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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Concert - Manakkal Rangarajan

The concert uploaded originally was withdrawn at the request of Mr. Manakkal Sriram son of Sri Manakkal Rangarajan. Today I have received a mail from Mr. Manakkal Sriram which will make you all happy.Here is the contents of the mail.

"Respected Sir,

I have been wishing to write to you for a long time.  Your blog is something truly spectacular and I am enjoying it so much.  Few days back, you had downloaded my father's music(Manakkal sri Rangarajan) in your blog and I had sent you a message back stating that they are yet to be released and requested you to remove it.  After that, I regret that decision very much because after going through your blog I feel that there cannot be a better place for my father's music to be heard.  So, I kindly request you to again bring those recordings in your blog.  Once again, I would like to inform you that your blog is most informative, educating and entertaining.  I pray God to bestow on you a hale and healthy life and to keep on spreading such a great work for many more years to come.

With the Warmest regards,
Manakkal Sriram 
Hence, I am uploading this concert now. Let us thand Mr. Manakkal Sriram for his great gesture. I will be uploading more of this concerts



  1. http://www.mediafire.com/?dli8sed9phont5m Mahalaxmi - Madhava manohari 
  2. http://www.mediafire.com/?coyzcgcfzjh Niravathi - Ravichandrika 
  3. http://www.mediafire.com/?lobj6ddwdldf1zh Swararaagasucha - Sankarabaranam 
  4. http://www.mediafire.com/?qy3ydgjt4nj Kaarthikai Baalanai - Maand 
  5. http://www.mediafire.com/?n5yguigdwkm Meragadhulachi - Ataana 
  6. http://www.mediafire.com/?izqygyfnmng Malarin - Raagamalika 
  7. http://www.mediafire.com/?zajitnrxwxl Manickavaasagar - Thiruvaachagam 
  8. http://www.mediafire.com/?n87p7014o72qqx3 Mangalam

...that everything you have been thinking lately is to be
thrown out.

You're spending too much time "in your head" these
days. How about getting out of your thoughts and into
your feelings? You've analyzed it to death. Now it's
about moving from your head to your heart.

What are you feeling about all this? That is what really
matters. You are using your thoughts to try to parse
your feelings. You may want to stop that.



Blogger Varadarajan.R said...





Thank you Mr.Sriram for the kind gesture.
August 7, 2011 10:29 AM


Blogger Ragavan said...


Thank you for sharing this wonderful musical fest.
December 18, 2011 12:49 AM
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Ranga pura vihaara - M.S. Subbalakshmi

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Friday, August 5, 2011

Concert - Saketharaman



Download 01-ninnu_kOri-VarNa-MOhana-Adhi-pUchi_shrInivAsa_IyengAr.mp3
Download 02_sAketa_nagara_nAtha_harikAmbOdhi_rUpakA_mysUru_sadAshiva_rAo.mp3
Download 03_entha_muddO_entha_sogasu_bindumAlini_Adhi_thyAgarAja.mp3
Download 04_AlApane_brindAvana_sAranga.mp3
Download 05-ranga_pUra_vihAra-bRndAvanasAraGga_rUpaka_muttuswAmi-dhIkshitar.mp3
Download 06_parAmukham_ElarA_rAmayya_suraTi_Adhi_thyAgarAja.mp3
Download 07_AlApane_shaNmukhapriyA.mp3
Download 08-marivErE_dhikkevarayya-shaNmukhapriyA-Adhi_p.s.iyer.mp3
Download 09_tani.mp3
Download 10_sAketa_nikEtana_kannaDa_rUpakA_thyAgarAja.mp3
Download 11_rAga_tAna_sindhubhairavi.mp3
Download 12_pallavi_tishra_aTa_rAgamAlika_nIlAmbari_sAveri_dEsh.mp3
Download 13_jAnaki_ramaNa_dasharatha_nandana_kApi_Adhi_jIr_swAmi.mp3
Download 14_kaNDena_gOvindana-chandrakauns_KchApu_purandara_dhAsa.mp3
Download 15_tillAna_dhirana_dhImta_kamAch_composer.mp3
Download 16_nI_nAma_rUpamulaku_mangaLa_sourAshtra_Adhi_thyAgarAja.mp3


Courtesy: Sangeethapriya.org

...that the tiniest gesture -- a smile, a gentle look, a simple
pat on the arm, a soft word -- can change a person's life.

Before this very day is out, you are going to have a chance
to live in that possibility. Look. Watch. See what this day
brings you. And be ready.  

If you believe I am exaggerating about this, please know
that I am not. Someone is waiting for that smile, that look,
that gesture from you right now.



Anonymous Anonymous said...



The first varnam is not in Mohanam. It is the "other ninnukori" - in Vasantha.
August 6, 2011 5:01 AM

Blogger hvaidya said...

Thanks for pointing out the error. I have coreected it
August 6, 2011 10:33 AM
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Dhevagaandhaari

Devagandhari (pronounced devagāndhāri, Sanskrit: देवगांधारि Tamil: தேவகாந்தாரி) is a raga (musical scale) in Indian classical music. It is used in the Sikh tradition of northern India and is part of the Guru Granth Sahib. In the South Indian classical music, Devagandhari is ajanya raga (derived scale), whose melakarta raga (parent scale, also known as janaka) is Shankarabharanam, 29th in the 72 Melakarta raga system.



Structure and Lakshana


Ascending scale with Shadjam at C

Descending scale with Shadjam at C
Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
Devagandhari ragam is an owdava-vakra-sampurna raga meaning, in arohana 5swaras come (so it is called owdava) and in avarohana all swaras come (sosampurna), and there is a "zigzag" pattern of notes (so vakra). The notes used in this ragam are shadjam, chathusruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, shuddha madhyamam, panchamam, chathusruthi dhaivatam and kakili nishadham. This ragam sometimes includes the kaishika nishadham (anya swara - a note external to the scale, making this a bhashanga ragam).
The closest raga to this one is Arabhi. Some of the things that makes Arabhi different (though both share the same ascending and descending scale, in terms of basic notation) are:
  • Devagandhari is sung with gamakas and vilambita kala prayogas (usages with elongated notes)[1]
  • Devagandhari is sung with dheerga gandharam (elongated G3)[1]
  • Devagandhari is a bhashanga raga, and certain prayogas use the kaishika nishadham: S N3 D N2 , , D P

Popular Compositions

Here are some more compositions set to Devagandhari.
TypeCompositionComposertalam
KritiKsheerasagaraThyagarajaAdi
KritiVinaradana manaviThyagarajaAdi
KritiKoluvaiyunnadeThyagarajaAdi
KritiTulasiammaThyagarajaAdi
KritiEnneramumGopalakrishna BharathiAdi




  1. http://www.mediafire.com/?a1e5s3af1a5btme Kaayaarohanesam - Raajkumar Bharathi 
  2. http://www.mediafire.com/?axbzyet1p4x1kvr Karunaa samudhra - Maharajapuram Santhanam 
  3. http://www.mediafire.com/?zq1f6pnoxfbd0mv Ksheera saagara - K.J. Yesudoss 
  4. http://www.mediafire.com/?1ajnwgv25stytcc Ksheera saagara - Maharajapuram Santhanam 
  5. http://www.mediafire.com/?ljv71zpiewp53b1 Ksheera saagara - P. Unnikrishnan 
  6. http://www.mediafire.com/?vsflhv8g5fya9qx Ksheera saagara - Dr. Balamuralikrishna 
  7. http://www.mediafire.com/?bh263oz37hv3pcb Ksheera saagara - T. N. Seshagopalan 
  8. http://www.mediafire.com/?1wbayf2c38ce26e Maaththaada - T. N. seshagopalan 
  9. http://www.mediafire.com/?dsi8xpktyyd7d7l Maaththaada - Ranjani and Gaayathri 
  10. http://www.mediafire.com/?h978n0jy332k0o1 Pancha shakthi - T.N. Seshagopalan 
  11. http://www.mediafire.com/?dhxxc03d2d5mj1e Panchashakthi - Maharajapuram Santhanam 
  12. http://www.mediafire.com/?kq09yreyr3d2idf Seethavara - T.N. Seshagopalan 
  13. http://www.mediafire.com/?rxer9dsz39xbvd5 Seethaavara - T.M. Krishna 
  14. http://www.mediafire.com/?f4at57qhqi64y9j Seethaavara - Maharajapuram Santhanam 
  15. http://www.mediafire.com/?e1rq9v5c24t20b4 Seethaavara - Sowmya 
  16. http://www.mediafire.com/?38mqvjx4d7p4ce9 Thulsamma - Hyderbad Bros
  17. http://www.mediafire.com/?s5x5d4hkz8mw1l9 Uthramaam - K. J. Yesudoss 
  18. http://www.mediafire.com/?3j6em46z3b08d3t Yennaramum undan - Aruna Sairam 
  19. http://www.mediafire.com/?lesfvcvj7pp28da Yenneramum undhan - T. N. Seshagopalan 
  20. http://www.mediafire.com/?d37sq4b4jf0r4en Yenneramum undhan - M. S. Subbalakshmi 
  21. http://www.mediafire.com/?gf1fvsn9n16bpd6 Yenneramum - Nithyashree


Anonymous Copyright said...



Please remove items 12 and 19; these are commercially available.
August 3, 2011 7:36 AM
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Blogger hvaidya said...



Done
August 3, 2011 9:50 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can I upload Ksheerasagara in Devagandhari by Radha & Jayalakshmi to be added?
August 8, 2011 5:52 PM
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Blogger hvaidya said...

You are always welcome.
August 8, 2011 6:35 PM
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Why men should not write advice columns?




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hahaha.
August 2, 2011 8:10 PM
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Concert - Priya Sisters


Courtesy: Sangeethapriya. org


..that it's okay to go ahead and take a risk.

There's no guarantee that everything will turn out exactly
the way you want it to, but there IS a guarantee that it
cannot possibly do so if you are afraid to even take the
chance.

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained" is not just a nifty
old-time saying. It's wisdom. Listen to it.

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Monday, August 1, 2011

Why do we light a lamp?



In almost every Indian home a lamp is lit daily before the altar of the Lord.  In some houses it
is lit at dawn, in some, twice a day – at dawn and dusk – and in a few it is maintained
continuously - Akhanda Deepa.  All auspicious functions commence with the lighting of the
lamp, which is often maintained right through the occasion.  

Light symbolizes knowledge, and darkness - ignorance.  The Lord is the "Knowledge Principle"
(Chaitanya) who is the source, the enlivener and the illuminator of all knowledge.  Hence
light is worshiped as the Lord himself.  

Knowledge removes ignorance just as light removes darkness.  Also knowledge is a lasting
inner wealth by which all outer achievement can be accomplished.  Hence we light the lamp
to bow down to knowledge as the greatest of all forms of wealth.  

Why not light a bulb or tube light?  That too would remove darkness.  But the traditional oil
lamp has a further spiritual significance.  The oil or ghee in the lamp symbolizes our vaasanas
or negative tendencies and the wick, the ego.  When lit by spiritual knowledge, the vaasanas
get slowly exhausted and the ego too finally perishes.  The flame of a lamp always burns
upwards.  Similarly we should acquire such knowledge as to take us towards higher ideals.  

Whilst lighting the lamp we thus pray:

Deepajyothi parabrahma
Deepa sarva tamopahaha
Deepena saadhyate saram
Sandhyaa deepo namostute

I prostrate to the dawn/dusk lamp; whose light is the Knowledge Principle (the Supreme
Lord), which removes the darkness of ignorance and by which all can be achieved in life

Contributed by Mr. Murlidhar Chaturvedi
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Concert - L. Subramanian


Thank Mr. Varadarajan Raju


...that life begins now -- right now -- not tomorrow or
the next day or the next.

Every minute of every hour of every day, life begins
anew. That means everything can change in an instant.
It also means you can have a new beginning whenever
you want.

Why put off for one day that decision you've been
pondering...aren't you just putting life itself on hold?

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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Have you seen anything more beautiful than this ????



















Blogger nandakumar said...




namaskaram sir,
thank u very much for uploading this beautiful photos. It is awesome. A request i would like to download this and save it in my desktop. can i get the link?
regards
Nandakumar
July 31, 2011 5:39 PM
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Blogger Varadarajan.R said...




yes, can you pls post high resolution pics. thanks.
August 1, 2011 8:34 AM
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Blogger hvaidya said...




Dear Mr. Nandakumar,

You can right click on the picture you like to save and go to "save image as" and it will be on your hard disc.
August 1, 2011 11:35 AM

Blogger Ganapathi said...

Dear Sir,
I have been visiting your site for quite some time now. It would be no exaggeration if I say you are doing a great job at this age. Namaskarams.
August 6, 2011 1:07 AM



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