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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)

KarNATaka sangItam - External Contributions (realaudio)

A plea to rasikas

In response to my plea for old concerts, many rasikas generously responded by mailing cassettes or uploading their collections to me. In this page I provide all of them online.

Contents

Click here for Contributed Concerts Volume I

valentin valentin_songset: Array kranti kranti_songset: Array hariharan hariharan_songset: Array kms kms_songset: Array sivaram sivaram_songset: Array arun arun_songset: Array sundar sundar_songset: Array
Name Contributor
Emani Sankara Sastri Live in Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan Valentin
Mysore T Chowdiah violin Concert Kranthi Kiran Mudigonda
Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar Vocal Concert Kranthi Kiran Mudigonda
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu Violin Concert Kranthi Kiran Mudigonda
D.K. Pattammal at Music Academy 1967 S. Hariharan
Veena Dhanammal concert S. Hariharan
Maharajapuram Visvanatha Iyer Concert S. Hariharan
An assorted concert S. Hariharan
SrI tyAga guru stuti kiirtanalu K.N. Sundaram
Album of Memories: Music of Sri Susarla Sivaram K.N. Sundaram
Alathur Brothers Concert (details unknown) Arun Rao
M.S.Subbalakshmi at Music Academy 1970 Sundar Srinivasan
M.S.Subbalakshmi and party at Mylapore Fine Arts 1971 Sundar Srinivasan

My tyAgarAja kR^itis page

valentin valentin_songset: Array

Emani Sankara Sastri Live in Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Contributed by: Valentin
Artist: Emani Sankara Sastri
Year: 1970s
Notes:

Hello,
I'm Valentin, from Bucharest, Romania. I love Indian classical music.

This is a Vynil rip; concert at unknown date; Registan is a famous plazza in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, located between some of the most beautiful medieval Islamic buildings ever built.

There is another recording from supposedly the same concert, named Mohammad Hussain Sarahang - Live in Registan, Samarkand. It seems the 2 recordings came from the same source, have similar quality (pops, clicks), and I believe are from the same concert. Because Mohammad Hussain Sarahang (famous Afghan vocalist) lived between 1924-1983, it means this concert took place before or during 1983.

No additional info (in fact, no info at all) found on the Internet about this concert.

Could be some LPs released in the former USSR, by God knows which obscure recording label.

The tracks name and order might be wrong - I found them without any tag, comments or additional info, and without being enumerated.
- Valentin


Select rm Select mp3 Title Raaga Taala Author
play, rm play, mp3 AlAp SankarAbharaNam - -
play, rm play, mp3 gat SankarAbharaNam - -
play, rm play, mp3 ? kalyANa vasantam ? ?

kranti kranti_songset: Array

Mysore T Chowdiah violin Concert

Contributed by: Kranthi Kiran Mudigonda
Artist: Mysore T Chowdiah
Year: ?

Select rm Select mp3 Title Author Raaga Taala
play, rm play, mp3 ErA nApai varNam Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer tODi Adi
play, rm play, mp3 kaligiyunTE kadA Tyagaraja kIravANi Adi
play, rm play, mp3 AdamOdigaladA Tyagaraja chArukESi Adi

Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar Vocal Concert

Contributed by: Kranthi Kiran Mudigonda
Artist: Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar

Select rm Select mp3 Title Raaga Taala Author
play, rm play, mp3 banTurIti hamsanAdam Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 raghuvara pantuvarALi rUpaka Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 Sri mahAgaNapati gauLa misra chApu Dikshitar

Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu Violin Concert

Contributed by: Kranthi Kiran Mudigonda
Artist: Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
Year: ?
Mridangam: Sri Kolanka Venkataraju

Select rm Select mp3 Title Raaga Taala Author
play, rm play, mp3 varNam vasanta Adi tachhur singarAchAri
play, rm play, mp3 varNam kEdAragauLa jhampe ?
play, rm play, mp3 brova bhArama bahudAri Adi Mysore Vasudevachari
play, rm play, mp3 kShIra sAgara devagAndhAri Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 sarasa sAma dAna kApi narayaNi Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 Sara Sara samaraika SUra kuntala varAli Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 jAvaLI and tillana ? ? ?

hariharan hariharan_songset: Array

D.K. Pattammal at Music Academy 1967

Contributed by: S. Hariharan
Artist: D.K. Pattammal (vocal Support by D.K. Jayaraman)
Year: Dreams Audio 1967
Violin: Thirupparkadal S. Veeraraghavan
Mridangam: Palghat T.S. Mani Iyer

Select rm Select mp3 Title Raaga Taala Author
play, rm play, mp3 pagavAri hamsadhvani Adi Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer
play, rm play, mp3 vidulaku mrokkeda mayAmALava gaula Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 sujana jIvana khamAs ruupaka Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 biraana varAlu kalyANi ruupaka Syaama Saastri
play, rm play, mp3 toli janmamunu bilahari khaNDa chApu Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 maamava pattAbhiraama maNirangu miSra chApu Dikshitar
play, rm play, mp3 raksha beTTarE Bhairavi Adi Thyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 KaalaharaNamElarA Suddhasaveri Rupakam Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 ETi janmamidi hA Varali miSra chApu Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 slOkam rAgamAlika ? ?
play, rm play, mp3 niraamaya dhanyAsi Adi (Tisra) Arunagiri nathar

Veena Dhanammal concert

Contributed by: S. Hariharan
Artist: Veena Dhanammal

Select rm Select mp3 Title Raaga Taala Author
play, rm play, mp3 inta chalamu begaDa Adi Veena Kuppaiyer
play, rm play, mp3 tAnam ghana rAga panchakam ? ?
play, rm play, mp3 himAdrisutE kalyANi rUpaka Syaama Saastri
play, rm play, mp3 nannu brOvu lalita misra chapu Syaama Saastri
play, rm play, mp3 Nenarunchinanu mALavi Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 RamaNeeSamana kharaharapriya rUpakam Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 nijamarmamulanu umAbharaNam Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 brOva bhAramA Bahudari Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 SrI narada Vijayasree Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 Sri raghuvara ? ? ?
play, rm play, mp3 mahimaTeli ? ? ?
play, rm play, mp3 pattakurA ? ? ?
play, rm play, mp3 narImaNi ? ? ?
play, rm play, mp3 paDakinTilo ? ? ?
play, rm play, mp3 agrEkrtvA ? ? ?

Maharajapuram Visvanatha Iyer Concert

Contributed by: S. Hariharan
Artist: Maharajapuram Visvanatha Iyer
Year: ?

Select rm Select mp3 Title Author Raaga Taala
play, rm varNam bEgaDa
play, rm Siva Siva yana rAdA pantuvarALi
play, rm OrajUpu kAnaDa
play, rm Emi prANa sAranga
play, rm mArubalkakunnAvEmi srIranjani
play, rm chAla kallalADu part 1 Arabhi
play, rm chAla kallalADu part 2 Arabhi
play, rm ilalO praNatArti aThANa
play, rm evaruna ?
play, rm kShINamai part 1 mukhAri
play, rm kShINamai part 2 mukhAri
play, rm brOchEvArevarurA khamAs
play, rm jagadAnanda kAraka nATa
play, rm kana kana ruchirA varALi
play, rm rAgam tAnam mohana
play, rm pallavi mohana
play, rm harE pANDuranga ?
play, rm nIraja daLa nEtri ?
play, rm Sloka ?
play, rm hari nIpai ?

An assorted concert

Contributed by: S. Hariharan
Year: ?
Violin: ?
Mridangam: ?

Select rm Select mp3 Title Raaga Taala Artist Author
play, mp3 comment - - ? ?
play, mp3 viribONi bhairavi aTa Musiri Subhramanya Iyer Pacchimiriyam Aadiyapaiah
play, mp3 comment - - ? ?
play, mp3 vAtApi Hamsadhwani Aadi Dr N Ramani Muthuswami Dikshitar
play, mp3 comment - - ? ?
play, mp3 EndarO mahAnu Sri Aadi John B Higgins Thyagaraja
play, mp3 comment - - ? ?
play, mp3 kanakasaila Punnagavarali Mishra Chapu Bombay Jayshree Ramnath Shyama Sastri
play, mp3 comment - - ? ?
play, mp3 Kanchadalaya Kamalamanohari Aadi U Shrinivas Muthuswami Dikshitar
play, mp3 comment - - ? ?
play, mp3 Samaja Vara gamana Hindolam Aadi M D Ramanathan Thyagaraja
play, mp3 comment - - ? ?
play, mp3 Sambho Mahadeva Sri Aadi Maharajapuram Santhanam Thyagaraja
play, mp3 comment - - ? ?
play, mp3 Chakkani Raja Kharaharapriya Aadi Bhushani Kalyanaranam Thyagaraja
play, mp3 comment - - ? ?
play, mp3 bhOgindra sayinam kuntalavarali khanda chapu T K Govinda Rao Maharaja Swathi Thirunal
play, mp3 comment - - ? ?
play, mp3 Senthamizh Nadennum Ragamalika Aadi Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar Mahakavi Subhramanya Bharati
play, mp3 Krishna Nee Begane Yaman Kalyani Aadi Unnikrishnan Vyasaraya
play, mp3 comment - - ? ?
play, mp3 Dhanashri Aadi Dr M S Subbulakshmi Maharaja Swathi Thirunal

kms kms_songset: Array

SrI tyAga guru stuti kiirtanalu

Contributed by: K.N. Sundaram
Artist: K. M. Saundaryavalli

Select rm Select mp3 Title Author Raaga Taala
play, rm play, mp3 padaambujamulanu K. M. Saundaryavalli srIranjani ruupaka
play, rm play, mp3 gurapada smaraName jIvanamu K. M. Saundaryavalli SankarAbharaNam Adi
play, rm play, mp3 dinakara vamSa K. M. Saundaryavalli hamsadhvani Adi
play, rm play, mp3 gaanaamR^itamunu K. M. Saundaryavalli kEdAragauLa Adi
play, rm play, mp3 gIta SAstra tattva K. M. Saundaryavalli tODi tripuTa
play, rm play, mp3 kalinarulanu gaava K. M. Saundaryavalli vasanta Adi
play, rm play, mp3 ambujanAbhuni K. M. Saundaryavalli mohana Adi
play, rm play, mp3 paamara hitamugA K. M. Saundaryavalli kAmbhOji Adi
play, rm play, mp3 svaami paada puuja K. M. Saundaryavalli kedara ruupaka
play, rm play, mp3 tyAga guruni sATi evvarE K. M. Saundaryavalli nAdanAmakriya ruupaka
play, rm play, mp3 sadguru SrI tyAga vibhuni K. M. Saundaryavalli kAnaDa ruupaka
play, rm play, mp3 navarasayuta bhAvamutO K. M. Saundaryavalli sarasvati ruupaka
play, rm play, mp3 samAnulevarayya K. M. Saundaryavalli pantuvarALi Adi
play, rm play, mp3 ataDE dhanyuDurA K. M. Saundaryavalli valaji Adi
play, rm play, mp3 paluvidha kIrtana K. M. Saundaryavalli malayamArutam Adi
play, rm play, mp3 pancha ratnamula K. M. Saundaryavalli simhendra madhyamam miSra jhampe
play, rm play, mp3 kR^itini jEsenE K. M. Saundaryavalli begaDa ruupaka
play, rm play, mp3 arthamunE narulu K. M. Saundaryavalli hindoLam Adi
play, rm play, mp3 pEdalalO kuchEluDau K. M. Saundaryavalli kalyANi Adi
play, rm play, mp3 E mATalADina K. M. Saundaryavalli kharaharapriya Adi

sivaram sivaram_songset: Array

Album of Memories: Music of Sri Susarla Sivaram

Contributed by: K.N. Sundaram
Artist: Susarla Sivaram

Select rm Select mp3 Title Raaga Taala Author
play, rm play, mp3 ambuja nAbhuni mohana AlApana K. M. Saundaryavalli
play, rm play, mp3 anupama guNAmbudhi aThANa khaNDa chApu Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 aparAdhamula darbar khaNDa chApu Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 aparAdhamulanu manninchi latangi Adi Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer
play, rm play, mp3 ardha nAriiSvaram kumudakriya AlApana Dikshitar
play, rm play, mp3 ardha nAriiSvaram kumudakriya ruupaka Dikshitar
play, rm play, mp3 bhAmarO (padam) kAnaDa tripuTa kshetrayya
play, rm play, mp3 bhajana sEyavE kalyANi ruupaka Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 bR^ihadiiSvaro gAna sAma varALi ruupaka Dikshitar
play, rm play, mp3 bR^ihaspate aThANa tisra tripuTa Dikshitar
play, rm play, mp3 brova bhaarama bahudAri Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 brova bhaarama bahudAri Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 chalamEla (varNam) natakuranji Adi ?
play, rm play, mp3 chandram pUrNa chandrika ruupaka H.N. Muttayyah Bhagavatar
play, rm play, mp3 dinakara vamSa hamsadhvani Adi K. M. Saundaryavalli
play, rm play, mp3 evvarE rAmayya gAngEya bhUShaNi Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 gaTTigAnu begaDa ruupaka Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 idi nIku mariyAda gAdayA (jAvaLii) begaDa tripuTa ?
play, rm play, mp3 intakannAnandamu bilahari ruupaka Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 intakannAnandamu bilahari ruupaka Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 kAlitODi vandAyO khamAs Adi K. M. Saundaryavalli
play, rm play, mp3 karavalamba stotram (Slokam) rAga mAlika ? ?
play, rm play, mp3 khatilaka vamSa raghupriya Adi M. Balamurali Krishna
play, rm play, mp3 kOdaNDa rAmam kOkilAravam Adi Dikshitar
play, rm play, mp3 kR^ipayA pAlaya chArukESi chApu Swati Tirunal
play, rm play, mp3 mAdhava mAya hamsAnandi Adi Papanasam Sivan
play, rm play, mp3 mAkElarA vichAramu ravi chandrika Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 mAmava sadA natakuranji ruupaka Swati Tirunal
play, rm play, mp3 manasA yeTulOrtunE mAyAmALavagauLa ruupaka Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 nE pogaDakunTE Subhapantu varALi khaNDa chApu Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 nI japamu mAnavati ruupaka ?
play, rm play, mp3 ninuvinA pUrvi kalyANi chApu Syaama Saastri
play, rm play, mp3 niravadhi sukhada ravi chandrika Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 O jagadamba Ananda bhairavi Adi Syaama Saastri
play, rm play, mp3 rAma daivamA suraTi ruupaka Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 sakala graha bala niinE aThANa tripuTa purandara daasu
play, rm play, mp3 SaNkari Sam kuru sAveri tisra Adi Syaama Saastri
play, rm play, mp3 Siva kAma sundari jaganmohini ruupaka Gopala Krishna Bharati
play, rm play, mp3 sogasugA mR^idanga tALamu SrIranjani ruupaka Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 sujana jIvana khamAs ruupaka Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 SyaamalAngi SyAmalAngi tisra jhampe M. Balamurali Krishna
play, rm play, mp3 tava daasOham punnAga varALi Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 tillana behag Adi Susarla Sivaram
play, rm play, mp3 tulasI daLamulachE mAyAmALavagauLa ruupaka Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 vanajAkShi (varNam) kalyANi Adi ?
play, rm play, mp3 vEga tODi tEvE rAga mAlika Adi K. M. Saundaryavalli
play, rm play, mp3 E dAri sancharinturA SR^itiranjani Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 E dAri sancharinturA SR^itiranjani Adi Tyagaraja
play, rm play, mp3 santAna manjari santAna manjari Adi Dikshitar

arun arun_songset: Array

Alathur Brothers Concert (details unknown)

Contributed by: Arun Rao
Artist: Alathur Brothers
Year: ?

Select rm Select mp3 Title Author Raaga Taala
play, rm play, mp3 sarasija nAbha Tyagaraja kAmbhOji Adi
play, rm play, mp3 kAru vElpulu Tyagaraja kalyANi Adi
play, rm play, mp3 dinamaNi vamSa tilaka Tyagaraja harikAmbhOji Adi
play, rm play, mp3 duDuku gala Tyagaraja gauLa Adi
play, rm play, mp3 eTlA dorikitivO Tyagaraja vasanta Adi
play, rm play, mp3 kannulAra kanTinipuDu Walajapet Venkatramana Bhaagavatar dhanyAsi ruupaka
play, rm play, mp3 karuNa jUDavayyA Tyagaraja sAranga Adi
play, rm play, mp3 ninnE nammi Tyagaraja tODi Adi
play, rm play, mp3 raagam-taanam-pallavi - bhairavi -
play, rm play, mp3 tulasI bilva Tyagaraja kEdAragauLa Adi
play, rm play, mp3 srImataH Siva-vAmAnkE Dikshitar begaDa Adi

sundar sundar_songset: Array

M.S.Subbalakshmi at Music Academy 1970

Contributed by: Sundar Srinivasan
Artist: M.S.Subbulakshmi
Year: 1970

Select rm Select mp3 Title Author Raaga Taala
play, rm play, mp3 tera tIyaga rAdA ? gauLipantu ?
play, rm play, mp3 bhajarE rE ? kalyANi ?
play, rm play, mp3 guruleka ? dEvamanOhari ?
play, rm play, mp3 SaravaNabhava guhane ? madhyamAvati ?
play, rm play, mp3 janani ninu vina ? rItigaula ?
play, rm play, mp3 O rangaSAyI ? kAmbhOji ?
play, rm play, mp3 O rangaSaayi tani Avartanam ? - ?
play, rm play, mp3 gOvardhana girISam ? hindoLam ?
play, rm play, mp3 praNataarti hara raagamalika ? ? ?
play, rm play, mp3 Ragam Tanam Pallavi ? bhairavi ?
play, rm play, mp3 naneke Bhadavano ? behag ?
play, rm play, mp3 azhivENi ? suraTi ?
play, rm play, mp3 maitrem bhajata ? ? ?

M.S.Subbalakshmi and party at Mylapore Fine Arts 1971

Contributed by: Sundar Srinivasan
Artist: M.S.Subbulakshmi and party
Year: 1971

Select rm Select mp3 Title Author Raaga Taala
play, rm play, mp3 mAtE Malayadhvaja ? khamAs ?
play, rm play, mp3 vallabha nAyakasya Dikshitar begaDa ruupaka
play, rm play, mp3 naaradamuni Tyagaraja pantuvarALi Adi
play, rm play, mp3 SrI chaamunDESvari pAlaya ? bilahari ?
play, rm play, mp3 kannatanDri nApai ? devamanOhari ?
play, rm play, mp3 chandraSEkharam ? SankarAbharaNam ?
play, rm play, mp3 enneramum undan ? dEvagAndhAri ?
play, rm play, mp3 rAvE himagiri: svarajati ? tODi ?
play, rm play, mp3 challarE Tyagaraja Ahiri ?
play, rm play, mp3 mal marugane murugane: RTP ? kharaharapriya ?
play, rm play, mp3 akhilaanDESvari Dikshitar dvijAvanti Adi
play, rm play, mp3 azhukku ? kAmbhOji ?

A plea to rasikas

One of my cherished goals for putting up this website is to collect and make available online some of those old (pre-1975) concerts by stalwarts which are so precious and rare to obtain. They are all locked up in the private music collections of a few individuals, who are not willing to share them with others for fear of loss.

That's precisely where the Internet helps, isn't it, to house music in an indestructible but widely shareable form?

Hence I request rasikas to come forward and share with me copies of those rare concerts so I can put them online to give everybody an oppurtunity to share the sangItAmR^itaM ! You'll be duly recognized on the website for your contribution. And rest assured that it will not be used for profit.

For starters, I am looking for the following:

I am especially looking for any clear and well-pronounced renditions of rare tyAgarAja kR^itis.

I am NOT interested in hosting contemporary artists' works on my website as there are umpteen other sites for that (e.g., musicindiaonline.com).

If you have anything interesting, please email to sai.susarla@gmail.com .

Transfer methods

You can send your collection to me in several ways: I'll put them on my website for everybody's benefit soon after receiving them.


- Sarada and Sai Susarla (sai.susarla@gmail.com)