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pallavimAku-ElarA vicAramumaruku-anna SrI rAma candra O Lord SrI rAma candra, Father (anna) of Cupid (maruku) (marukanna)! Why (ElarA) should we (mAku) (literally…
In 2006 I had gone on a concert tour of North America with Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Guruvayur Dorai (Mrudangam) & Neyveli Venkatesh…
One side of my ancestors hail from the village Tiruvisainallur near Kumbakonam. Here, you can find the famous Sridhara Ayyaval Math, where…
My introduction to the 10th melakartha, Natakapriya, was through the composition Geeta vadya (composed by Tanjavur Sankara Iyer). This was a popular…
Samakadambari is a ragam that was created by GNB. I had learnt this song when I sang a GNB day concert for…
My grand aunt and guru Smt Rukmini Rajagopalan had a particular liking for Dikshitar kritis. She had learnt several of those songs…
I recently discovered a diary of mine from the eighties containing some interesting song lists. I had a made a list of…
Gajanana, Vinayaka, Ganapati, Ganesha all bring to mind the beginning of a concert with ragams like Hamsadhwani and Naattai dominating the musical…