Guest guest Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Sri Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar(Tamil: அரியகà¯à®Ÿà®¿ ராமானà¯à®œ à®à®¯à®™à¯à®•à®¾à®°à¯) (1890-1967) or more popularly simply called as Ariyakudi was born in Ariyakudi a town in the Karaikudi district of Tamil Nadu, South India in the year 1890. Ariyakudi was a Carnatic Music vocalist and is known for his unique style. He made his debut at Tyagaraja Aradhana in 1918. His unique style of singing came to be known as The Ariyakudi Tradition and is followed by his students. The doyen of Carnatic Music, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer is known to have remarked " I was greatly influenced by Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar. I do not want another life. But if there is one, I want to be able to sing like Ramanuja Iyengar " [1]. And another maestro G N Balasubramaniam, a contemporary of Ariyakudi is known to have prostrated in front of him out of respect. With Palghat Mani Iyer, the Mridangam maestro, he formed a formidable partnership on the concert platform and a remarkable friendship born out of mutual respect [2]. Ariyakudi learnt under Pudukottai Malayappa Iyer and Namakkal Narasimha Iyengar in his early years. Later he learnt for several years under Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar who was the senior most disciple of Patnam Subramnaium Iyer. Ariyakudi's famous disciples include K V Narayanaswamy, B Rajam Iyer, Alappuzha Venkatesan and Madurai N Krishnan. ============================================================= clik the given link to download the following songs of Ariyakkudi [this mail is sent specially for those who could not download or notice the earlier mails of mine with the tracks]. http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=ff6ccf9d6cdacfcd8ef1259ff1b60e81d1a5e915271 4e8445621d66e282a0ee8 1] INTHACHALA -- VARNAM -- 5.36 MTS -- 5,14 MB [2] ENTHARO MAHANUBHAVULU -- 9..28 MTS -- 8.67 MB [3] APARAAMA BHAKTI -- 13.35 MTS -- 12.4 MB [4] EVARANI -- 4.12 MTS -- 3.86 MB [5] MARIVERE -- 14.3 MTS -- 13.3 MB [6] SRI NARADA -- 10.46 MTS -- 9.87 MB [7] KALITEERA VANDARUL -- 30.45 MTS -- 28.1 MB [8] NIDHICHAALA -- 21.28 MTS -- 19.6 MB [9] MAARUBALGA -- 8.28 MTS -- 7.25 MB [10] RAAGA MAALIKA - RAAGAM THAANAM PALLAVI - SHAN -- 39.37 MTS -- 36.2 MB [11] SONNADORVANI -- 4..43 MTS -- 4.33 MB [12] SHLOKAM -- 6,52 MTS -- 6.29 MB [13] KALIYUGATHALLI -- 5.46 MTS -- 5.29 MB [14] ONGI ULAGALANDA [TIRUPPAVAI] -- 5.30 MTS -- 5.19 MB [15] HARI BHAJAN -- 2.46 MTS -- 2.54 MB===================================================== ever LAFcheenu@coimbatore09360069227 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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