[Fwd: Joyous News: AzhwAr Audio Tapes have arrived here.]

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Sadagopan wrote:

 

> Dear BhakthAs:

>

> It is my BhAgyam to announce the arrival of

> the first 17 sets of the twin volume of Audio

> Tapes : " The Divine Stories of the Alwars " .

>

> Each set has two tapes running in all for 80 minutes.

> Te text dealing with the lives of individual AzhwArs

> are in English with the added benefit of the beautiful

> rendering of the Sanskrit Taniyans and other laudatory

> slOkas for each of the 12 AzhwArs .The Pronunciation

> experienced the Sanskrit slOkAs is most chaste.

> Each of these slOkAs are sung in selected RaagAs of

> Carnatic Music by very competent vidhvAns , who have

> mastery over Raaga LakshaNams and the Sanskrit language.

> Some of the Raagams used are HindOLam , ThOdi , Mohanam,

> KalyANi , SaarangA , Revathi ,AbhEri , SahAnA , Aaarabhi ,

> AtANA , Desh , BhUpALam , PanthuvarALi , Poorvi KlayANi,

> Kaapi , MallAri , ,BhouLai , KhAmbhOji and MadhyamAvathi.

>

> MangaLa Instruments hum the music in background . VeeNA ,

> Flute, Naadhasvaram , Mrudhangam and Ghatam are used

> as accompaniments . For special effects , NagarA ,

> Tampattam , GhantA , KeraLA JeNDai Vaadhyam ( during

> the narration of the history of KulasEkharar)

> have been used.

>

> Special effects like the sound of flowing Cauvery

> waters ( Duirng ThiruppANAzhwAr's charithram narration ),

> Thunder et al have been incorporated as background

> befitting the special sections of the narration

> on the lives of the AzhwArs.

>

> The two tapes are a by-product of the larger

> Interactive Multimedia Project on the Life of

> the AzhwArs and the 108 Dhivya Desams that they

> performed MangaLAsAsanam , which Sriman Alwar of

> Mysore and adiyEn have been working on with support

> from number of BhakthAs for the past few months.

> Those Multimedia CD ROMs are almost ready.Meanwhile,

> we wanted to release an audio version for the families

> of BhakthAs .

>

> The concept for these Tapes was developed by adiyEn

> and Dr.M.A.Alwar of Mysore . The script for these

> narrations has been provided by Thirumanjanam

> S.Sundararajan of Srirangam. He has posted many

> exquisite articles on the Bhakthi list sofar.

>

> The beautiful cover design contaiing the pictures of

> the 12 AzhwArs was conceived by Dr.M.A.Alwar.

>

> These tapes are released by the International

> RaamAnujA Society head quarterd in Denver , Colorado.

> Additional information on the Sri Sookthis of

> the 12 AzhwArs and their Vaibhavam has been archived

> in Bhakthi archives. These tapes are the second in

> the series of educational material released by

> the International RaamAnujA Society . The first in

> this series is the Interactive Mulitmedia CD ROM

> on the life and Sri Sookthis of AchArya RaamAnujA

> released last year.

>

> I have the first batch of 16 Copies availab;e

> for distribution. We have made 500 copies in all

> and some of the BhakthAs returning from India are

> hand carrying additional copies here.

>

> In India , these copies can be acquired from :

>

> Dr.M.A. Alwar ,

> Samskrit Foundation

> 142 (Upstairs) College Road

> Mysore ,570024

>

> In USA , both Sri Mohan sagar and adiyEN

> will help you acquire them .

>

> The cost of these tapes have been pegged at

> 100 Rupees in India and 10$ plus postage here .

> Please contact any one of us , if you wish to

> acquire a copy of these tapes for your lpersonal use.

>

> It has been a great pleasure for me to work with

> Dr.M.A.Alwar on this important educational

> project on Sri VaishNavam . AdiyEn's sincere

> thanks to Thirumanjanam Sri Sundara Rajan Swamy for

> his excellent script for the Lives and works of

> the 12 AzhwArs.

>

> AzjwArkaL ThiruvadigaLE saraNam,

> Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan

>

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