A masterclass by BMK on how some music can't seperate itself from lyrics.His rendition of Tyagayya's 'Mokshamu Galada' is unique. Observe the rendition of the samasa - Jivanmuktulugaani(Jeevana+Mukti+ kaani - Those that aren't liberated from the cycle of life)
*Thread on a forgotten hill-station in Sandur block, Ballari district*
After Thomas Munro annexed the territory of Sandur he decided “the [Raja of Sandur] was as much a sovereign in his own valley as any prince in India” & re-instated him as a prince through a Sanad on 7.7.1826.
The Sanads(deeds) were renewed periodically & in 1846,the Raja permitted the establishment of a
Sanitarium in Ramandurg on application of the Collector, Bellary.The town of Bellary now hosted a number of Europeans,mostly in the Cantonment working in the military or civil service.
The hill-station had places with names like Tower Hill, Bee Flat, Watergate, Redclyffe Rock, the Bamboo Jungle, Neill's Road, Mr. Story’s house, Captain Fredfield’s house. James Morant, the Chaplain of Bellary, captured these places on his canvass between 1851-56.