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AlOchanaamR^itaM

Vivekananda to an Agnostic Swami Vivekananda responding to a famous American agnostic Robert Ingersoll who said to him, "religion is of no use. Why bother our heads about other worlds?":

"...You think it is enough to live and eat and drink and have a little scientific knowledge, but you have no right to say that will suit all tastes... Such a conception is nothing to me. If I had only to learn how an apple falls to the ground, or how an electric current shakes my nerves, I would commit suicide. I want to understand the heart of things, the very kernel itself. Your study is the manifestation of life, mine is the life itself".
"My philosophy says you must know that and drive out from your mind all thoughts of heaven and hell and all other superstitions, even though they exist in the same sense that this world exists. I must know the heart of this life, its very essence, what it is, not only how it works and what are its manifestations. I want to know the why of everything, I leave the how to children."

- Swami Vivekananda (The Gift Unopened by Eleanor Stark, pp. 89)


sa.ngItaM karNATaka hindusthaani lalita (telugu)
telugu purANAlu pravachanAlu sAhityaM toli velugulu
Miscellaneous Articles telugu Recipes sa.nskR^itaM digvijayii bhaarata (blog) padya kaumudi (blog)

Contributing your collection

I am on the look out for lalita, jAnapada sangItam of old times like those on this site. If you have any and are willing to share them with me, now is the time. I'll add them to this site, if you approve, as your contribution.

You can upload music files to my upload website in mp3 or realaudio format, at your convenience.
(The site is password-protected; send me email to get the password).

Contents

NEW! toli telugu velugulu: The Earliest Recorded Telugu Song and Drama by Stalwart Artists!
Contributions from Visitors Like You!
NEW! Tanguturi Suryakumari private songs
! AIR Sangita rUpakAlu of 1960s
viyyAlavAri pATalu - private recording
Smt. Rao Balasarasvati
Smt. Rao Balasarasvati (contribution)
Saluri Rajeswara Rao (contribution)
Rao Balasarasvati's Film Songs of 1950's
Folk songs by Sita, Anasuya (contribution)
Smt. R. Vedavati Prabhakar Rao
Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Chicago Live Concert 1971 (contribution)
Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Miscellaneous songs
Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Bhagavad Gita with telugu commentary
Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Old private songs (contribution)
All India Radio Telugu Lalita sangItam 1966-71 (contribution)
Miscellaneous songs I learnt during childhood

peLLi pATalu - Marriage songs sung by Smt.Jandhyala Annapurna Devi

Here are some viyyAlavAri pATalu: a rare collection of humorous songs meant to be sung by marriage parties to poke fun at each other, with an undercurrent of ApyAyata flowing all the time. They were sung by Smt. Jandhyala Annapurna Devi garu. She is the mother-in-law of my pinni (mother's youngest sister) Nagamani, and a well-trained classical singer. However, this is a very informal recording, so please don't expect professionalism. Enjoy the informality and simplicity of the rendering.

She knows a lot more of such gems and I'm trying to get more recordings of hers. This genre of homely music is all but lost nowadays in the deluge of professional singing. Please encourage my little effort in keeping it alive by contributing more such music from your collection.

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anna vinarA vadina mATalu ? SankarAbharaNam tripuTa
chEsi gelichiramma kAryamu ? ? tisra adi
vindu chesinAru viyyAla vArinTlO ? ? deSAdi
paLLu tOma pilichEru ? ? Adi
gandhamu puyyerugA Tyagaraja punnAga varALi tisra Adi
sItA-kalyANa vaibhogamE Tyagaraja SankarAbharaNam khaNDa chApu

Smt. Rao Balasarasvati

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nallani vADA Vinjamuri Sivaramaravu
kuu anTu kuuyakE ?
rammanavE mAvi Annamacharya
hRdayamu karigE ?
chaligaali viichindi Arudra
naTanamADavE mayUrI Balantrapu Rajanikantaravu
hAyamma hAyi ?
niNDupunnami paNDu vennelalO Dasarathi
oke okkasAri Arudra
kanugonTi kanugonTi ?
pannenDELLa chinnADE Basavaraju Apparao
kanula dIpikalunchi ?
chilipi chilipi navvulatO ?
sRuShTilO tIyanidi snEhamEnOyi Indraganti Hanumachchhastri
nI muraLi mrOtalO ?
talupu tIyunantalOne Basavaraju Apparao
cheppalEdA nItO ?
vinavE cheli pilupu alladigO Vinjamuri Sivaramaravu
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bangAru pApAyi ?
prema Ela kaligenu nAlO ?
yI challani rEyi ?
rAlani pUlu kOsukoni ?
A tOTalOnokaTi ArAdhanAlayamu Saluri Rajeswara Rao's father Sanyasi Raju
dayajuuDumayA ?
gOpAla kriShNuDu nallana Author: Sadasiva Brahmam, Music: Saluri Hanumantha Rao, Film: Radhika, 1947
priyasakhI SrI hariki ?
kAsanta iTu chUDavOyi ?
nIlamOhanuDu nAkannulalO ?
SaSivadanamu gani nE ?
nIvu lEka niluvalEnu ?
saraguna rArA ?

Smt. Rao Balasarasvati songs (contribution)

Srinivas Ganti generously shared the following gems with me. Apparently he got them from Srinivas Paruchuri. after digitization by Kamalakar Pasupuleti. His sdburman.com has many vintage telugu and hindi film songs.
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A tOTalOnokaTi ArAdhanAlayamu Saluri Rajeswara Rao's father Sanyasi Raju
kaLa kaLalADuchu kilakila navvuchu ?
pATa pADumA kriShNa Saluri Rajeswara Rao (also singer)
prema yEla kaligenu nAlO ?

Saluri Rajeswara Rao songs (contribution)

The following songs sung by Saluri Rajeswara Rao and Smt.Rao Balasarasvati were contributed by Srinivas Paruchuri.
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Anandame lEdA ?
A tOTalOnokaTi ArAdhanAlayamu ?
bhAvi gati yEmaunO ?
challagAlilO yamunA taTipai ?
hAyiga pADudunA chelI ?
kalaganTi kalaganTi ?
kalaganTi kalaganTi (2) ?
kala kAdanumA bAlA ?
kAvya dEvata ?
kOpamEla rAdhA daya chUpavEla nApai ?
O vibhAvarI ?
pATa pADumA kriShNA paluku tenelolukunaTula ?
podarinTilO ?
priya jananI ?
punnagai tendiran - tamil ?
rAvE rAvE kOkilA ?
sukha-dAyI ?
tummedA okasAri mOmetti chUDamani ?

Balasarasvati's Film songs of 1940's and 50's

The following songs are available as an album titled "alanATi andAlu"
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rAvE prEmalata ghanTasAla, Balasarasvati peLLi sandaDi Samudrala Jr. ghanTasala ?
tAnEmi talanchenO A.M.Raja, Balasarasvati dAmpatyam Arudra Ramesh Naidu ?
andAla rANi A.M.Raja, Balasarasvati vIra kaNkaNam Arudra Susarla Dakshinamurti ?
jhan jhan kankaNamulUga Balasarasvati tenAli rAmakrishna Samudrala Sr. Viswanathan Ramamurti ?
madilOni madhura bhAvam Ghantasala, Balasarasvati jayasimha Samudrala Sr. T.V. Raju mohana
mallepUlu, mollapUlu Balasarasvati rAjii nA prANam Devulapalli Krishna Sastri S. Hanumantha Rao ?
O UgudunE Uyala Balasarasvati SAnti Samudrala Jr C.R. Subburaman ?
unduvO madhurAnagari Krishna Hemavati, Balasarasvati priyurAlu Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao udaya ravichandrika
O malaya pavanamA M.S. Rama Rao, Balasarasvati mAnavati Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao malaya mArutam
tana pantanE Balasarasvati mAnavati Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao rasAli
rArAdO rAchiluka A.M.Raja, Balasarasvati chinna kODalu Malladi Ramakrishna Sastri ASvatthAma ?
jO jO vayAri kAdE Balasarasvati chinna kODalu Malladi Ramakrishna Sastri ASvatthAma ?
kAnaganaitini gA Ghantasala, Balasarasvati svapna sundari Samudrala Sr. C.R. Subburaman ?
naTanalu telusunulE Balasarasvati svapna sundari Samudrala Sr. C.R. Subburaman ?
ElukOvayya Balasarasvati chenchulakShmi Samudrala Sr R.N. chinnayya, C.R. Subburaman ShaNmukhapriya
Eri Eri Balasarasvati chenchulakShmi Samudrala Sr R.N. chinnayya, C.R. Subburaman ?
tinne mIdi chinnODa Balasarasvati bhAgya lakShmi Samudrala Sr. BNR ?
chestAnu peLLi chestAnu Balasarasvati bhAgya lakShmi Samudrala Sr. BNR ?

Telugu folk songs by Sita, Anasuya (contribution)

Sri Satyam Mandapati provided me this Sita-Anasuya folk music concert at a TANA function in the U.S. The english commentary is by Ratna Papa (apparently the daughter of one of them). If anybody knows their full names, please let me know.
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SrI venkaTESuDA ISuDA SaraNu ?
rAmanA sandalAlO ?
nOmInamallAla nomannalAlO sandAmAmA ?
chIrakaTTUkOni chilakalAgunnAvu ?
konDanDOri seruvulakinda sEsiri mugguru yevasAyam ?
vayasupongu vanTikalla paDuchu sOyagAlu dEru ?
hOlI ?
mokkajonna tOTalO Konakalla Venkataratnam
tallI veLLE peLLikumAruni pallakiyA ?
gOdArOri sinnadi ?
sandulOna bAyanTi pillaDO ?
gOlakonDOyi ?
banDIra poga banDIra ?

Srinivasa Rao Sanagavarapu has kindly contributed the following songs.
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kOTirAyanu ?
nandagiri bangAru mAmayya ?

Smt. R. Vedavati Prabhakar Rao

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priyasakhI SrI hariki
SivapAdamuluncha
kommalO kOyilanai
madhurAnagari samIpamlO
ammadongA ninnu chUDakunTE
telusA nA guTTu
pasiDi kinnera vINa
pUvulEvi tEvE chelI
mallenammA malleni
AkulO Akunai Devulapalli Krishnasastri

Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Excerpts from Live Concert at Chicago 1971 (contribution)

Contributed by Smt. Vijaya and Sri Gopala Rao Nemana.
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nI konDaku ?
bIdapUja Jandhyala Papayya Sastri
EDu konDala sAmi ?
bhalE manchi rOju ?
bahudUrapu bATasAri ?
puShpa vilApamu Jandhyala Papayya Sastri
muddabanti pUvulO ?
jagamE mAya samudrAla rAghavAchAryulu
andame Anandam ?

Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Miscellaneous songs

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SrI rAma rAmEti A. Venugopal
SrI rAma daNDakam A. Venugopal
brahma kaDigina pAdamu annamayya - music by S. Rajeswara Rao
SrI vEnkaTESa prabhAta prArthana A. Venugopal
bhuvana mOhana Y. Padmanabha Swami
nI konDaku nIvE C. Subba Rao
karuNAmayi - padyAlu Jandhyala Papayya Sastri
rEgina mungurulu - padyAlu Jandhyala Papayya Sastri
navamAsamulu - pApAyi padyAlu gurram jAShuvA
tIyani venkani nAmAmrutamE raavi
venkanna nAmamE raavi

Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Excerpts from the Bhagavad Gita with telugu commentary

A beautiful rendition of the bhagavad gita by ghantasala. I particularly like the music composition, the selection of ragas and the impeccable pronunciation of sa.nskR^itam.

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Bhagavad Gita Excerpts - with telugu commentary K.S.Rangaiah Sastry

Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Old private songs (contribution)

Srinivasa Rao Sanagavarapu has kindly contributed these private songs sung by Ghantasala during the 40s and 50s. He maintains a http://www.indianscreen.com website that has some old hindi film songs. He also broadcasts a weekly Telugu program in New Jersey at 9:00 AM on Sundays at a local radio station - a mix of classics and contemporaries. It can be heard on the web at www.wcnj.fm by following the link.

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veliginchave chinni valapu deepam (with P. Leela) ? ?
ammA sarOjini dEvi ? early 50s on Sarojini Naidu's death?
bhAratIyula kaLaa prabhavammolakinchu ? early 50s, tribute to Sarojini Naidu
bahu dUrapu bATasAri ? late 40s
atta lEni kODaluttamurAlu OyammA ? late 40s
kuntI vilApam Jandhyala Papayya Sastri late 40s
pushpa vilApam - 1 Jandhyala Papayya Sastri late 40s
puShpAnjali (part 2 of above) Jandhyala Papayya Sastri late 40s
rAvOyi bangAri mA'va ? late 40s
svantantram ? 1947, at the time of independence?
svAntantrya Siddhi ? 1948, one year later?
talaninDa PoodanDa Dasarathi Rangacharya early 50s

All India Radio Telugu Lalita sangItam 1966-71 (contribution)

Ramchand K Burra has kindly contributed these private songs sung by Chittaranjan and others in programs like 'ii maasapu paaTa', 'jaanapada gEyaalu' on AIR's Hyd-A radio station during the 1960s and 70s. More information on these songs can be obtained at his website, http://mysite.verizon.net/res1wgre/.

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AlapinchanA C. Narayana Reddy B. Vasanta ii mAsapu pATa
bhagavantA! nIdE bhAramurA ? chittaranjan tattvam
ettavoyI kEla yI bEla suma bAla ? ? lalita giitam
Ganagana ganTa mrogindanTa, pilupoka pUjArike kAdanTa Balantrapu Rajanikantaravu S. Vijayalakshmi ii mAsapu pATa
intirO yI gOpabAluDu enta mODi chEsenE ? S. Janaki lalita giitam
sogasu nii sommu kalyANi rAgiNI M. Balamurali Krishna M. Balamurali Krishna ii mAsapu pATa
kanupinche kanupinchenammA nelarEDu ? B. Vasanta? lalita giitam
kOTi kOTi tAralalO mETi chandamAmalA Dasarathi B. Vasanta ii mAsapu pATa
kShaNamaina ninuvIDi manajAlanE chelI ? M. Balamurali Krishna ii mAsapu pATa
mabbulochchinai ? B. Vasanta? lalita giitam
moddabbAi ? Radio Annayya (Nyayapati Raghava Rao's Voice) bAlAnandam pATa
naDimi sundari ? ? lalita giitam
E puTTa dAgEvu, enta pilichina rAvu, nAgannA ? ? bhakti giitam
padamule chaalu rAmA ? chittaranjan bhakti giitam
pandu vennela adE kotta vennela ? ? lalita giitam
radhA manOhara rAvElarA tanDrI ? chittaranjan tattvam
Srii rAma rAmayaneDi nAmambE ? chittaranjan bhakti giitam
svAtantryamE nA jIvitASayani ? ? lalita giitam
tattvam ? Sita & Anasuya jAnapadam
UgavE DOlika mallavarapu Visvesvara Rao B. Sarojini devi lalita giitam
Vinthaganu SrI kriShNa dEvuDu ? chittaranjan lalita giitam

Miscellaneous lalita sangItam I learnt during childhood

I learnt a few lalita sangItam songs during my childhood from my various sources: from my music teachers, from the AIR Vijayawada Lalita sangItam classes on Radio by Chittaranjan. Since I am not finding them elsewhere, I sang them in my gArdabha svaram solely to instigate rasikas into providing better/original renditions :-)
Click on the song title to see its lyrics and other details.

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evaru penchina kalpatarulivi (from AIR class) Smt. Jonnalagadda Raghavamma rAga mAlika tripuTa
rAvE rAvE nava varShA (from AIR class) ? amR^itavarShiNi Adi
krishna hare muddu krishna hare (from music teacher) ? kAmbhOji Adi



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