Humble Offerings,

SAI I have nothing that belongs to me. What I have is your blessing alone. The things I hold as mine are words, actions and deeds.
SAI please accept my humble offerings..... Offerings at your feet BABA

SAI

SAI

NOTES


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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

COMPOSITIONS OF ARUNACHALA KAVI


Arunachalakavirayar (from: 1711 To: 1779), famous for his Rama Nataka Kirtanas, is held in high reverence by all vidwans.Arunachala kavi
Arunachalakavirayar  was born in Tillaiyadi in Tanjore district as the fourth son of Nallathambi Pillai (faher) and Valliammal (mother). His father though a Jain by birth, embraced Shaivaism later. Arunachala's education began in his fifth year, fifth month, fifth day and had traditional instruction till the age of twelve, when he lost his father. Arunachala then went to the Dharmapuram mutt to pursue his studies in Tamil granthas and agamas also improved his Sanskrit knowledge.
His proficiency was such that even when he was 18, it was indicated to him that he could look forward to becoming the head of the mutt. However, Arunachala decided to follow grahasthasramam (family life), as propounded by Thiruvalluvar in Tirukkural and by Kamban's Ramayanam. He continued his studies in Tamil and Sanskrit till his thirtieth year. Then got married and set up a kasukadai (jeweler's shop) which spared enough time for him to delve deeper into Divya prabandhas, Tirumurais, Vedaagamas and other religious works. His studies convinced him that the greatest and noblest work for the good of humanity was creation of Tirukkural and that all the mandates enumerated by Thiruvalluvar in it were exemplified in the life of Sri Rama as portrayed by Kambar.
The turning point in the life of Arunachala came when he went to Pondicherry, to buy some gold for his kasukadai, where he met two musicians Venkatarama Iyer and Kodandarama Iyer of Sattanapuram.
On the way to Pondicherry, at Sirkazhi, Arunachala stayed in the branch of the Dharmapuri mutt. It's head Chidambaram Pillai, a former student mate of Arunachala, had composed a piece 'Kattalai Malai', and wanted to compose a piece on Sirkazhi, but owing to preoccupation he could not progress beyond the preliminary stages. He requested Arunachala to complete it which Arunachala did in the same night and sent to Chidambaram Pillai through a messenger before leaving for Pondicherry.
Chidambaram Pillai was so pleased with the scholarly piece that he decided to retain Arunachala in Sirkazhi and made arrangements to bring the latter's family from Tillaiyadi and to settle them there. On his way back from Pondicherry, at Sirkazhi, Arunachala was pleasantly surprised by the bounty of his old friend and decided to stay permanently in Sirkazhi gaining him the title 'Sirkazhi Arunachalakavirayar'.
The two musicians mentioned earlier, Venkatarama Iyer and Kodandarama Iyer, approached Arunachala to get some of their doubts cleared and to learn Kamba Ramayanam. They suggested that Aunachala could compose an opera for which they would help in setting the tunes, ragas and taala. Arunachalakavirayar chose the life of Sri Rama as the theme for his opera as Kamban had handled it in the form of poetic stanzas and Bala Bharati had dealt with the life of Rama in Chanda viruttam, both these works for scholars and Arunachala wanted to create one which ordinary men and women could understand.
In the first phase, Arunachala composed from the beginning up to the Kirtana, 'Adada Veliye Purappadada' in the Yuddha Kanda and gave it to his disciples who set the tunes and sang them at Madras. It became very popular there. On their return, they persuaded Arunachalakavirayar to finish the whole work into an integrated opera and thus the famous 'Rama Nataka Kirtanas' was born. Its simple diction and homely proverbs, clothed in appealing music, won the hearts of listeners, learned and ordinary.
He desired its Arangetram (first performance on stage) should be at Srirangam temple before Lord Ranganathaswami as Kamban did earlier. Further, like Kamban, he too wanted to sing Thodayams invoking other deities and sages as it was Kamban's work he had transformed to Kirtanas. This resulted in creation of the immortal piece 'En Pallikondeeraiya' in Mohana raga, a favorite of Bharatha Natya dancers, since the song helps in bringing out the artistic talents of the dancer to fullness.
Kavirayar could not present it before Tulaja Maharaja of Tanjore as the circumstances in the kingdom were unfavorable at that time. So he went to Pondicherry to present it to the savant and statesman Ananda Ranga Pillai who gave a letter of introduction to Manali Muttukrishna Mudaliar of Madras. Muttukrishna Mudaliar who had already heard a few of the songs was pleased to meet the author of those songs and to know that he had the complete version of the integrated opera. Since the troubles of the Tanjore kingdom were over by then Kavirayar presented his work before King Tulaja and later Ananda Ranga Pillai and other wealthy patrons invited the Kavirayar to hear the beautiful opera and showered Kavirayar with rich presents.
Though the excellence of Arunachalakavirayar's one single work, 'Rama Nataka Kirtanas' earned him fame, he has authored many other excellent literary works like 'Ajamukhi natakam', 'Anumar pillai Tamil', 'Sirkazhi sthalapuranam', and 'Sirkazhi kovai'.

Courtesy: http://www.angelfire.com/musicals/kallidaihari/Aarunachalakavi.htm


A Kavi 001-avatAram_cheydiDuveerE-jOnpuri-Thiruchur V ramachandran.mp3

A Kavi 002-hanumAnE_sAmikku_inda_adayAlam-malayamArudham-Sanjay  Subramaniam.mp3

A Kavi 003-kaDaikkaNNAl_irangi-asAvEri-DK Jayaraman.mp3

A Kavi 004-parabrahma_svarUpamE-gauLipantu-Smt Soumya.mp3

A Kavi 005-vinAyaka_sharaNam-saurAshtram-Thiruppambaram Sri T.N.Sivasubramaniam.mp3

A Kavi 007-rAmanaik-kaNNAra-mOhanam-Smt Soumya.mp3

A Kavi 008-rAmanait-taruvAi-mOhanam-DK Jayaraman.mp3

A Kavi 009-hanumanE_malayamArudham_Rupaka-TNS.mp3

A Kavi 010-ingE_irum_kANum-kalyANi-aruNAcala_kavi-Smt Soumya.mp3

A Kavi 012-rAmanukku_mannan_mudi-hindOLam-DK Jayaraman.mp3

A Kavi 013-rAmanukku_mannan_mudi-hindOLam-Suryaprakash.mp3

A Kavi 014-yArenreNNAmalE-shankarAbharaNam-M Santhanam.mp3

A Kavi 015-Arivar_yaar_unnai_mukhari_misra_chapu-Sanjay subramanyam.mp3

A Kavi 016-arivAr_yAr_unnai_arivAr-mukhAri-DKJ.mp3

A Kavi 017-Hanumane-Malayamarutha-KVn.mp3

A Kavi 018-rAmanukku_mannan_mudi-hindOLam-TVR.mp3

A Kavi 019-VandaanVandaan-Ariyakudi.mp3

A Kavi 020-yArO_ivar_yArO-bhairavi-MSS.mp3

A Kavi 021-eppaDi_manam_tuNindadO-husEni-TK Rangachari.mp3

A Kavi 022-yArenreNNAmalE-shankarAbharaNam-DKJ.mp3

A Kavi 023-enakkun_irupadam-rAgamAlikA-KVN.mp3

A Kavi 024-yArenru_rAghavanai-yadukulakAmbhOji-Ariyakudi.mp3

A Kavi 025-rAmanukku_maNNan_mudi-hindhOLa-Adhi-KVNi.mp3

A Kavi 026-sharaNam_sharaNam_enrAnE-saurAshtram-MSS.mp3

A Kavi 027-KandenKanden-Behag-Aadi-DKJ.mp3

A Kavi 028-khamAs-aruNAcala_kavi-TVR.mp3

A Kavi 029-eppadi_manam-husEni-TKRangachari.mp3

A Kavi 030-caraNam_caraNam-sourAshTram-Ariyakudi.mp3

A Kavi 031-enakkun_irupadam-rAgamAlikA-DKJ.mp3

A Kavi 032-yArO_enreNNAmalE-shankarAbharaNam-Trichur_V_Ramachandran.mp3

A Kavi 033_yArenru_rAghavanai_yadukulakAmbhOji-KVN.mp3

A Kavi 034-shrI_rAmacandranukku-madhyamAvati-Trichur_V_Ramachandran.mp3

A Kavi 035-sObhanam_sholla_vandEn-madhyamAvati-DKJ.mp3

A Kavi 036-Kanden_kanden_kanden_sitaiyai_kanden-Mukhari-V_ShankarNarayanan_VVRavi_TRSivaraman.mp3

A Kavi 037-shri_rAmachandhranakku-madhyamAvathi-Palghat-R-Ramaprasad.mp3

A Kavi 038-anda_rAma_saundaryam-kEdAragauLa-.PALGHAT_K.V.NARAYANASWAM.mp3

A Kavi 039-Inda-Vibheeshanan---Khamas-Ariyakudi.mp3

A Kavi 040-antA_rAma_soundarya-kEdAra_gouLa-TKRangachari.mp3





















Sunday, December 9, 2012

Thirupavai--I-Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar

Thirupavai Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar..


மஹா பெரியவரும் அரியக்குடியாரும் தமிழுக்குச் செய்த தொண்டு அளப்பரியது.

அக்காலத்தில், கச்சேரிகளில் தமிழ் சாகித்யங்களைப் பாடுவதில் சில வித்வான்களுக்குத் தயக்கம் இருந்தது. பாடினாலும் சபையினர் ஏற்றுக் கொள்வார்களோ, சம்பிரதாயத்தை மீறிய குற்றம் வந்து விடுமோ, பெரியவர்கள் அனுசரித்து வந்த முறையை மாற்றுவதாகுமோ என்றெல்லாம் நினைத்துத் தயங்கினார்கள். ஆரம்பத்தில் அரியக்குடிக்கும் அப்படி ஒரு தயக்கம் இருந்தது. ஒருநாள் காஞ்சி மகாப் பெரியவரை தரிசிக்கும் வாய்ப்புக் கிட்டியது. அரியக்குடியை ஆசிர்வதித்த பெரியவர், “இதோ பார்! கச்சேரியில் நீ தமிழிசையும் நிறைய பாட வேண்டும். அதுவும் திருப்பாவைக்கு ஸ்வரம் அமைத்து நீயே பாட வேண்டும். உன்னால்தான் அது முடியும்” என்று சொல்லி வாழ்த்தினார். உடனே தனது முயற்சியைத் தொடங்கிய அரியக்குடி, ஆய்வுகள் பல செய்து, கடினமாக உழைத்து திருப்பாவை, குலசேகர ஆழ்வார் பாடல்கள், ராமநாடகக் கீர்த்தனைகள் என எல்லா வற்றுக்கும் ஸ்வரக் குறிப்புகளை உருவாக்கினார். தனது கச்சேரிகளில் அவற்றுக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்துப் பாடவும் செய்தார். அது சுதேசமித்திரன் பத்திரிகையில் வாராவாரம் விளக்கக் குறிப்புகளுடன் வெளியாகி அவருக்குப் புகழைத் தேடிக் கொடுத்தது.
- thanks Arvind Narayanan Swaminathan


Thirupavai-ARI-01---Margazhi-Thingal---Natta.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-02---Vaiyathu-Vazh---Gaula.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-03---Ongi-Ulagalanda---Arabhi.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-04---Azhi-Mazhai-Kanna---Varali.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-05---Mayanai---Sriragam.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-06---Pullum-Silambina---Sankarabharanam.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-07---Keesu-Kee---Bhairavi.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-08---Keezhvanam---Dhanyasi.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-09---Thoomani-Madathu---HamirKalyani.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-10---Notru-Chuvakam---Todi.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-11---Katru-Karavai---Huseni.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-12---Kanai-Thillam---KedaraGaula.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-13---Pullin-Vai---Athana.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-14---Ungal-Puzhakkadai---AnandaBhairavi.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-15---Elle-Ilam-Kiliye---Begada.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-16---Nayakanai-Nindra---Nayaki.mp3


Thirupavai-ARI-17---Ambarame---Kalyani.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-18---Undhu-Madha---Saveri.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-19---Kuthu-Vilakku---Sahana.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-20---Muppathu-Muvar---Chenchurutti.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-21---Etra-Kanangal---Nadanamakriya.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-22---Angan-Mana---YamunaKalyani.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-23---MMalai---Manirangu.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-24---Andru-Ivvulagam---SindhuBhairavi.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-25---Oruthi-Maganai---Behag.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-26---Male-Manivanna---KuntalaVarali.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-27---Koodarai-Vellum---PoorviKalyani.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-28---Karavaigal---Kambhoji.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-29---Chitam-Siru---Malayamarutham.mp3

Thirupavai-ARI-30---Vangakkadal---Surutti.mp3