From there to the little Navaneetha Krishna temple in Thanjavur. It is beside the Bangaru Kamakshi temple.
Saint Tyagaraja composed 'Navaneeta Chora Devaki Vasudeva Nandana' at this temple. 😍 🙏
Onwards to coastal Andhra town of Karvetinagaram. The erstwhile princely state and the large temple of Sri Venugopalaswamy. 😍
The temple once had a huge number of Kalavantulu (devadasis) and the famous composer Sarangapani whose Padams are still performed.
We aren't too far from the town of Movva! Another beautiful temple of lord Venugopalaswamy.
The famous poet Kshetrayya hailed from here. A lot of his Padams are dedicated to Krishna here. They are still sung in Carnatic kacheris and performed in Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. 😊
From there to the Bangalore-Mysore highway. Turn off at Chennapatana and few mins ahead you reach Doddamalur. The ancient temple of Lord Aprameya Krishna! 🙏
It was here that Sangita Pitamaha Saint Purandaradasa composed the famous 'Jagadhodharana Adisidale'.
Krishna is 😍
From there into the lush western ghats! Udupi! At the Krishna Matha.
This wonderful Krishna holding a buttermilk churner has been blessing everyone for centuries now! 😍
Image of HH Pejavara Sri performing Pooja. 🙏
Will end with this beautiful company school painting from the Mysore palace archives. A lovely #KrishnaJayanthi procession😍
The Wodeyar Kings of Mysore trace their history back to descendants of Lord Krishna's Yaduvamsam who migrated from Dwaraka
May lord Krishna bless all!
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Birth centenary of my beloved Guru Garu, Pouranika Sarvabhouma, Pravachana Chakravarthy, Veda Brahmasri Malladi Chandrashekhara Sastry Garu!
Truly, once in a century does someone of his eminence walk this earth!
Chirasmaraneeya!
न भूतो न भविष्यति!
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One of the greatest achievements in my life was to get his appreciation. Something impossible to get! He was not an easy person to please! Brutal in his opinion and candid in his words, he called a spade a spade!
His and Amma Garu’s warmth and love is a lifetime blessing!
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An old thread when he passed away , three years ago.
4th of May is the birth anniversary of the great Carnatic Vaggeyakara , Saint and an unparalleled Rama Bhaktha Sadguru Tyagaraja Swami (1767 -1847) on the english calendar!
Img of his Samadhi Mandiram at Thiruvaiyaru just now.
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With my dear friends and wonderful musicians, the great Malladi Brothers at Thiruvaiyaru.
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A traditional Utsava Sampradaya Keerthana by Vid @AbhismRti for this beautiful evening. Offered at the annual Aradhana in Thiruvaiyaru.
It is said that Tyagaraja Swamy was inspired by the procession of Vaduvoor Ramar and composed this!
Countless stories of courage in every corner! A thousand sacrifices! No colour, caste, creed, age...all of them were Aasthikas. Poets, dancers, scholars, writers, Jeeyar Swamys, commonfolk...All diehard devotees of Sri Ranganathaswamy.
In the 1940s, Andhra was caught in being highly inspired by Bengali literature. Telugu writers and literary figures tried to emulate similar content in their works.
Short thread!
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Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay's famous novel 'Devdas' was made into an opera in 1940. It had over two dozen songs. This particular song was composed by the great Balantrapu Rajanikantha Rao Garu. However it never made it into the final opera but became extremely popular on radio.
It was sung by another stalwart Carnatic classical musician Sri Voleti Venkateswarlu. It became a hit and later Rao regretted not including it in the opera.
Decades later the same song was taught by veteran Vidwan Sri Malladi Suribabu Garu to our favourite @_RamanaB_. 🤩🙏🏼
Auspicious morning of Magha Shukla Ashtami when Bheeshma, the grand old Pitamaha of the Mahabharata, completed revealing the greatness of Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam to the Pandavas, as he lay on a bed of arrows in Kurukshetra.
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In Shanthi Parva of Mahabharatam, we know Bheeshma decided to leave his mortal coil on the 8th phase in bright fortnight of Magha, Magha Shukla Ashtami, also known as #BheeshmaAshtami. He was already on a bed of arrows over the last few Pakshas.
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Bheeshma was not his original name. He was King Devavrata. Due to the uncompromising Pratigya he took, he was addressed as 'Bheeshma'. He was also a master of Vedas and Shastras. Hence, out of everyone in the Kuru clan, he was addressed as "Bheeshmacharya" with reverence.