshanameva - O.S. Arun
http://www.mediafire.com/?mf4d9ycj3ex Pachai maamalai - Bombay Jayashri
http://www.mediafire.com/?smwwpzaz9zz Sambho mahadeva - M.S. Subbalakshmi
http://www.mediafire.com/?nwntq0jhv3z Slokam - Sudha Raghunathan
http://www.mediafire.com/?6rcefw1mjx2 Sriman naarayana - Nithyashri
http://www.mediafire.com/?2xwxzjzwv0y Sriman naaraayna - T.M. Krishna
http://www.mediafire.com/?om1i5k2m4mq Sriman naaraayana - Bombay sisters
http://www.mediafire.com/?w32xyfmmwmu Sriman naaraayana - M. S. Subbalakshmi
http://www.mediafire.com/?gxomlmt97xy Sriman naaraayana - Bombay Jayashri
http://www.mediafire.com/?gxomlmt97xy Sri Paarvathi - Nithyashree
http://www.mediafire.com/?jtzumbnm1hm Sri Parvathi - M.S. Subbalakshmi
http://www.mediafire.com/?zlxjm9d5msz Thqappulanniyu - Nithyashree
http://www.mediafire.com/?onzvwmzgsyb Uchishta - Maharajapuram Santhanam

Parvathi & Ganesha, Jaipur,1820 opaque water colour paper

Saturday, July 4, 2009

To all daughters: Also applicable to sons

Those who have their mothers living, please read this and apply. Those who do not have their mothers please make others to read this. Imagine also this letter was written by a father to his son.

My dearest daughter,

The day that you see me old, I ask that you have patience and that, above all, you try to understand, My dearest daughter.............

If when I talk to you, I repeat the same things, a thousand and one times, don't interrupt me to point out that I have already told you that. Instead, please listen to me, and remember a time when you were a little girl, I would read you the story again and again, night after night, until you went to sleep.

When I do not want to have a shower, do not scold me, and please do not try to embarrass me. Remember, instead, a time, when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented , in order to get you to bathe, when you were little girl.

When you see my ignorance of new technologies, give me the necessary time to learn, and please don't roll your eyes, or look at me with a mocking face. Remember my dearest, I taught you how to do so many things......... to eat properly....to dress and groom yourself, and how you can confront and deal with life.

The day you notice that I have grown old, my dearest daughter, please have patience and above all, please try to understand me. If, occasionally I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and If I cannot do it, don't become nervous, or impatient, or arrogant.

Instead, just know in your heart, that the most important thing for me, is to simply be with you and have you listening to me.

And when my old tired legs, won't let me walk as before, give me your hand......... in much the same way I did for you, when you made your first steps.

And when someday when I tell you that I do not want to live any more....... that I am ready to die......please do not get upset or angry...... because, one day, my dearest daughter, you will understand. Until then, just try to understand that at my age, we reach a point where we do not live any more, We just exist.

When this day comes for me you should not feel sad, and or incompetent for seeing me like this. Instead, I ask that you be with me, that you try to understand me and that you help me. Help me as I journey to the end of my life with love and with deep understanding of appreciation for the gift of the time and love we were blessed to share together. I will thank you........ by a smile.........and by the immense love I always had for you.

I love you ........ My dearest daughter,

Your mother

The hardest job for kids..........

Friday, July 3, 2009

Concert - T.N. Seshagopalan - 25th Dec. o7

http://www.mediafire.com/?kmwjofom2jl Varnam - Saami ninne kori
http://www.mediafire.com/?njnmwmrw2nj Abhimaanamen - Begadaa
http://www.mediafire.com/?zlmjzywvtyi Surutti - Aalaapanai
http://www.mediafire.com/?4njdkrzying Surutti - Violin
http://www.mediafire.com/?mwmdd2ntmzz Angaarakam - Surutti
http://www.mediafire.com/?zf25oiyzzn0 Eti Janma - Varaali
http://www.mediafire.com/?jwehqg2tnyk Karaharapriya - Aalaapanai
http://www.mediafire.com/?dmzdatayzzm Karaharapriya - Violin
http://www.mediafire.com/?gh2gzjyhwzz Chakkani Raaja - Karaharapriya
http://www.mediafire.com/?l3rnmiwutzi Thani
http://www.mediafire.com/?yz22m0lymdz RTP - Hamsanandhi - Raagam
http://www.mediafire.com/?mymjdm3zz0l RTP - Violin and Thaanam
http://www.mediafire.com/?imjy5muzmf2 RTP - Pallavi
http://www.mediafire.com/?zn0mymdyyin Yeru mayileri
http://www.mediafire.com/?2znzzuy1nhd Mangalam

Rathi said...: Thank you very much Sir, for your contributions to the world of music!

July 6, 2009 9:45 AM
hvaidya said...: Thank you for your kind words. Please be in touch with your comments and suggestions.

August 30, 2009 1:50 PM
MEERA said...: Thank you sir. However, I find item No. 11 - Hamsandi RTP - is missing and cannot be downloaded. Can you please upload again. Rgds Neelakantan

March 12, 2011 11:07 AM

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Concert - Priya sisters - 26th Dec 07

http://www.mediafire.com/?orlxntwotzh Varnam - Sri jalajaaksha - Hamsadhwani
http://www.mediafire.com/?mfywgzzuznz Thathvamariya - Reethigowlai
http://www.mediafire.com/?rryzw2nyddn Neeve - Begadaa
http://www.mediafire.com/?yalcngnaizm Subha panthuvaraali - Aalaapanai
http://www.mediafire.com/?zjnkindzyb1 Subha panthuvaraali - Violin
http://www.mediafire.com/?mgmtmf3mzwz Sri Sathyanaaraayanam - Subha panthuvaraali
http://www.mediafire.com/?ymhviouukow Amba neelaambari - Neelaambari
http://www.mediafire.com/?ymatjttywny Kaambodhi - Aalaapanai
http://www.mediafire.com/?njnvozmmdie Kaambodhi - Violin
http://www.mediafire.com/?hgwlo4jnm3b Kaana kan kodi - Kaambodhi
http://www.mediafire.com/?jm3j5affymm RTP - Raagam - Ranjani
http://www.mediafire.com/?jowewwyumyj RTP - Violin & Thaanam
http://www.mediafire.com/?hjdwmgnmmmz RTP - Pallavi
http://www.mediafire.com/?ngdzungjmyf Thani
http://www.mediafire.com/?n1n2yh32q2y Indhiraa - Sivaranjani
http://www.mediafire.com/?jylngyydwje Mangalam