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Paying homage amidst nature
VENKATESAN SRIKANTH
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Delhiites paid homage to the peerless Thyagaraja with a group rendition of his compositions led by Carnatic singer N. Santhanagopalan.
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Named after the legend, Thyagaraja Colony is situated behind Delhi’s famous INA market.
The legend A portrait of Thyagaraja.
It was a usual early morning scene in any park. While some ‘health conscious’ citizens were taking a brisk walk, others were performing yoga. But in one corner , the scene was quite unusual, when a group of Delhiites assembled in this par
k on a bright Sunday morning and paid homage to the great saint composer Thyagaraja.
Their homage was in the form of group singing of his pancharatna kritis and was led by the popular Carnatic musician Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan from Chennai. Named after the legend, Thyagaraja Colony is situated behind Delhi’s famous INA market.
Santhanagopalan began the proceedings straightaway with the pancharatna kritis of the saint, namely, ‘Jagadanandakaraka’ (raga Nattai), ‘Dudukugala’ (raga Gowla), ‘Sadinchene’ (raga Aarabi), ‘Kanakanaruchira’ (raga Varali) and ‘Entharo Mahanu bhavu’ (raga Sri).
Some of Delhi’s musicians and rasikas joined him during rendition.
Neat and emotive
It was a neat, emotive and enlivening presentation from the beginning. The ambience in the park was natural. One can find several stone pillars in this park inscribed with some of the ideas propounded by the saint composer in his work. Santhanagopalan took this opportunity to present some of them. His presentation of ‘Sarasa Sama’ in the raga Kapinarayani was lively. ‘Mokshamu Galadha’ in the raga Saramathi was emotive. While presenting ‘Sobhillu saptasvara’ in the raga Jaganmohini and ‘Nadhathanumanusam’ in the raga Chitaranjani, Santhanagopalan’s emphasis was on the sahitya content. Though this was not strictly in a concert format, Santhanagopalan, thoughtfully, took up a phrase from the charanam of the saint’s composition and also presented some energetic swaraprastharas. He was assisted by Delhi’s V.S.K. Chakrapani on the violin and Kumbakonam N. Padmanabhan on the mridangam. It was also heartening to note that the picturesque parkis being maintained well.
However, the process of installing a statue of the composer in this park, which appears to have begun some years ago, has not been completed.
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