Shruti Laya celebrated Annamacharya Day on Dec.6, 2008 with a grand program with over 115 scheduled participants, from over twenty teachers. With a mixture of instrumental and vocal Carnatic music, Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and folk dance styles, the program extended well past the scheduled four hours. The packed hall, with several hundred people watching raptly, testified to the success of the program. In the words of one audience member “Standing-Room only crowd” would have been an apt description for today’s performance, if only there was standing room! I moved from the spot that I was standing for a few seconds and found myself without a place to stand.
The program was started off with a minute of silence for the recent tragedy in Bombay, followed by a prayer by Sriram Garikapati. Smt.Sharada Chityala gave a brief introduction to Annamacharya and his works. Sri.Sreenadh Jonnavithula welcomed the audience to the program, and recalled the successes of the first year of Shruti Laya.
The program was divided into a music session, followed by a dance session, and rounded off with another music session. Mere words cannot adequately describe the liveliness, enthusiasm and keen participation of the young artists, nor show the quality of their work. The pictures, audio and video clips below may give a small taste of the function to those who could not attend.
This program was made possible by the generosity of sponsors Kanchi Kamakoti Seva Foundation, and State Bank of India, and of course, Rasikas in the area who support Shruti Laya so enthusiastically by attending the programs and joining in as members.
Audio Clips
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Prayer, Sriram Garikapati | Listen | Download |
Song: Jaganmohanakaara Ragam: Mohanam
Sriram Garikapati Teacher: Vatsala Gabbur | Listen | Download |
Song: Sreenivasa Govinda Ragam: Revathi
Jyothika Challapalli, Srilakshmi Garikapati, Srivatsa Sankaramanchi, Akhila Sankaramanchi, Subbalakshmi Khanna, Sriram-Keyboard, Sunil Kunnakkat Mridangam Teacher: Vatsala Gabbur | Listen | Download |
Thodayamangalam, Smt. Gomathi Sundaram | Listen | Download |
Song: Thirumala Giriraya Devarahuttaraya Ragam: Mohanam
Sitadevi Pillarsetty Teacher: Ranganayaki Sreenivasan | Listen | Download |
Song: Deva Devam Bhaje Divya Prabhavam Ragam: Hindolam
Nithya Vishwanathan, Mythili Hareendran, Lakshmi Hareendran Teacher: Ranganayaki Sreenivasan
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Song: Anthayu Neeve Hare Ragam: Ananda Bhairavi
Nithya Vishwanathan, Mythili Hareendran, Lakshmi Hareendran Teacher: Ranganayaki Sreenivasan
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Song: Cheri yasodaku Sisuvithadu Ragam: Mohanam
Shalini Ganesalingam, Ashini Ganesalingam, Anitha Kandiah Teacher: Ranganayaki Sreenivasan
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Song: Ksheerabdi kanyakaku Ragam: Kurinji
Shalini Ganesalingam, Ashini Ganesalingam, Anitha Kandiah Teacher: Ranganayaki Sreenivasan
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Song: Naanati Brathuku Naatakamu Ragam: Revathi
Arjun Logeswaran, Abiramy Logeswaran Teacher: Lalitha Bhadrinath
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Song: Adigo Alladigo
Krishna Madhav, Abhishek Cooduvalli Teacher: Balachander Krishnaraj | Listen | Download |
Song: Paramapurushudu Gopalabaludainadu Ragam: Mohanam
Sanjay Jonnavithula, Ishwarya Ananthabhotla, Bhavani Ananthabhotla, Saipriya Iyer, Gautham Ramasubramanyam, Sunil Kunnakkat Mridangam Teacher: Indu Dinakar | Listen | Download |
Song: Manujudai putti Ragam: Abhogi
Sanjay Jonnavithula, Ishwarya Ananthabhotla, Bhavani Ananthabhotla, Saipriya Iyer, Gautham Ramasubramanyam, Sunil Kunnakkat Mridangam Teacher: Indu Dinakar | Listen | Download |
Song: Madhava Bhudhava Ragam: Kalyani
Ishwarya Ananthabhotla, Bhavani Ananthabhotla, Saipriya Iyer, Sunil Kunnakkat Mridangam Teacher: Indu Dinakar
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Song: Paapapunyamula Ragam: Ragamalika
Sanjay Jonnavithula, Gautham Ramasubramanyam, Sunil Kunnakkat Mridangam Teacher: Indu Dinakar
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Song: Yemako Ragam: Thilang
Sahityasri Thapi, Divya Mary James Teacher: Saavitri Ramanand | Listen | Download |
Song: Sriman narayana Ragam: Bouli
Anisha Kunnel, Anjali Kunnel Teacher: Saavitri Ramanand | Listen | Download |
Song: Vandeham Jagadvallabham Ragam: Hamsadhwani
Shloka Reddy, Shreya Reddy, Eeswar Dommaraju, Mahitha Bandlamudi, Aarthi Kupannan, Neelima Dosakayala, Sindhu Pavani Avuthu, Karthik Ravishankar, Neetha DeSouza, Priya Haran, Sunil Kunnakkat Mridangam Teacher: Sumathy Haran | Listen | Download |
Song: Deenuda Nenu Ragam: Saveri
Shloka Reddy, Shreya Reddy, Eeswar Dommaraju, Mahitha Bandlamudi, Aarthi Kupannan, Neelima Dosakayala, Sindhu Pavani Avuthu, Karthik Ravishankar, Neetha DeSouza, Priya Haran, Sunil Kunnakkat Mridangam Teacher: Sumathy Haran | Listen | Download |
Song: Namo namo raghukula nayaka Ragam: Nata
Shloka Reddy, Shreya Reddy, Eeswar Dommaraju, Mahitha Bandlamudi, Aarthi Kupannan, Neelima Dosakayala, Sindhu Pavani Avuthu, Karthik Ravishankar, Neetha DeSouza, Priya Haran, Sunil Kunnakkat Mridangam Teacher: Sumathy Haran | Listen | Download |
Song: Muddugaare Yashoda Ragam: Kurinji
Shwetha Laxminarayan (9), Swathi Laxminarayan (9) Teacher: Hyma Devi Nibhanipudi
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Song: Endagaani needagaani Ragam: Bouli
Gopika Radhakrishnan (17), Dhruva Radhakrishnan (13) Teacher: Hyma Devi Nibhanipudi | Listen | Download |
Song: Podagantimayya ninnu Ragam: Mohanam
Shruthi Ramachandran (14), Malya Ramachandran(12) Teacher: Hyma Devi Nibhanipudi | Listen | Download |
Song: Vasudha chooda Ragam: Amrithavarshini
Hymadevi Nibhanipudi Teacher: Hyma Devi Nibhanipudi | Listen | Download |
Song: Vande Vaasudevam Ragam: sreeragam
Divya Sriram, Deepthi Boddapati, Saroja Kolluru, Siri Chillara, Vindhya Rao, Sheethal Ramnath, Sunil Kunnakkat Mridangam Teacher: Meena Malladi | Listen | Download |
Song: Chakkani Talliki Ragam: Paadi
Divya Sriram, Deepthi Boddapati, Saroja Kolluru, Siri Chillara, Vindhya Rao, Sheethal Ramnath, Sunil Kunnakkat Mridangam Teacher: Meena Malladi | Listen | Download |
Song: Kolanidopariki gobbillu Ragam: Yadukulakambhoji
Divya Sriram, Deepthi Boddapati, Saroja Kolluru, Siri Chillara, Vindhya Rao, Sheethal Ramnath, Sunil Kunnakkat Mridangam Teacher: Meena Malladi
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Song: Bhavamulona Bahyamunanduna Ragam: Suddha Dhanyasi
Swati Anand Teacher: Meena Mani | Listen | Download |
Song: Siruta navvula vaadu sinnakka Ragam:
Ramadevi Lanka Teacher: Nivedita Shivaraj
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Video Clips of Dances
Song: Parama Purusha Ragam: Shanmukhapriya
Laavanya Rayapudi, Pavithra Sundar, Juanita John, Divya Mary James, Nisha Lakshmi Iyer, Monica Gayatri Panhani, Sreej Mani Teacher: Saavitri Ramanand
Jyothi Thomas, Jeevan Thomas Teacher: Manju Thomas | View | Download |
Song: Brahmamokate para Ragam: Bouli
Priya Patel, Saranya Radhakrishnan, Sharada Sridhar, Meenu Jeyakrishnan, Sruthi Chandrasekhar, Arjun Kumar, Anirudh Chandrasekhar, Arvind Kumar, Ajay Krishna Panhani, Jithin John Teacher: Saavitri Ramanand | View | Download |
Song: Jaya Jaya Raama Ragam: Behag
Rubica Aier (17), Pooja Aier (12) Teacher: Padmabhushan Kamala Lakshmanan | View | Download |
Song: Kulukuga nadavaro Ragam: Athana
Rashmi Srinivas, Nidhi Chillara, Sailaja Medicherla, Natasha Antony, Divya Yetukuri, Sreya Mukherjee, Priya Mukherjee, Soumya Adem, Shilpa Gone Teacher: Divya Yeluri | View | Download |
Song: Adigo Alladigo
Uma Balachandran, Dimple Belani, Nikita Rau, Swara Kalva, Sahiti Kovvuri, Neha Rao Teacher: Sadhana Paranji | View | Download |
Alimelumanga vilasam
Song: Jayalakshmi Varalakshmi
Denise Ramdawah, Sreshta Paranji, Ramona Kalicharan ,Sonya Devi, Neela Zareen
Song: Gandhamu poose vela
Sahityasri Thapi, Shreya Kalva, Abiramy Logeswaran, Sindhu Pavani Avuthu
Song: Jayalakshmi Varalakshmi
Denise Ramdawah, Sreshta Paranji, Ramona Kalicharan ,Sonya Devi, Neela Zareen Teacher: Sadhana Paranji
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Song: Vedukundama Venkatagiri
Anuhita Basavaraju, Meghana Reddy, Priyanka Wadgoankar, Akhila Sankaramanchi, Sneha Chittabathini Teacher: Satya Pradeep | View | Download |
Song: Dolayam Ragam: Khamas
Lekha Grandhi, Harini Nori, Yamini Nori Teacher: Satya Pradeep | View | Download |
Song: Kondalalo Nelakunna Ragam: Hindolam
Sonia Joshi, Deepika Pradeep, Swathi Anand, Nikita Maddineni Teacher: Satya Pradeep | View | Download |
Song: Akati Velala Ragam: Misrajog
Radha Varadachary Teacher: Thejeswini Raj | View | Download |
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