[Advaita-l] Devi kritis for the season

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

Late Brahmasri Ogirala Veeraraghava Sarma g.aru who is a Gayatri
upasaka has written a number of kritis on Devi in telugu and published
them with notation as Devi Ganasudha. These kritis have been sung by
music stalwarts such as DkPattammal, DKJayaraman, Dr.Balamuralikrishna
regards,
Sarma.


On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 10:15 PM, Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l
<advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 'The sharannanavaratri are noted in southern india for (among other things)
> the singing of the devi navAvaraNa kritis of the vAggeyakAra muttusvAmI
> dIxita (1775-1835 CE). His compositions are in sanskrit and he studied
> vedanta in kashi for five years. He was a lAxaNika. He left the body while
> on the 'on the banks of cauvery to the singing of  his great devi kriti
> 'mInAxi me mudam dehi'. It is said that when the lines from this song ,
> 'mInalocani pAshamocani' (O Goddess, Giver of freedom from bondage....)
> were being repeated, he left the body.'
>
> "The great* composer, created an alternative universe in an ancient music
> form. He did this not by intuition or immersion alone, but by assiduously
> backing these insights up with learning and experience.*
>
> *In an era with extremely limited means of transport, Dikshitar travelled
> the length and breadth of the country. He sang the praise of deities in
> celebrated temples all over India and penned, in his **kriti** s,
> interesting details about these **sthalam** s. His stint in * Kashi, where
> he spent close to five years learning the theories of Vedanta * as well as
> music, exposed him to the Hindustani system and the dhrupad style of
> singing. He also travelled to many important shrines in south India,
> including Tiruttani, Kanchipuram, Tiruvarur, Chidambaram and Kumbakonam, to
> name just a few.*
>
> *Muttuswami Dikshitar composed songs on a galaxy of deities, often from
> different perspectives. Each of his **kriti** s contains mythological
> stories about the deities, festivals and temples associated with them and
> pertinent philosophical messages and concepts.*
>
> *He composed songs on various forms of the Goddess.*
>
> *Legend has it that in his final moments, he was listening to his disciples
> render ‘ **Meenakshi memudam dehi** ’, one of his cornerstone compositions
> set to Gamakakriya.*
>
> *The felicity in his writing was clearly powered by a unique combination of
> scholarliness and linguistic acumen. Dikshitar was a **lAkshanika** , or
> musical grammarian, with each of his **kriti** s presenting a rich, vivid
> and nuanced portrayal of the **raga**employed*
>
> On 09-Oct-2016 9:36 pm, "V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l" <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> Devi kritis - nice album for the season:
>>
>> http://mio.to/album/Mambalam+Sisters/Devi+Krithis+-+
>> Mambalam+Sisters+(2006)
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