Interesting Kritis of Shathavadhani Dr.Ganesh

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SAhitya pf an interesting & melodious tillana in Telugu language on Lord Krishna called VamshI - vilAsa tillAna set to rAga valachi & AditALa is as follows

nIla nIrada sama samAna
pAli pAla paramA
bAlamuralikA lOla taralaka
talachi malachi valachiti madilo

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Here is another Kriti in Raga Hamsadhvani set to Adi tala in Sanskrit composed about six years ago

Pallavi || tatvArtha pratipAdaka - vinAyaka
tatvOkti chinmAtRukA shivaika ||


Samashtu charaNa || ramaNIya gajavadana - hRutsadana
smaraNIya guNagaNana
namitAnukaMpana ghanavAmana
sumasAyaka hati jita chEtana || 1 ||


|| pashutAni baMdhana - vasitAMkushAyana
bisajAta rasahAsa karamOdaka
kushalapradAcharaNa - chalatAkhu saMcgaraNa
lasadagra pUjana garimAtmaka || 2||

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Notations are set to all the compositions discussed as of now.
Any one interested can send their request

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One more interesting kriti in raga sarasAMgi set to Adi taala is as below

pallavi || sArasAMgi - rasAMgi
sarasAMgi - shubhAMgi

anupallavi || tOrenege tiLi nageya shAradE
varadE vishAradE paradE nI bAradE

caraNa || mAtE maidOrida maatE suprItE
gItE saMgIta kalA kamala bhAtE
nartanagati gaNyE - vartana puNyE
aartajanAvana pAvana puNyE

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Find one more Kannada composition in Raga Amruta varshini set to Khanda chapu

Pallavi: Agasada AnamdabhAShpa varSha - kRupA
yOgavidu iLge puLakavarShavidu

maLebilla vINeyanu miDidu nuDidu
hoLeva miMchina dIpa beLagi toLagi |
mugilagOpuradimda haniya hUgaLa celli
bhagavantanavatarisi baruva teradi || 1||

jIvanAdhAra - pAvanAkAra
bhAvabhUdhAra - shrIvadhUsAra
hasirusiru tirugenalu rasakomdu hesaru
hanigaLali janagaLanu anunayipa chaduru
One can find chaturashra lyrics in the last two lines to avoid monotony of Khanda chapu & also the beauty of Adi prAsa

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Find lyric of one more kriti in todi set to AditALa (caturashra vilLaMba until specified) on great reformer saint Shankara BhagavatpAda. To acomadate more of akArAs (frills) one can find less of sAhitya in pallavi portion.

pa|| shaMkara bhagavatpAdaM - shrI shaMkara bhagavatpAdaM
saMkIrtayAmi tattvAmOdam ||

anu pallavi || Atmasattva samapanna sakala ci
nmAtra darshanAdvaitaM
EkamEva braHmAnu bhavadRushA ss
lOkita sAmarasyaM

caraNa: shAstra - shilpa - vijnyAna kalAnAM
shAstra bhUta paramArthaM
rUpayanniha sacchidAnaMda
prApaka vidyAchAryaM ||

From here onwards trishragati madhyama kAla will follow

advitIya mapramEya mapratarkya dEshikaM
sadvitIya shuShkavAda durvichaara mArakaM

Now in trishra viLaMba will follow
bharata bhuvana vishva vaMdya
Now back to caturashra gati
guruvaramanishaM manasA tarasA

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The import of Telugu tillna set to raga Valachi is as follows
O! Krishna you are like a rain bearing cloud & you have no parallels in three worlds
You are my protector. I have carved your image in my heart in the form of a charming boy engrosed in playing the lilting flute. Please come to me

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Please find link for video of a Ragamalika composed by Dr.Shathavadhani Dr.Ganesh sung by me for Doordarshan eight years ago in.youtube.com/watch?v=r0UXfYLy1L8

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I will post the lyrics of the same shortly

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Lyrics of Ragamaalika named Gaana Ganapati

Raaga: SAramati

sAramati sumati Ganapati
dhIragati sukRuti kRuti

rAga: haMsAnaMdi

sOhaMsaMdhi haMsAnaMdi
mOhaparA gaMdhi

rAga: abhOgi

rAgayOgi mahAbhOgi
tyAgavEgi niyOgi

rAga: haMsanAda

paramAnaMda haMsanAda
garimAbaMdha saMbaMdha

rAga: ShaNmukhapriya

kOvidagEya ShaNmukhapriya
jIvamEya sarasanayA

rAga: Gurupriya

bhavitaprAya shivagurupriya
navatAnIta lalitahita

rAga: abhEri

vENu vinOda vINAbhEri
prANA paramapaNa

rAga:mOhana

vidyAjIvana sadyOmOhana
vEdyA saMvahana

This was tuned by me

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Please findyoutube link of Sangita stava tillna. It is sung by my daughter kum.N.Ranjani in one of the concert last year. She is a software engineer
in.youtube.com/watch?v=N1vTPRXzHb8
The lyrics of the tillana in the raga Saraswathy is already posted

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Pls find youtube link for a video clipping of one of the melodious Ragamalika named Panchakalyani sung during Navaratri four years ago. This particular Ragamalika consists of five ragas viz Kalyani, Mohana Kalyani, Hamir Kalyani, Poorvikalyani & Hamira kalyani tuned by me of course for Sahitya of Dr.R.Ganesh
in.youtube.com/watch?v=fgCan3s8iTo
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Hello all
Pls find youtube link where in you can view interesting kritis of Shathavadhani Dr.R.Ganesh
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