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Deepavali mini concert series - Concert 1 by Anjana Devi Hari Disciple of S.Aishwarya, accompanied by Theajus Ram Jayendhran, disciple of Sri Tenkasi Paramasivam.

We are extremely delighted to share a video of Smt S Aishwarya and K*mari S Saundarya (Great Grand Daughters of Bharat Ratna M.S.Subbulakshmi and Grand Daughters of Sangeetha Rathnakara Dr Radha Viswanathan) presenting in Hindustani Music tradition, an extremely popular Bandish “Bhavani Jagat Jana” in Raag “Mian Ki Todi” and “Ektaal”. Both S .Aishwarya and S.Saundarya are amongst the most popular musicians of the younger generation and have captured the hearts and minds of music connoisseurs both in India and across the globe as ambassadors of “Bharathiya Shastriya Sangeet”.

Bhavani Jagat Janani is a very special, beautiful and extremely rare composition and is purported to have been composed by Sangeet Samrat Tansen, one of the Navaratnas in the court of Emperor Akbar (as exemplified in the last line “Tansen gaat naam”)

Though essentially Carnatic Musicians, both S Aishwarya and S Saundarya have also been training in Hindustani Music under Sri Omkarnath Havaldar. For this particular composition, both the sisters have received intensive coaching from Sri Omkarnath Havaldar who not only conceptualized the presentation but was also the Director of the entire “Bhavani Project”.

Sri Omkarnath Havaldar is one of the leading vocalists of Hindustani Classical Music in India. He began learning vocal music at an early age from his father Pandit Dr. Nagaraj Rao Havaldar. He has further trained under Pandit Madhava Gudi and Pandit Panchakshari Swami Mattigatti, and continues to learn under Pandit Indudhar Nirody. Sri Omkarnath has performed on many prestigious platforms and has several accolades to his credit.

Sri Kedarnath Havaldar who has provided support on the Tabla, initially learnt vocal music from his father Pandit Dr.Nagaraj Rao Havaldar. However, he later pursued music on the Tabla, learning under Pandit Rajgopal Kallurkar and Pandit M. Nagesh. He continues his training under Pandit Samir Chatterjee. Sri Kedarnath has accompanied several musicians of repute on the tabla and has innumerable performances and recordings to his credit. He also teaches percussion music at the Azim Premji Foundation.

Sri Sameer Havaldar, who has provided support on the Harmonium, has trained on the Harmonium under Pandit Prabhudeva Salimath of Talikoti, and continues to learn from Pandit Panchaksharaiah Hiremath. An excellent vocalist too, he learns vocal music under his uncle Pandit Dr. Nagaraj Rao Havaldar.

Sri Shreedhar Mechri is a photographer and a devotee of music. Leaving behind a corporate career in information technology and finance, he now pursues his interests in visual media and Indian classical music. A vocalist and flautist himself, he has learnt Indian Classical Music from Smt. Jayashree Kadlabalu of Bellary, Ustad Sheikh Hannumiya of Bhalki, Pandit Madhava Gudi, and Pandit Vishwaprakash. He continues to learn vocal music from Pandit Dr. Nagaraj Rao Havaldar.

The lyrics are as follows:

Bhavaani Jagat Janani
Dayini Sukh Kaarini
Mujh Ko Tu Aadhaar
Smarata Tava Charana Yugala
Paap Taap Shaman Hota
Taansen Gaat Naam
Divasa Yaamini

Guru & Music Direction : Omkarnath Havaldar
Tabla : Kedarnath Havaldar
Harmonium : Sameer Havaldar
Audio Mixing & Mastering : Ashwin Prabhath
Sound Engineer - Rangaswamy

S.Aishwarya & S.Saundarya are delighted to present along with K*m. Srilalitha Bhamidipati, "Sri Chaka Raja Simhasaneshwari" in Ragamalika, a composition of Agastyar.

Violin: Kamakshi Ambatipudi
Mridangam; Karthikeya Adinarayana Sharma Kamaraju
Ghatam : Sri Phani Bhushan
Keys and Audio mixed by NVP Sai
Video : Sriniketh and V.Shrinivasan
Edited by Kishore Vanamali

1 raagam: shenjuruTTi

28 harikaambhOji janya
Aa: D2 S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N2
Av: N2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S N2 D2 P D2 S

shrI cakrarAja simhAsanEshvari shrI lalitAmbikE bhuvanEshvari

anupallavi

Agama vEda kalAmaya rUpiNi akhila carAcara janani nArAyaNi
nAga kankaNa naTarAja manOhari jnAna vidyEshvari rAjarAjEshvari

caraNam 1 punnaagavaraaLi

15 maayamaaLava gowLa janya
Aa: S R1 G3 M1 P D1 N3
Av: N3 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S N3

palavidamAi unnai pADavum Adavum pADi koNDADum anbar padamalar shUDavum
ulagam muzhudum enadagamurakkANavum oru nilai taruvAi kanchi kAmEshvari

caraNam 2 naadanaamakriyaa

8 hanumatODi janya
Aa: N2 , S R1 G2 M1 P D1 N2
Av: N2 D1 P M1 G2 R1 S N2 ,

uzhanru tirinda ennai uttamanAkki vaittAi uyariya periyOruDan onriDakkUTTi vaittAi
nizhalenat toDarnda munnAL koDumaiyai nInga sheidAi nityakalyANi bhavAni padmEshvari

caraNam 3 sindu bhairavi

10 naaTakapriya janya
Aa: S R2 G2 M1 G2 P D1 N2 S
Av: N2 D1 P M1 G2 R1 S N2 S

tunbappuDatiiliTTut tUyavanAkki vaittAi toDarnda mun mAyam nIkki piranda payanai tandAi
anbai pugaTTi undan ADalaik kANa sheidAi aDaikkalam nIyE amma akhilANDEshvari

The most Holy Month for Lord Venkateswara, Purattasi (புரட்டாசி) has commenced from 17th September 2021. And what a better way to welcome than with a melodious presentation of “Dolayam ” composed by the great Poet Annamayya and popularized by Bharat Ratna M.S.Subbulakshmi and Sangeetha Rathnakara Dr Radha Viswanathan. The music for this song has been tuned by Kadayanallur Sri Venkataraman in the delightful Ragam “Khamas”.
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Tallapaka Annamacharya (1408-1503) the mystic saint composer of the 15th century is the earliest known musician of India to compose songs called “sankIrtanas” in praise of Lord Venkateswara, the deity of Seven Hills in Tirumala, India where unbroken worship is being offered for over 12 centuries. Annamcharya is believed to be the incarnation of Lord Venkateswara's “nandaka” (Sword)
During his long and prolific career, Annamacharya composed and sang 32,000 Sankirtanas, 12 Satakas (sets of hundred verses), Ramayana in the form of Dwipada, SankIrtana Lakshanam , Sringaara Manjari, and Venkatachala Mahatmamyam. His works were mainly in Telugu & Sanskrit.
In this composition “Dolayam”, Annamacharya exquisitely brings out the beauty of Mahavishnu through His “Dasavathara” (Ten Avatars) vis matsya, kUrma, varAha, narasimha, vAmana, paraSurAma, rAma, krishNa, buddha and kalki. Interestingly in the last charanam, Annamayya also mentions “sira-pANE” which means balarAma and thus does not restrict the Avataras to just ten (as seen in the bhAgavata-purAna)
Pallavi
डोलायां चल डोलायां हरे डोलायाम् ॥
டோலாயாம் சல டோலாயாம் ஹரே டோலாயாம் ||
డోలాయాం చల డోలాయాం హరే డోలాయామ్ ||
DOlAyAM cala DOlAyAm hare DOlAyAm
Let us rock the cradle/swing (DOlAyAm) with krishNa (harE) on it and set it into motion (cala).
caraNam 1
मीनकूर्म वराहा मृगपति‌अवतारा ।
दानवारे गुणशौरे धरणिधर मरुजनक ॥
மீனகூர்ம வராஹா ம்றுகபதி‌அவதாரா |
தானவாரே குணஶௌரே தரணிதர மருஜனக ||
మీనకూర్మ వరాహా మృగపతి‌అవతారా |
దానవారే గుణశౌరే ధరణిధర మరుజనక ||
mIna kUrma varAha m.rgapati avatArA
dAnavAre guNashaure dharaNIdhara marujanaka (DOlAyAm...)
(Let us rock the cradle with krishNa), the father (janaka) of manmatha (maru), the one who held up (dhara) the earth (dharaNi), the repository of moral character (guNa) and valor (SaurE), and the enemy (arE) of the demons (dAnava), who incarnated (avatArA) as a fish (mIna), a tortoise (kUrma), a boar (varAha) and the king (pati) of the beasts (mRga), the lion (narasimha).
caraNam 2
वामन राम राम वरकृष्ण अवतारा ।
श्यामलाङ्गा रङ्ग रङ्गा सामजवरद मुरहरण ॥
வாமன ராம ராம வரக்றுஷ்ண அவதாரா |
ஶ்யாமலாம்கா ரம்க ரம்கா ஸாமஜவரத முரஹரண ||
వామన రామ రామ వరకృష్ణ అవతారా |
శ్యామలాంగా రంగ రంగా సామజవరద మురహరణ ||
vAmana rAma rAma varakRshNa avatArA
shyAmaLANgA raNga raNgA sAmajavarada muraharaNa (DOlAyam...)
(Let us rock the cradle with krishNa), who overpowered (haraNa) the demon, mura, who granted the boon (varadA) of life to the elephant king (sAmaja), the wonderful raNgA with blue-hued (SyAmaLa) limbs (aNgA), who took the form of (avatArA) vAmana, paraSurAma, rAma, and the excellent (vara) krishNa.
caraNam 3
दारुण बुद्द कलिकि दशविध‌अवतारा ।
शीरपाणे गोसमाणे श्री वेङ्कटगिरिकूटनिलय ॥ 2 ॥
தாருண புத்த கலிகி தஶவித‌அவதாரா |
ஶீரபாணே கோஸமாணே ஶ்ரீ வேம்கடகிரிகூடனிலய || 2 ||
దారుణ బుద్ద కలికి దశవిధ‌అవతారా |
శీరపాణే గోసమాణే శ్రీ వేంకటగిరికూటనిలయ || 2 ||
dAruNa buddha kaliki dashavidha avatArA shIrapANi gosamANe shrIveNkaTagiri kUTanilaya (DOlAyAm...)
(Let us rock the cradle on the swing at srI venkaTagiri, that is equal to the whole world.. with krishNa), who lives/resides (nilaya) at the summit (kUTa) of the divine (SrI) venkaTa mountain (giri), holds a plough (shIra) in his hands (pANE), and smells (AnE) of myrrh (gOsam), who took the form of (avatArA) as the superlative (dAruNa) buddha and kalki (kaliki) to make up the ten (daSa) types (vidha) of incarnations.
Credit for Translation :
R Ravishankar and N Keerthi (Rasikas.Org)
We are also extremely grateful to the following persons in the making of this memorable video.
Cinematography : Shreedhar Mechri
Orchestration : Praveen D Rao
Flute : Varijashree Venugopal
Sitar : Shruti Kamath
Mridangam : B C Manjunath
Tabla : Gurumurthy Vaidya
Rhythm Pad : Pramath Kiran
Audio Recording and Mastering : Ashwin Prabhath
Sound Engineer : Rangaswamy

Dolayam
Composer : Annamacharya
Raga : Khamas
Tala : Tisra Adi

On the eve of the auspicious occasion of the upcoming festival “Krishna Janmashtami” (Aug 30th 2021), S Aishwarya and S Saundarya regale us with a melodious presentation of “Dolayam ” composed by the great Poet Annamayya and popularized by Bharat Ratna M.S.Subbulakshmi and Sangeetha Rathnakara Dr Radha Viswanathan. The music for this song has been tuned by Kadayanallur Sri Venkataraman in the delightful Ragam “Khamas”.

Tallapaka Annamacharya (1408-1503) the mystic saint composer of the 15th century is the earliest known musician of India to compose songs called “sankIrtanas” in praise of Lord Venkateswara, the deity of Seven Hills in Tirumala, India where unbroken worship is being offered for over 12 centuries. Annamcharya is believed to be the incarnation of Lord Venkateswara's “nandaka” (Sword)

During his long and prolific career, Annamacharya composed and sang 32,000 Sankirtanas, 12 Satakas (sets of hundred verses), Ramayana in the form of Dwipada, SankIrtana Lakshanam , Sringaara Manjari, and Venkatachala Mahatmamyam. His works were mainly in Telugu & Sanskrit.

In this composition “Dolayam”, Annamacharya exquisitely brings out the beauty of Mahavishnu through His “Dasavathara” (Ten Avatars) vis matsya, kUrma, varAha, narasimha, vAmana, paraSurAma, rAma, krishNa, buddha and kalki. Interestingly in the last charanam, Annamayya also mentions “sira-pANE” which means balarAma and thus does not restrict the Avataras to just ten (as seen in the bhAgavata-purAna)

Pallavi

डोलायां चल डोलायां हरे डोलायाम् ॥
டோலாயாம் சல டோலாயாம் ஹரே டோலாயாம் ||
డోలాయాం చల డోలాయాం హరే డోలాయామ్ ||
DOlAyAM cala DOlAyAm hare DOlAyAm

Let us rock the cradle/swing (DOlAyAm) with krishNa (harE) on it and set it into motion (cala).

caraNam 1

मीनकूर्म वराहा मृगपति‌अवतारा ।
दानवारे गुणशौरे धरणिधर मरुजनक ॥
மீனகூர்ம வராஹா ம்றுகபதி‌அவதாரா |
தானவாரே குணஶௌரே தரணிதர மருஜனக ||
మీనకూర్మ వరాహా మృగపతి‌అవతారా |
దానవారే గుణశౌరే ధరణిధర మరుజనక ||
mIna kUrma varAha m.rgapati avatArA
dAnavAre guNashaure dharaNIdhara marujanaka (DOlAyAm...)

(Let us rock the cradle with krishNa), the father (janaka) of manmatha (maru), the one who held up (dhara) the earth (dharaNi), the repository of moral character (guNa) and valor (SaurE), and the enemy (arE) of the demons (dAnava), who incarnated (avatArA) as a fish (mIna), a tortoise (kUrma), a boar (varAha) and the king (pati) of the beasts (mRga), the lion (narasimha).

caraNam 2

वामन राम राम वरकृष्ण अवतारा ।
श्यामलाङ्गा रङ्ग रङ्गा सामजवरद मुरहरण ॥
வாமன ராம ராம வரக்றுஷ்ண அவதாரா |
ஶ்யாமலாம்கா ரம்க ரம்கா ஸாமஜவரத முரஹரண ||
వామన రామ రామ వరకృష్ణ అవతారా |
శ్యామలాంగా రంగ రంగా సామజవరద మురహరణ ||
vAmana rAma rAma varakRshNa avatArA
shyAmaLANgA raNga raNgA sAmajavarada muraharaNa (DOlAyam...)

(Let us rock the cradle with krishNa), who overpowered (haraNa) the demon, mura, who granted the boon (varadA) of life to the elephant king (sAmaja), the wonderful raNgA with blue-hued (SyAmaLa) limbs (aNgA), who took the form of (avatArA) vAmana, paraSurAma, rAma, and the excellent (vara) krishNa.

caraNam 3

दारुण बुद्द कलिकि दशविध‌अवतारा ।
शीरपाणे गोसमाणे श्री वेङ्कटगिरिकूटनिलय ॥ 2 ॥
தாருண புத்த கலிகி தஶவித‌அவதாரா |
ஶீரபாணே கோஸமாணே ஶ்ரீ வேம்கடகிரிகூடனிலய || 2 ||
దారుణ బుద్ద కలికి దశవిధ‌అవతారా |
శీరపాణే గోసమాణే శ్రీ వేంకటగిరికూటనిలయ || 2 ||
dAruNa buddha kaliki dashavidha avatArA shIrapANi gosamANe shrIveNkaTagiri kUTanilaya (DOlAyAm...)

(Let us rock the cradle on the swing at srI venkaTagiri, that is equal to the whole world.. with krishNa), who lives/resides (nilaya) at the summit (kUTa) of the divine (SrI) venkaTa mountain (giri), holds a plough (shIra) in his hands (pANE), and smells (AnE) of myrrh (gOsam), who took the form of (avatArA) as the superlative (dAruNa) buddha and kalki (kaliki) to make up the ten (daSa) types (vidha) of incarnations.

Credit for Translation :

R Ravishankar and N Keerthi (Rasikas.Org)

We are also extremely grateful to the following persons in the making of this memorable video.

Cinematography : Shreedhar Mechri
Orchestration : Praveen D Rao
Flute : Varijashree Venugopal
Sitar : Shruti Kamath
Mridangam : B C Manjunath
Tabla : Gurumurthy Vaidya
Rhythm Pad : Pramath Kiran
Audio Recording and Mastering : Ashwin Prabhath
Sound Engineer : Rangaswamy

कौसल्या सुप्रजा राम पूर्वासन्ध्या प्रवर्तते ।

Kausalyaa Su-Prajaa Raama Puurvaa-Sandhyaa Pravartate |

The song which wakes up a Billion🙏

With the blessing of Great Grandmother Bharat Ratna M.S Subbulakshmi & Grandmother Sangeetha Ratnakara Dr Radha Viswanathan, S. Aishwarya & S Saundarya will be presenting the
“SRI VENKATESA SUPRABHATAM” scheduled to be released shortly though the YouTube channel of
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