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O Mind, when the beautiful path to salvation is available, why should you take the by-lanes? However, this raga is meant to be heard leisurely and I very much enjoy the 52 minute detailed rendition by Aruna Sairam. For the sake of readers with limited time, I offer below only the sahityam performed by M.D.Ramanathan. He is a voice of my childhood as my father enjoyed MDR’s music very much and his voice was often heard booming out of our tape recorder. His beautifully deep and resonant voice and a relaxed style of singing was unique. He won many awards and accolades, including the Padmashri in 1974. He was also a composer, writing more than 300 kritis in Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu. Later he was to become the principal of the same institute. He was a gifted child and trained under his father until he went to Kalakshetra to train under Tiger Varadachariar. came from an illustrious Guru Parampara with an impeccable musical lineage. I will take this opportunity to present another great musician from yesteryears. ‘ When thick creamy milk is there, why do you want toddy?’ Is the poet-composer addressing the song to himself or us? He says ‘ O Manasa’– ‘O Mind’ so perhaps it is addressed to himself but it is also addressed to to all of us who have strayed from the path of devotion and salvation. ‘ When the beautiful path to salvation is available, why should you take the by-lanes?’ says Tyagaraja. To know more about this raga, click here. The raga demands an unhurried mind the longer you listen to it, the better it feels. I don’t always respond to Kharaharapriya but when it is sung well, it can be deeply moving.
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Some ragas catch my attention whenever they are played, others depends on my mood. My family does not find it odd to find me standing in the middle of room, eyes far away, senses alert and focused as I let my spirit absorb a phrase, a note. Why do we respond to certain ragas and not to others? There are ragas which still me, whatever I am doing. In a recent conversation with my sister, she mentioned that she very much enjoyed the Raga Kharaharapriya. O Mind, when a beautiful path to salvation is available, why should you take the by-lanes? When thick creamy milk is there, why do you want toddy?