Additional Information on the Gadhya Thryamas rendering by Smt.Nagamani Srinath

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SrI:

Dear BhakthAs :

 

Number of You have written to me about how to acquire the above set of

Two CD ROMs . Here are some additional comments in this context :

 

(1) Before adiyEn provides that information , adiyEn would like to invite

Your attention to the Tamil Text and the English Meanings of the three

Gadhyams of AchArya RaamAnuja provided by Our Sri MadhavakkaNNan

of Srirangam and Simhapuri . Before you listen to the excellent recital of

Sriamthi Nagamani Srinath , it will be good to familarize yourself with the meanings

of the ChoorNikais of the three gadhyams .The URL for Sri MadhavakkaNNan's

translations is :

 

http://www.srivaishnava.org/sv/rama/gadya.htm

 

(2) Sri V.Srinivasan , the National organizer of Smt.Nagamani's 2005 concert Tour

in USA and Canada has kindly agreed to send you the CD ROMs of the three gadhyams .

These two CD ROMs have been priced at $20 per set .$5 from the sale of each of

these sets will be donated to Lord RanganAthA's Temple at Pomona , NY

( http://www.Ranganatha.org) .

 

(3) You can contact Sriman Srinivasan at Sashti with your requests.

Your check should be addressed to " Optimight Consulting LLC". His mailing

address is :

 

Optimight Consulting LLC

3614 Columbia Blvd

Garland , TX 75043-2246

 

(4) adiyEn has heard the two wonderful CD ROMs , which show musical

craftsmanship , the correct Sanskrit UccharaNam of Complex passages ,

the proper sandhi bhEdhams and brilliantly intutive selection of many

RaagAs to suit the spirit of the different SoorNikais .

 

(5) Twenty Nine RaagAs are elaborately developed step by step to accompany

the different gadhyam passages (M) . The Svaroopam of Few more RaagAs are

given in between in the humming form(H) without elaboration to provide link and

continuity . This combination of rendering the brief and long svaroopams /

LakshaNams of the RaagAs to pause /parse according to the Bhaava and

the meaning of the gadhyam passages(Saahithyam here) is clever. This is deliberate

because the detailed elaboration of all of the 45 raagAs would interfere unduly

with the meaning of the Saahithyam ; hence only glimpses of the RaagAs are

given without divulging their full svaroopam .

 

(6)Approximately Seventeen Raagams are hummed or hinted by the Flutist or

Violinist .The remaining 28 RaagAs are developed elaborately during the rendering of

the three gadhyams . These 28 RaagAs slelected with exquisite taste are :

 

SaraNAgathi Gadhyam : (1) Bhouli (H) , (2) PanthuvarALi (3) Sudha DhanyAsi

(4) Kaamavardhini (H) , (5) KalyANi , (6) AtaaNaa , (7) Varamu , a rare Raaga

used by Saint AnnamAchArya , (8) KeeravANi , (9) SoothradhAra , (10) SarasAngi

(11) HamsAnandhi , (12) MadhyamAvathi (13) BhoopALi .

 

Sriranga Gadhyam : (1) Aarabhi , (2) LathAngi , (3) Mohanam , (4) Nata Bhairavi .

 

Vaikunta Gadhyam : (1) Vaasanthi (H) , (2) HindOLam , (3) Durgaa ,

(4) ShaNmukha PriyA , (5) AbhOgi , (6) Madhuvanthy , (7) Hamsadhwani ,

(8) Subha-PanthuvarALi (9) Chandra Kouns , (10) Kaanada , (11) KedAra GouLa

and ( 12) Surutti .

 

In summary , this set of CD ROMs should be in the house of

every Sri VaishNava and should be heard as often as possible

to get closer to AchArya RaamAnujA's anubhavam of

SaraNAgathi performed before Srirangam Dampathis

on behalf of all of us .

 

NamO Sri RanganAthAya ,

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan