On this auspicious occasion of Maha Shiv Raatri, I would like to share these powerful pancha linga kshetra kritis, composed by Sri. Muthu Swami Dikshithar and presented by Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri D. K Jayaraman & his disciples. These kritis are sung in the pancha bhoota (1/n)
kshetras in south India. The first bhoota kshetra is the Ekambaraeshwarar temple in the punya city of Kanchipuram, where Prithvi linga represents the Prithvi bhootha. The song is Chintayama Kanda moola kandam, set to Bhairavi Raga. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekambares… (2/n)
The 2nd bhoota kshetra is the Jambukeshwarar temple in Tiruvanaikaaval, near Trichy,where rudra manifests as appu linga, submerged in water,representing the jala tatva.The song Jambu pathe is set in yamuna kalyani with a wave like pattern throughout. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambukesw… (3/n)
The 3rd bhoota kshetra is the Arunachaleshwara temple in the mukthi peeta of the south, Tiruvannamalai, where rudra manifests himself as the Agni linga or Jyoti linga, representing the Agni tatva. The song Arunachala naatham set to Saaranga Raga. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arunachal… (4/n)
The 4th bhootha kshetra is the Kaalahastheeshwarar Temple, in the temple town of Kalahasthi in today's Andhra Pradesh, where rudra manifests as the Vayu linga, representing the Vayu tatva. The song is Sri Kaalahastheesha set to Huseini raga. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srikalaha… (5/n)
The 5th bhoota kshetra is the Thillai Natarajar Temple in Chidambaram, where the dancing Nataraja with his consort Sivakamasundari, manifests as the Akasha linga, representing the Akasha tatva. Song is Ananda Natana Prakasham set to Kedaram raga. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataraja_… (6/n)
Here is the compilation of the all the 5 pancha bhoota sthala kritis. The pancha bhoota krithis start from song 3 in this play list. If Pancha ratna kritish are to Saint Thyagaraja, these Pancha linga kshetra kritis are to Sri. Dikshitar and they were(7/n)
presented by SK Sri. D.K Jayaraman & his students at the Music academy in Chennai. Here is a lecture demonstration of these kritis by Sri. Vijay Shiva, who is one of the disciples of SK Sri. D.K Jayaraman.
. Hope you like them. Stay blessed! (end)
. Hope you like them. Stay blessed! (end)
If you are interested in listening to a female version of tehse songs, here is the rendition by Smt. Bombay Jayshree Ramnath.
Prithvi Linga
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Prithvi Linga
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Appu or Jambu Linga
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Agni or Jyoti Linga
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Vayu linga.
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Aakaasha Linga
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