Sri Rama Chandra Krupal-Tulasidas

Sri rama chandra krupalu bhajumana haran bhavabhaya darunam is a Tulasidas kriti.Why I am writing now is because,remembering this kirtana gives me relief :) My Guru taught me this kirtana in Sindhu bhairavi raga.I can never forget how happy my teacher used to be when I sing the phrase, bhavabhaya dArunam.May my Guru and all the Gurus who left us be blessed with peace.

Sri Ram

Pallavi:Sri Ramachandra krupalu bhajumana harana bhavabhaya darunam

Charanam1:Kandarpa aganitha amitha bhavi nava nila nirajasundaram
Pata Peet manav tadit ruchi suchi navmi galada suthaparam

Charanam2:Bhajudina bhandu dinesha danava daityavamsanikandanam
Raghunanda anandakanda kosqala chanda dsaratha nandanam

Charanam3:Siramukuta kundala tilaka char udaru angavibhushanam
Ajanubhuja sar chapadhar sangram dish kar dushanam

Charanam4:Ithivadathi tulasidaa sankara shesha munimana ranjanam
mama hridaya kunj nivas kuruka madikhala dal ganjanam

I will soon upload this Sri rama chandra krupalu kriti by tulasi das in sindhubhairavi :)

Squirrel

Image:Above images are part of our trip to Karnataka,Halebidu and Beluru.Found the Sqirrel image apt to discussion on Lord Rama :)

Prince rama varma

Some years back when I was searching for tutorials on Thillanas ,I found Prince Rama Varma's Videos,disciple of Balamuralikrishna .I opened a video where he explains some voice tips based on gamakas,referring prathama dwithiya,thrithiya kalam(speed) practice of janta swaralu(janta varisai) and alamkarams.There is so much devotion in his voice that I continued listening to his other videos.I say devotion because whoever listens to his swara singing will not stop repeating those swaras with hi in whichever speed or how long the swaram is.At the end I realized how easier Prince Rama Varma makes classical music learning.Person with hardly any grip into Manodharma Sangeetham feels relieved after listening to his way of explaining.

I liked this article where he explains 'Why Music? Why Music by Prince Rama Varma

Music is divine

In relation to what I said ,here is the video,say sample of my description :)

Carnatic Music Idol

Having interest towards Music reality shows of good standard(not participating though ;)),I have been browsing for some gamaka janta swara on Youtube and was awestruck coming across these videos.Since my mother tongue is telugu,I hardly watched any shows in other languages.But by this,I learnt once again that ,in art, you should explore widely.Classical music reminds us everytime from every composition to understand and experiment each Raga,understand it more deeply.

I just want all the Carnatic music lovers not to miss such good videos available on web.

Padumnabha Paramapurusha

When I was learning this geetham, padumanabha paramapurusha ,which is in Malahari Ragam,composed by Purandhara Das garu,I felt proud singing the swaram.The composition is so beautiful.Later when I understood the meaning of geetham,I realised why these composers are treated as God.This geetham is praising Lord Rama ,describing with beautiful adjectives ,nouns and we can see Purandara das ability in composing ,with this small example.Praising ,describing ,praying Lord Rama doesn't have suitable composition than this.I will put forward some of the word's meanings,not all in the below.

Ragam-Malahari

Pallavi : Padumanabha paramapurusha Paramjyothi swaroopa

paduma is lotus , nabha is navel

Vidhuravandhya vimalacharitha vihamgadhi rohana

vandhya is the one who destroys ,vimala -charitha is pure stories :)

Anupallavi :Udathi niwasa uragashayana unnathonnatha mahima
yadukulothama yagna rakshaka ,yagna sikshaka rama nama

sikshaka is preach

Charanam : Vibhishanapalaka namo namo Ibha varadayaka namo namo
Shubhaprada sumanorada surendra manoranjana abhinava purandara vithala bhallare rama nama

subhaprada is good fortune,manoranjana is cheerfulness

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