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“SARASAALANU” – THE LONG FORGOTTEN OEUVRE OF PONNAYYA , THE TANJORE QUARTET
( The featured image above of the Lord Brihadeesvara Temple at Tanjore is a photograph of Samuel Bourne, taken circa ...
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Sri Rama Pattabhisheka, as envisioned by Tyagaraja Svamigal
Sri Ramachandra always served as a source of inspiration for poets for his ideal and desirable characters. We have innumerable ...
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தென்னிந்தியாவில் எனது சங்கீத யாத்திரை – Translation of Pt. Bhatkande’s Travelogue
Pt. Vishnu Narayan Bhatkande in his quest for seeking answers about Sangita Shastra undertook various journeys across places in India, ...
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Inimitable Raganga-s – Stavaraja
The rāga-s in Karnataka Music are innumerous and can be grouped into various ways. The most common, and perhaps the ...
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Sri Guruguha Navaratnamalika
Our dharma extols and worship a Guru to an extent that he is always treated synonymously with the ever pervading ...
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Sri Tyagarajaya mangalam
The term mangalam indicates auspiciousness amongst its many other denotation that it conveys. Mangalam is usually heard at the end ...
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mAra kOti kOti lAvanya- Arabhi – Obeisance to Lord Shiva
न जानामि योगं जपं नैव पूजां। नतोऽहं सदा सर्वदा शंभु तुभ्यं॥ जरा जन्म दुःखोद्य तातप्यमानं॥ प्रभो पाहि आपन्नमामीश शंभो॥8॥ (Sloka ...
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“vadAnyEsvaram bhajEham” – A Critical Appraisal
Prologue: One key aspect in our assessment of the authenticity of Muthusvami Dikshita’s compositions is the reliance we place on ...
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hastivadanaya-namastubhyam-an-aigrette-in-navaroj
हस्तीन्द्राणां-इन्दुचूड-अरुणछायां-त्रिनेत्रां-रसात् आश्लिष्टंप्रियया-सपद्मकरया-स्वाङ्गस्तया-सन्ततम् | बीजापूर-गधेक्षु-चाप-कार्मुकरुजा-चक्राब्ज-पाशोत्पल व्रीह्यग्र-स्वविषाण-रत्नकलशान्-हस्तैर्-वहन्तं-भजे || hastIndrAnAm indhu cUda aruna chAyAm trinEtram rasAt, Aslishtam priyayA sapadma karayA swAngastAya santatam, bhIjApUra ...
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Intriguing ragas – Gopikavasanta
[simple-author-box] We get to know the structure of many rāga-s only through Saṅgīta Sampradāya Pradarṣini of Subbarāma Dīkṣitar. This text ...
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