Chapter 5 General environment and mood, the impetus Ranjani Govind Photos by Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth The atmosphere at home in Mysore led Srikantan into the formal road for learning. Come Friday and Saturday, Krishna Sastry’s house would reverberate...
Chapter 4 The birth of the star at Rudrapatna Ranjani Govind Photos by Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth This house - in one of the four main streets at Brahmanara Beedi of Rudrapatna, (those were the days when streets were divided based on caste) - though seemed just as...
Kala Samvada – Smt. Padma Chittampalli : Documenting Legacy -Janani Murali Padma Chittampalli hails from a musical family in Mysore. Her father was a disciple of Mysore Vasudevachar and Tiger Varadachar. Her mother was a Tamil scholar. Padma and her sister...
Chapter 3 Kaveri (Cauvery) as a life force for Sanketis Ranjani Govind Photos by Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth For the Telugu musical saint Bhadrachala Ramadas who sang ‘Adigo bhadradri, goutami idigo choodandi’ it must have been an inspiration as he reflected on the...
Chapter 2 (Continued) The Sanketi origin Ranjani Govind Photos by Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth The Mysore link….. The reason for music being integral to everyone then was the presence of the Royal Court in Mysore as a great patron of fine arts. As the rulers...
A biography of Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar by Sri T L Venkatarama Aiyer - Dr. Akshatha Varun This book is a great resource for the students and rasikas of Carnatic music to get to know more about one of the trinities of Carnatic music, Sri. Muthuswamy Dikshitar. ...
