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on the occasion of Shri K. J. Yesudas' 80th birthday this year, a running thread of photos from his life...
as a young playback singer

[D. M. Pottekkat, Devarajan master, Vayalar Rama Varma, KJY]
Ravindra Jain, KJY &, P. Bhaskaran
I have never seen him without a beard!
how many lifetimes of music can you fit into one frame?

[Dakshinamurthy swami, Ilayaraja, KJY]
with L. R. Ishwari, the great P. Susheela, M. Jayachandran, & KJY
with the irreplaceable M. Balamurali Krishna
'raaju vedale juuta murare...'
with the great D K Pattammal...
a felicitation by the his guru Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar...
as he sings, M. F. Hussain brings forth an inner world...
with Dakshinamurthy swami and KJY's son, Vijay
a doodle & sketch by KJY of Jesus Christ...
with his wife Prabha at the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple...
in the early days of their marriage
playback with K. P. Udayabhanu
many decades later...
over the decades, one immortal voice...
all of the above photos courtesy Matrubhumi magazine.
for those interested:

a Carnatic composition in ragam Hamsadhwani... vimeo.com/34692136
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since it is the christmas holidays, something fun:

here is a Sanskrit verse from 15thC Kerala in south India by a mathematician Madhava (~1360-1420)

vibudhanetragajaahihutaasanatrigunavedabhavaarannabaahavah I
navanikharvamite vrrtivistare paridhimaanam idam jagadur budhaah ||
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"Gods, eyes, elephants, snakes, fires, three, qualities, Vedas, the constellations, elephants, and arms -- the wise say that this is of the circumference when the diameter of a circle is nine hundred billion."
a while ago, i had tweeted a thread about the Katapayadi system [if interested see here: ]

lesser known is the 'bhootasankhya' system -- which refers to the 'bhootanam sankhya' or 'numbers linked to (spectral?) beings'
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A short thread on the Katapayadi schema which I mention in the essay below, wherein numbers are concealed/correlated in words. Hiding numbers in words, traditional cryptology, transmuting words into numbers — all have a long & obscure history. Katapayadi is one such system.
But first, let’s talk about sex.

Per the Kamasutra, among the 64 arts a courtesan ought to know: 45th is “secret writing” [‘mlechchita-vikalpa’]

Two types exist: one, is called ‘kautilyam’ (letter substitutions), another is ‘muladeviya’ (interchange a for k, t and p etc).
I had learnt the Katapayadi schema as a child in my obligatory Carnatic music lessons. In it 7-note “main” ragas were arranged thus [see image].

Then, I forgot about it all, till recently.

Amusing how one’s past hides in the bushes, awaiting an opportunity to reappear.
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At the 1975 Agnicayana-Athirathram in Panjal, Kerala — a group of scholars & filmmakers studied/recorded the event after the great Erkkara Raman Namboodiri agreed to it being recorded: here, Frits Staal, Romila Thapar, Kevin Burke, Robert Gardner, Asko Parpola, Kunju Vasudevan.
at the Agnicayana sacrifice in Panjal, Kerala, 1975; when there was protest against the potential use of animal sacrifice.

the Namboodiris formed a consultative group, & decided to substitute animals with pistapashu [representative clay/rice] as done by the Mádhavas in Mysore.
A visitor to the Agnicayana ritual grounds, Kerala 1975.
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