Author: Ramkumar R

  • Avani Avittam/Upakarma/Gayathri Japam for year 2007

    Some good sites on the net that give the procedure for Avani Avittam and Gayathri Japam (helpful especially for those who plan to do the same by themselves): 1) http://www.trsiyengar.com/id24.html 2) http://www.ahobilam.com/ 3) http://www.kandamangalam.com/Avani%20Avittam%20Audio.aspx 4) http://www.prapatti.com

  • Face to face with T.K. Murthy

    Shruti, Worldspace Satellite Radio’s 24 hour Carnatic music channel broadcast a 2 hour “face to face” program on 14th Aug 2007 that featured veteran mrudangam maestro Shri T.K. Murthy. I am posting a few excerpts from the same based on the notes I took. The entire conversation was in Tamil…

  • Scary

    There was this article on Rediff yesterday titled “Bangalore: The rising divorce rate in the IT sector” that talked about the divorce cases belonging to those from the IT sector being on the rise and being a significant contributor to the overall number. However what was actually much more scary…

  • Music Academy December Season 2007 Schedule

    Music Academy released its schedule for this year’s music season (Dec 07-Jan 08) some days back. The same has been updated at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ . Please check the list under the months December 2007 and January 2008.

  • August 2007 Chennai Concert Schedule

    The build-up to the grand finale (December season) seems to have started with so many concerts lined up in August 2007 in Chennai. Check out the updated schedule at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/

  • Trip to Elagiri (Yelagiri)

    *** Giving details of a recent trip to (Y)Elagiri below …. might prove useful for people planning a trip to the place in the future *** Elagiri is a hill station located in Tamil Nadu and is a nice weekend getaway, especially for the Chennai junta. Characteristics: Weather is supposed…

  • On consultants

    This one is for all those who are involved in any kind of consulting work …… got this in mail today and just couldn’t avoid posting .. may be because it is linked to my work (consultant, not a vet, certainly not a cat of the kind described). This is…

  • Some changes

    Took a decision not to post any more about live concerts I hear. Even if there are any such posts, they will be very very rare. Majority of posts should again be about Carnatic music; guess its impossible to live without it. Schedules of concerts in Chennai will continue to…

  • July Concert Schedule for Chennai

    Concert schedule (Carnatic) for Chennai for the month of July 2007 is available at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ Will keep updating it as more details come in.

  • Gayathri Venkataraghavan @ TTD, Chennai

    (Photos courtesy Sri Pyarilal of carnaticsangeetham.com) Venue: TTD Information Center, Venkatanarayana Road, T.Nagar, Chennai Date: 23 June 2007 Organizer: TTD Information Center Vocal: Vid Gayathri Venkataraghavan Violin: Vid Charumathi Raghuraman Mrudangam: Vid Erode Nagaraj Ghatam: Vid H. Prasanna Tambura: Vid Vijayalakshmi List of songs: 1) valaci (varnam) – rAgamAlikA –…

  • Gokulashtami Concerts 2007 @ Odukkathur Mutt, Bangalore

    This one is for rasikas in Bangalore. The schedule for SGBS Trust’s Gokulashtami Concerts is available at http://www.sgbstrust.org/ASP/Art.htm#mconcert Reminds me of the same time last year when I attended most concerts in that series, traveling all the way from the opposite end of the city. Schedule is pasted below for…

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 20 June 2007 Occasion: Narada Gana Sabha & Papanasam Sivan Rasigar Manram Vocal: Vid Sikkil C. Gurucharan Violin: Vid Nagai Sriram Mrudangam: Vid Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan List of songs: 1) tuNai purindaruL – suddha hindOLam – Adi – pApanAsam sivan (S)…

  • T.Rukmini & Amritha Murali @ STSVS, Chennai

    Venue: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam, Thiagarajapuram, Mylapore Date: 19 June 2007 Organizer: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam Violin Duet: Vid. T.Rukmini & Vid. Amritha Murali Mrudangam: Vid. Pathri Satish Kumar Ghatam: Vid. S.Karthick Tambura: Vid. Vaidyanathan List of songs: 1) ninnE kOri (varNam) – vasantA – Adi – tAchUr…

  • Sanjay Subrahmanyan @ STSVS, Chennai

    Venue: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam, Thiagarajapuram, Mylapore Date: 18 June 2007 Organizer: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam Vocal: Vid. Sanjay Subrahmanyan Violin: Vid. Nagai Muralidharan Mrudangam: Vid. Guruvayur Dorai Khanjira: Vid. Neyveli B. Venkatesh List of songs: 1) yOcanA – darbAr – Adi – tyAgarAja (OS) 2) rAmA ninnu…

  • S.Saketaraman @ Ramana Kendram, Chennai

    Venue: Ramana Kendram, Alarmelmangapuram, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 17 June 2007 Organizer: Ramana Kendram Vocal: Vid. S. Saketaraman Violin: Vid. Charumathi Raghuraman Mrudangam: Vid. Trivandrum Balaji List of songs: 1) mAl marugan (varNam) – hindOLam – Adi – tanjAvUr shankara iyer (O) 2) karuNAnidhiyE – bauLi – misra chApu – pApanAsam…