Ragarasam – Classical Music Training

This kriti “Amba Kamakshi” was composed on the goddess at Kanchi “Kamakshi” by the great Shyama Sastri. This kriti is a call of the child’s soul to the divine mother “Amba”. Each and every person can relate to this call to the divine. Composition: Kamakshi     Composer: Syama Sastri Raga:  Bhairavi                           Mela: Natabhairavi – 20 Type:  […]

Veena Kuppayyar (1798–1860) was an exponent of Veena and a composer of Carnatic music. He was a student of the famous composer Thyagaraja swamigal. Kuppayar composed his songs in language of Telugu (his mother tongue) and has left behind a number of popular kritis. Veena Kuppayya was born in a Telugu Brahmin family in Tiruvottiyur, […]

The Omnipotent, Omnipresent Lord, the Almighty comes down on this earth from time to time due to his abundant love and grace towards us.This holy land of Bharath has given to this world many avatara purushas since time immemorial. Sri Sri Krishna Premi Maharaj fondly known as Sri.Anna is a combination of all the various facets […]

Although the word “aesthetic” may immediately evoke a fuzzy idea, most musical genres have a well-defined and well-orchestrated aesthetic that is readily understood by the initiated. For example, a rock concert is charged by an atmosphere of raw power, high volume, a deep rumbling bass and the wailing of intentionally distorted electric strings, not to […]

The Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer memorial award, being presented annually by the Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer Trust, this year, goes to mridanga vidwan Mannargudi Easwaran.   The award is in memory of Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, a musician non-pareil who carved a niche for himself in the world of Carnatic music. His son Maharajapuram Santhanam, followed in his […]

There is a need to enhance finance for classical music just as there is an urgency to restore classical values in finance, Y.V. Reddy, the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, said on Sunday. Mr. Reddy, who presented the Sangita Kalanidhi title to mridangam maestro Trichy Sankaran at ‘Sadas,’ the finale of the […]

About pancharatnam                       The term Pancharatna in Sanskrit means five gems. The Pancharatnas are known as the five finest gems of carnatic music. All the Pancharatnas are set to adi thalam. They are set in perfect sarvalaghu and contain all the musical and mathematical wonders […]

This song is a very nice  composition of  Thiru.Papanasam sivan.   https://soundcloud.com/ramsankar1969/mahalaksmi

CHARULATHA MANI Certain ragas occupy a distinctive place in classical music, while they are glossed over in film music. This is because they are grammatically complex and rule-driven. Also, their prayogas are special, exclusive and, sometimes, even peculiar. Raga Gowla is a ghana raga, an ancient and auspicious one that finds mention in musical treatistes […]