Goddess Sita, an incarnation of Mahalakshmi is referred to by various names like Vaidehi, Bhumija, Janaki, etc. Of all these names, Janaki carries more importance as it refers to her lineage. The daughter of Janaka, the King of Vidarbha is Janaki. Svamigal had a special attraction to this name and has used in many kritis […]
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The Lost Melodies will be paying its tribute to Sri Tyagaraja Svamigal by posting a kriti of Svamigal, every day for the next six days. The last day coincides with Pushya Bahula Pancami, the day when Svamigal united with his ishta devata Sri Ramachandra. Kriti One Svamigal has composed very few kritis on Lord Muruga. […]
Changes occurred to a rāga can be of various types ranging from trivial to drastic. There are some rāga-s wherein some phrases have disappeared over the period of years, there are a few wherein a rāga was made to sport a svara which is not present in its derivative scale and lastly there are some […]
The term mangalam indicates auspiciousness amongst its many other denotation that it conveys. Mangalam is usually heard at the end of a Nama samkeertanam, Sita kalyanam or at the end of a concert to be propitious to both the listener and reciter. Mangalam can be compared with the ‘phalastuthi’ recited at the end of any […]
Out of 600 or 700 compositions of Saint Tyāgarājā available to us, a significant fraction was composed in vinta or apūrva rāgā-s. Tyāgarājā was the first to use these rāgā-s and the source of these rāgā-s remain obscure. Saint didn’t reveal the name of these rāgā-s to his disciples. Thus, they remain a source of […]
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