Shri chakra raja nilaye РІР‚вЂњ the gem of a composition in raga Shivashakti by the mighty Shri GNB - the most famous acronym in Carnatic music! A striking personality, the charismatic G N Balasubramanian was a musical prodigy and grew up under his father's guidance. She is the presiding deity of РІР‚СљSarvР”РѓshР”Рѓ-paripР•В«raka chakraРІР‚Сњ (the chakra which fulfils all wishes), she is the beloved of Lord Shiva, she is the Gupta yР“С–gini (the yР“С–gini of this Р”РѓvaraР“В±a) who is worshipped by sage DhР•В«rvР”Рѓsa, she is the annihilator of miseries, she is Hamsini (one who is in the company of great sages), she bestows the absolute bliss of renunciation, she is the ever auspicious one, she is the daughter of the sage KatyР”Рѓyana, she is the wife of Sharva(Shiva), her tress is more dense and dark than a swarm of bees, she is the mother of Guruguha, she is blemishless, she destroys the arrogance in humans (the arrogance manifests as BhandР”Рѓsura), she delights the ShaktР”В«s in this Р”РѓvaraР“В±a (kamР”Рѓkarshini and 15 others), she is beyond attributes, she is the supreme spirit and the form of the world. She is attended on by KamalР”Рѓ (Lakshmi) and VР”РѓР“В±i (Saraswati), the beauty of her neck surpasses the profile of a conch, she is worshipped by the celestials, she resides in the KamalР”Рѓpuram (the lotus in the heart of those who worship her), she speaks softly, she has beautiful teeth and a lotus-like face. Oh mind, worship the goddess KamalР”Рѓmba and cast aside this illusion (the apparent world) The worship of this Р”РѓvaraР“В±a is believed to result in the fulfilling of oneРІР‚в„ўs wishes when worshipped with purity.

This Р”РѓvaraР“В±a has 16 petals, each is presided by a goddess. KamalР”Рѓmbam bhajarР“В© is the second Р”РѓvaraР“В±a kriti. Each Р”РѓvaraР“В±a or enclosure in the yantra has a shape, chakra name, presiding goddess, a yР“С–gini, a mental state and a unique form of Shakti. On each Р”РѓvaraР“В±a, Dikshitar has composed a kriti and hence the NavР”РѓvaraР“В±a (9 enclosures) kritis. This is believed to be that entity which created the universe. The Chakra also symbolises Shiva and Shakti as one entity. The Chakra is intricate and it consists of yantrР”Рѓs and mantrР”Рѓs thus it depicts the union of space and sound i.e., blending of nР”Рѓda brahma and the soul into one supreme. The Sri Chakra (also called Sri Yantra) is the most celebrated of all the yantras and depicts the mother goddess as the source of all creation. Having studied in detail the philosophical and spiritual aspects of worship, Dikshitar explains the intricacies of worshipping the mother goddess (Tripura sundari) and the Sri Chakra in the KamalР”Рѓmba navР”Рѓvarna kritis. Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar, one among our musical trinity, is known for the nature of the rР”Рѓga, the contemplative mood and the lyrical brilliance in his kritis. Now, a short narration on this celebrated composition by Vinaya S.Р”Р‡or a Carnatic music rasika, no NavarР”Рѓtri is complete unless one listens and gets absorbed into the KamalР”Рѓmba navР”Рѓvarna kritis of Muthuswamy Dikshitar. Can anyone of you give me some leads to trace this recording.? I was so fascinated to listen to PCR narrate this incident and now my mission is to look for BMKРІР‚в„ўs 1959 rendition of the same kriti. Then BMK mentioned to him that GNB had said, after his radio programme РІР‚Сљnow that you have played KamalР”РѓmbР”Рѓm bhajarР“В© on the viola, I suggest you sing the same during your programme next weekРІР‚Сњ and BMK sang. Listening to BMK and LGJРІР‚в„ўs violin, PCR discovered his goal of becoming a violinist and went on to lean violin from LGJ.Р”Р„fter many years, when he met BMK as his guru, he narrated the seemingly coincidence of both GNB and BMK rendering the same kriti (KamalР”РѓmbР”Рѓm bhajarР“В©) in a radio programme that followed one another. Exactly a week after, AIR broadcasted another programme in which BMK sang the same kriti (KamalР”РѓmbР”Рѓm bhajarР“В©) as the main item with Sri. The concert was a live relay by AIR and PCR listened KamalР”РѓmbР”Рѓm bhajarР“В© rendered by GNB and accompanied by BMK(Viola) and Tanjore Ramamurthy(mridangam). He was a young lad of 15 years or so and was learning music in Hyderabad. His memory of this concert of about 58 years old and the details that he mentioned (including all the items that had been sung) stunned me. Purnachander (PCR), he mentioned an interesting anecdote about this AIR broadcast. In one of my discussions with violin maestro Sri.

Listening to the restored and remastered audio provides an enjoyable listening experience and one could also observe the accompanying artiste in Balamuralikrisna of those days. It is one of the oldest recordings of Balamuralikrishna as an accompanying artiste. This was relayed from All India Radio (AIR) on 22nd August 1959. G N Balasubramaniam(GNB) accompanied on the Viola by Sri. Here is a vintage KamalР”РѓmbР”Рѓ NavР”РѓvarР“В±a kriti in KalyР”РѓР“В±i sung by Sri.

Jaya janardhana song gouthami