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from H.H Srimath Azhagiya Singar of Ahobila Matam
for Sri Annamayacharya CD-ROM
This is to inform Carnatic Sangeetha
rasikAs that a group of us here have created a new web
site on the Raama Bhakthi of Thyaga Brahmam entitled
"NaadhOpAsana"
; here, we will present selected
krithis of his and add brief commentaries on them in
English to illustrate how his multifaceted
devotion to Lord Raamachandran intertwined
with his practice of Naadha yogam. He was indeed a supreme
Saadhaka, who practiced the Saadhana Sapthaka described by
AchArya RaamAnuja in his SrI BhAshya: VivEka
(discrimination), VimOka (freedom from the cycle
of desire and anger), abhyAsa (unceasing rememberance of
the Lord), Kriyaa (Vedic recitation, Yaaga-Yajnams,
benevolence and penance), KalyANa (Practise of virtues),
anvashtaa (Freedom from weakness), anuddharsha (freedom
from excessive merriment). Viveka was followed by nirvEdha
(sorrow over lost time spent on fruitless pursuits),
virakthi (detachment from worldly things) and samsAra
bheethi (fear about being locked into the unending cycles
of births and deaths).
We have selected illustrative krithis of Saint ThyagaraAja sung
by Masteros like MaharAjapuram Viswanatha Iyer, VeeNai
DhanammAL, ThiruvAduthurai Raajarathnam PiLLai, Ariyakkudi,
Semmangudi, Chembai, Madhurai MaNi Iyer, GNB,
T.V.SankaranArAyaNan, BalamuraLi KrishNa, KVN, T.N.
Seshagopalan, D.K.Jayaraman, S,Ramanathan and many others
from public concerts.
I would be adding the Commentaries in English for
those songs to gain a better appreciation of the
Saahithyams and the Bhakthi bhAvam enshrined in them by
the Saint-Savant of ThiruvayyARu. This is a minimal effort
to kindle deeper studies on these immortal Krithis.
We are a group of Sangeetha rasikas based overseas and would
like to extend this approach to selected Krithis of other
great Sankeerthana AchAryAs like Dikshithar (SrI
RaamAshtakam to start with), Purandara Daasa (krithis on :
Lord VenkatEsa) and AnnamAchArya (Krithis on Lord
Narasimha and Ahobila dhivya dEsam).
The net proceeds from any income from these initiatives
will go to establish Srimathy Padma Veeraraghavan Prizes
for (1) the best Woman Composer under 30 years, (2) Women
instrumentalist under eighteen and (3) Sri Varadachari
Sadagopan prize for the best Men Instrumentalist under
Eighteen. The award selection process will be coordinated
with Music Critics in Chennai. The award announcements
will be made in January of each year.
The songs chosen for these "Lec-Dem" will be from public
concerts of Sangeetha VidhvAns for Educational purposes.
We will scrupulously avoid inclusion of songs from
commercial CDs and recordings.
From time to time, we will seek the help of the Members of
this illustrious group for identification of rare krithis
and their sung versions by Sangeetha VidhvAns for content
development.
We thank you in advance for your encouragement and support of
our modest efforts to serve the noble art of Carnatic
Sangeetham.
The first release in this series are the Krithis
of Saint Thyagaraja SwamigaL on Sri Raamachandra , sung by
prominent VidhvAns and commentaries in Tamil or English
for each of the 39 Krithis are provided by me. Please
click on the link
Raama Bhakthi of Thyaga
Bhramam to access
the detailed list of Krithis in this MP3 Album.
Please write to me about your views and
comments about the relevance and directions of this
proposed initiative. It will be very valuable to hear from
as many of You as possible at this commencement stage of
this initiative.
Thank you all in advance for your inputs,
Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
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