A beautiful song that I loved from day 1. Melodious composition dedicated to lord Rama. The raagam is a very lively one……
one must listen to it to appreciate it… you can listen to Unn Krishnan at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvg1tFCZ7hM&feature=related
Song: Ramachandram bhavayami
Ragam: Vasantha
Aa: S M1 G3 M1 D2 N3 S
Av: S N3 D2 M1 G3 R1 S
Talam: roopakam
Composer: [...]
This was the first keerthanam that I learnt from my first teacher……nice easy song dedicated to lord vinayaka.
Song: Pancha maatanga
Raagam: malahari
Aa: S R1 M1 P D1 S
Av: S D1 P M1 G3 R1 S
Parent ragam: Mayamalavagowla (15th melakartha)
Talam: Rupakam
Language: Sanskrit
Composer: Dikshitar
Lyrics (from http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/music/panchamatanga.htm)
Pallavi:
Pancha Matanga Mukha Ganapathinaa
Paripaalithoham Sumukhena Sri
Anupallavi:
Pancha Bhootaatmaka Prapanchoodayadi Karana
Virinchi Hari Rudra Nutena Pancha [...]
This is a beautiful song in praise of the Goddess Kamakshi. I also love it because of other reasons.
This was a song that I learnt in a jiffy. It so happened that my music teacher’s husband (who is a singer himself) was free one of the days when I went for the class. So he [...]
I cannot believe that i have not yet written a post on this song. All time favourite……has been in my mind since I was a kid…..
The ragam is also one that I love. It is the first ragam in which I learnt aalapanai…
I also learnt this song from 2 of my teachers….with a lot of [...]
One of the first ragams that we learn when we start with varnams is Mohanam. a simple ragam…but beautiful one. This song is also a beautiful composition of Muthuswamy Dikshitar in Mohanam.
This is the last song I learnt from Mami…..one of my greatest gurus…the lady who actually taught me that what i was doing initially [...]
This is a beautiful song dedicated to abhirami. It is melodious…but peppy at the same time. I loved the chittaswaram that I learnt.
I learnt this as the Kamalamanohari ragam…..but I see that some of them say it is manohari ragam….
according to Karnatik.com these are two different ragams….derived from 2 different ragams.
I will put down what [...]
Varadarajam upasmahe is another lively song that I have learnt….it is composed in a very lively ragam. It is a small song but a beautiful one
Ragam: Saranga
Talam: Rupakam
Composer: Muthuswamy Dikshitar
Language: Sanskrit
Parent ragam: mEca kalyaaNi (65th melakartha)
Aa: S R2 G3 M2 P D2 N3 S
Av: S N3 D2 P M2 R2 G3 M1 R2 S
Pallavi:
varadarAja mupAsmahE [...]
One of my favourite songs…Maha ganapathim.
The Shatshruthi rishbham was demonstrated to me by my teacher using this song. I will never forget it…
Ragam: Nattai
Talam: Aadhi
Parent Ragam: Chalanattai (36th melakartha)
Aa: S R3 G3 M1 P D3 N3 S
Av: S N3 P M1 R3 S
Composer: Muthuswamy Dikshitar
Language: Sanskrit
It is a beautiful song …and also a very simple [...]