Carnatic Music

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Dear Devotees,

We should all be grateful to Shriman Sadagopan for bringing to our

notice a treasure house of Carnatic Music Collection. Below is a copy

of his posting in Oppiliappan List::

 

Thu, 23 Sep 2004

Sadagopan <sgopan (AT) computer (DOT) net>Extensive site for

Carnatic Music LoversSrI: Professor Sivasubramanian RamanAthan of

RPIhas kindly advised us of his extensive web sitedealing with

Carnatic Music . I found the content mostvaluable . Please feel free

to use them . The URL

is:http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/homepages/shivakuma/personal/music/index.htmlThank

you Professor Ramanathan for sharing this treasure !V.Sadagopan

 

When I accessed the web-site (the correct URL of the Home Page is:

http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/homepages/shivkuma/ ) I was stunned by the

volume of the web-content. Prof. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman teaches

networking and computer engineering courses in his University in USA

and is engaged in research work in the area of computer networking,

concentrated around the theme of traffic management and high

performance wireless networking. He also guides research students for

their Ph.D. One would think that this itself is work that must fill

his whole day. But his interest in Carnatic music is so deep that he

has devoted, perhaps, an equal amount of time to create this large

treasure-house of Carnatic music literature/audio etc on the web

which you have to see to believe. I tell my children/grandchildren

that there is always time available to engage in many

intellectual/spiritual pursuits in addition to the work/study they

are compulsorily doing every day. Where there is a will, there is a

way; or, as the sanskrit saying goes: yath bhavah thath bhavati. We

have to make the determination.

Prof. Kalyanaraman's music-related web-material are contained in the following sub-sites:

http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/index.html

http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/varnams/index.html

http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/manodharma/index.html

 

He has generously offered to give us a copy of the non-copyright

material in 6 CDs for $36 or Rs.1,500/- The details are at:

http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/background.html#cdrom

 

May the tribe of Prof. Kalyanaramans increase and benefit the

community. We need many more like him to spread knowledge relating to

our culture and also to set an example for service to community.

 

Dasan

Krishnaswamy