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Shruti Laya Purandara Dasa Day, Sept.13 2009

It was a day of superlatives. With almost 150 participants, groups from 17 different music teachers and 6 different dance teachers, three mini concerts and a mini dance performance, the marathon all day celebration of Purandaradasa Day by Shruti Laya was a breathtaking spectacle. All the young artists had trained for days for this event, and the results once again showed how talented our kids are in these traditional Indian arts of Carnatic Music, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi .

Purandaradasa is known as the sangithapitamaha, or father of music, because he created most of the material used for teaching Carnatic music even today. It was therefore fitting that the program began with a group of beginners singing three geethams that he composed. Professor Marehalli Prasad briefly shared with us the greatness of Purandaradasa.

This was followed by almost seven hours of music and dance performances by the talented students in our area. For those who missed these performances, and those who would like to relive them again, we present the audio clips and photographs below.

Shruti Laya would like to thank all the teachers, whose hard work made this program a grand success. We would also like to thank the volunteers who made this possible, Subu Garikapati, Mani Sundaram, Saikishore Palluru, Srinivas Tangella, Satya Challapalli and Bala Nori. Thanks also to Ms.Lori Golan, Priniciple of PS 24, and custodian Kevin Campbell, for allowing us to use these facilities.

SONGS RENDERED
Purandara Geethegalu: Open ParticipationListenDownload
Mini Concert 1: Hari Rau Murthy
(Guru: Smt. Ranjani Venimadhavan)
Violin: Siddharth Ashokkumar      Mridangam: Harsha Kanumalla
Song: Mama hridaye Ragam: Reethigowla ListenDownload
Song: Ninna noodi dhanyanaadeno Ragam: Panthuvarali ListenDownload
Song: Ambegaalikkutali banda govinda Ragam: Dhanyasi ListenDownload
Mini Concert 2: Veena Kumar
(Guru: Smt. Indu Kope)
Violin: Siddharth Ashokkumar      Mridangam: Harsha Kanumalla
Song: Eke Daya Baarado Ranga Ragam: Valaji ListenDownload
Song: Dayamaado Ranga Ragam: Kalyani ListenDownload
Mini Concert 3: Sriram Garikapati
(Guru: Smt. Vatsala Gabbur)
Violin: Siddharth Ashokkumar      Mridangam: Harsha Kanumalla
Song: Ee pariya sobagaava Ragam: Kambhoji ListenDownload
Song: Ugabhogam, Madhukara vrutti yennadu Ragam: Hindolam ListenDownload
Student Groups
Song: Sharanu Siddhi Vinayaka Ragam: Hamsadhwani
Sujatha Sundar, Nisha Lakshmi Iyer, Sahityasri Thapi, Abieraamy Jeganathan,Kabilan Jeganathan, Venkat Ganesh Muralirajan, Arjun Kumar, Vigunthaan Tharmrajah, Arvind Kumar, Radhika Viswanathan, Sreenath Viswanathan, Jerisan Jeganathan, Krishan Jeganathan
Saavitri Ramanand ListenDownload
Song: Karadare Bara Barade Ragam: Swarasammodhini
Sujatha Sundar, Nisha Lakshmi Iyer, Sahityasri Thapi, Abieraamy Jeganathan,Kabilan Jeganathan, Venkat Ganesh Muralirajan, Arjun Kumar, Vigunthaan Tharmrajah, Arvind Kumar, Radhika Viswanathan, Sreenath Viswanathan, Jerisan Jeganathan, Krishan Jeganathan
Saavitri Ramanand ListenDownload
Song: Bandadella Barali Ragam: Kapi
Sujatha Sundar, Nisha Lakshmi Iyer, Sahityasri Thapi, Abieraamy Jeganathan,Kabilan Jeganathan, Venkat Ganesh Muralirajan, Arjun Kumar, Vigunthaan Tharmrajah, Arvind Kumar, Radhika Viswanathan, Sreenath Viswanathan, Jerisan Jeganathan, Krishan Jeganathan
Saavitri Ramanand ListenDownload
Song: Mosa hode nallo Ragam: Athana
Sweta Narayan, Swathi Narayan
Hymadevi Nibhanipudi ListenDownload
Song: Smarane ondhe chalade Ragam: Malayamarutham
Amritha Vijayaraghavan, Priya Rajagopalan, Nalini Abhiraman
Shobana Raghavan ListenDownload
Song: Venkatachala Nilayam Ragam: Sindhubhairavi
Amritha Vijayaraghavan, Priya Rajagopalan, Nalini Abhiraman
Shobana Raghavan ListenDownload
Song: Narajanma Bandaga Ragam: Madhuvanthi
Savitha Mani
Divya Venkateswaran ListenDownload
Song: Paalisamma muddu saarade Ragam: Kambhoji
Anusha Muthukumar
Chandra Gopalan ListenDownload
Song: Sharanu Janakana Ragam: Bilahari
Aarti Kuppannan,Mahita Bandlamudi, Neelima Dosakayala, Shreya Raddy, Sindhu Pavani Avuthu,Arjun Logeswaran
Sumathy Haran ListenDownload
Song: Devaki Nandana Ragam: Ragamalika
Shruti Visveswaran,Priya Haran,Arjun Logeswaran
Sumathy Haran ListenDownload
Song: Venkata Ramanane Baro Ragam: Saveri
Aarya Raghavan,Harshini Suresh,Neeharika Kotimreddy,Ranjani Haran,Divya Venkatesh,Arjun Logeswaran
Sumathy Haran ListenDownload
Song: Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaanaki Ragam: Naata
Sanjay Jonnavithula,Ishwarya Ananthabhotla, Bhavani Ananthabhotla, Gautham Ramasubramanyam, Saipriya Iyer,Aditi Gopalakrishnan,Akilesh Tangella, Kavya Tangella, Sunil Kunnakkat
Indu Dinakar ListenDownload
Song: Idubhaagya Idubhaagya Ragam: Kalyani
Sanjay Jonnavithula,Ishwarya Ananthabhotla, Bhavani Ananthabhotla, Gautham Ramasubramanyam, Sunil Kunnakkat
Indu Dinakar ListenDownload
Song: Thamburi Meetidava Ragam: Sindhubhairavi
Sanjay Jonnavithula,Ishwarya Ananthabhotla, Bhavani Ananthabhotla, Gautham Ramasubramanyam, Saipriya Iyer,Aditi Gopalakrishnan,Akilesh Tangella, Kavya Tangella, Sunil Kunnakkat
Indu Dinakar ListenDownload
Song: Narayana govinda Ragam: Mohanam
Srilakshmi Garikapati, Jyothika Challapalli, Subbalakshmi Khanna, Harini Nori, Yamini Nori, Jhanvi Ravishankar, Janey James, Anirudh Chandrasekhar,Sriram Garikapati
Vatsala Gabbur ListenDownload
Song: Taramayya Yadukula Varidhi Chanrama Ragam: Surati
Srilakshmi Garikapati, Jyothika Challapalli, Subbalakshmi Khanna, Harini Nori, Yamini Nori, Jhanvi Ravishankar, Janey James, Anirudh Chandrasekhar,Sriram Garikapati
Vatsala Gabbur ListenDownload
Song: Kallusakkare Kolliro Ragam: Kalyani
Ganapathy Padmananbhan
Ganapathy Padmanabhan ListenDownload
Song: Bandene Ranga Ragam: Sree
Sheela Gopalakrishna, Anita Kandaiah, Yashasvini Chittampalli
Ranganayaki Srinivasan ListenDownload
Song: Narayana Ninne Naamadu Ragam: Hemavathi
Ashini Ganesalingam, Shalini Ganesalingam,Yashasvini Chittampalli
Ranganayaki Srinivasan ListenDownload
Song: Salladoh Krishna Salladoh Ragam: Ragamalika
Nithya Vishwanathan, Mythili Hareendran, Lakshmi Hareendran
Ranganayaki Srinivasan ListenDownload
Song: Rama Rama Rama Sita Ragam: Thilang
Sitadevi Pillarisetty, Geetha Venugopal, Subhadra Ceyyur, Premalatha Narayana, Janaki Nair, Sheela Bheema Rao
Ranganayaki Srinivasan ListenDownload
Song: Kelanohari taalano Ragam: Kalyani
Ananya Sureshkumar, Ramakiran Venugopal
Sugantha Venkatraman ListenDownload
Song: Thookidhale Rangana Ragam: Neelambari
Ananya Sureshkumar, Ramakiran Venugopal
Sugantha Venkatraman ListenDownload
Song: Narajanma Bandaga Ragam: Basant Bahaar
Neel Nagarajan
Lalitha Sivakumar ListenDownload
Song: Hanumana Bheema Madhva Ragam: Kaanada
Ananth Rao,Skanda Rao,Saipriya Ramakrishnan,Swetha Narasimhan,Rasika Chandrasekaran,Swetha Narasimhan,Vanishree Shivakumar
Bhavani Prakash ListenDownload
Song: Hanumana matave hariya matavu Ragam: Behag
Ananth Rao,Skanda Rao,Saipriya Ramakrishnan,Swetha Narasimhan,Rasika Chandrasekaran,Swetha Narasimhan,Vanishree Shivakumar
Bhavani Prakash ListenDownload
Song: Hari narayana Ragam: Bhatiyaar
Ananth Rao,Skanda Rao,Saipriya Ramakrishnan,Swetha Narasimhan,Rasika Chandrasekaran,Swetha Narasimhan,Vanishree Shivakumar
Bhavani Prakash ListenDownload
Song: Entu nodidaru chinte Ragam: Sindhubhairavi
Ananth Rao,Skanda Rao,Saipriya Ramakrishnan,Swetha Narasimhan,Rasika Chandrasekaran,Swetha Narasimhan,Vanishree Shivakumar
Bhavani Prakash ListenDownload
Song: Govinda ninna Ragam: Janasammodini
Samyuktha ShivRaj, Janani Kannan, Jaya Duvvuri, Kalyan Mantripragada, Renu Singuluri
Nivedita Shivraj ListenDownload
Song: Innudhaya Baaradhe Ragam: Kalyana Vasantham
Samyuktha ShivRaj, Janani Kannan
Nivedita Shivraj ListenDownload
Song: Chandra chooda Ragam: Darbari Kaanada
Samyuktha ShivRaj, Janani Kannan
Nivedita Shivraj ListenDownload
Song: Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma Ragam: Madhyamavathi
Shivani Shastry
Meena Mani ListenDownload
Song: Brindavanadolu aduvan yaare Ragam:
Nitasha Gupta
Meena Mani ListenDownload
Song: Ramanama Payasake Ragam: Bhimpalas
Shubha Sekar,Swathi Sekar
Lalitha Bhadrinath ListenDownload
Song: Sakala graha bala nIne Ragam: Athana
Siri Chillara, Sai Saroja Kolluru, Deepti Boddapati, Divya Sriram, Sheethal Ramnath
Meena Malladi ListenDownload
Song: Narayana Ninna Ragam: Suddha Dhanyasi
Siri Chillara, Sai Saroja Kolluru, Deepti Boddapati, Divya Sriram, Sheethal Ramnath
Meena Malladi ListenDownload


Photographs

By Suhasini Jonnavithula

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