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QUOTE OF THE MONTH:
After silence that which comes nearest to
expressing the inexpressible is music.
- Aldous Huxley
Vol.4, Issue 1 2004
karnATik this month brings you continuations of
all the things you love - articles, stories, and
of course, lyrics!
1. NEW LOOK!
- STORY: PART III
- LYRICS AND AUDIO FOR A SONG!
2. ARTICLE
3. TRIVIA
4. LATEST LYRICS (20 MORE!)
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1. NEW FEATURES
* A NEW LOOK!
karnATik has a new look! The navigation box at the top should help you
get where you want a little faster. OR you can still use the Popular
Pages
box to get where you want. Simply choose the page you want and click Go.
You'll find the page a little more compact and you should no longer get
errors on your page. Also, now when you click a link you go to the
real address of the page for your own reference and for better
bookmarking. Remember, you can reach the links page at
links.karnatik.com, the lyrics page at lyrics.karnatik.com, the ragas
page
at links.karnatik.com, the lyrics page at lyrics.karnatik.com, the ragas
page at ragas.karnatik.com, the composers page at
composers.karnatik.com,
and the glossary at glossary.karnatik.com. Let us know what you think,
too!
* NEW! LYRICS AND AUDIO PAIRED!
This month, a very popular singer brings you a Tyagaraja song!
Listen to the song, read the lyrics, ponder the meaning, all at once.
The song is vinaayakuni valEnu in madyamaavati, aadi taaLam by
Tyaagaraaja, sung by Neyveli Santanagopalan.
Also, check out the raga info on madyamaavati by clicking the name of
the
raga, or find out more about the composer by clicking on his name (and
reading this issue's article)!
Click to read and listen!
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c2701.shtml
* New cartoon!
Another new kartoon in our Carnatic cartoons, to
bring you the lighter side of music.
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/kartoons.shtml
* Raga Rasas
Find out what each of the raga essences represents
and what ragas are in each. Do you know what ragas
bring out veera rasa? Find out:
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/rasas.shtml
* Music is forever - part III
Our continuing story goes on, with the 3rd part. Get
hooked!
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/story.shtml
* Downloads!
A new page of all the downloads has been created. Now
you can check out all our downloads and access them
directly.
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/downloads.shtml
* More and more
Small updates on the site: notations for 2 more
geetams, raga lakshanas for kalyani and kharaharapriya,
updated composition list, and more meanings. Keep
looking and visiting.
http://www.karnatik.com
* What's new?
If you've missed an issue or just want to see what's
new, just check the what's new section to see
what's been updated.
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FEATURED LINKS
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Audio and text of the Bhagavad Gita.
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Translate karnATik's lyrics to Kannada and Sanskrit
languages.
Check the what's new page for all the new features.
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2. ARTICLE
Last time, M.G. Vasudevan continues with a detailed description of
Papanasam Shivan's Enna Thavam.
Read the article at:
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/article009.shtml
Send us your comments on the article!
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/contact.shtml
3. TRIVIA
Answers from last time:
1) T V Shankaranarayanan
2) Mahesh Dattani's "Morning Raga"
3) 40
And here are few more trivia for you to puzzle over until next
time:
a. When and by whom was the Tiruvaiyar festival begun?
b. When was the Madras Music Academy auditorium opened?
c. Which two Sangitha Kalanidhis died on the same day, hours apart?
4. LATEST LYRICS
20 more songs are listed below, mainly by Tiruvottiyur Tyagayya:
See all lyrics at
http://lyrics.karnatik.com
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3001.shtml
inta paraakElaraa (varNam) - naaTTai - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3002.shtml
intamODi sEya (varNam) - saaranga - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3003.shtml
kaliki ninnE (varNam) - saavEri - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3004.shtml
kaamaakshi ninnE (varNam) - yadukula kaambhOji - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3005.shtml
kamsaantaka - curnikavinOdhini - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3006.shtml
kaapaaDu gaNanaatha - dhanyaasi - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3007.shtml
karuNimpa idi (varNam) - sahaanaa - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3008.shtml
kOri bhajincidi - poosha kalyaaNi - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3009.shtml
kOri vaccitinayya - shree - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3010.shtml
maapati naamamu - kaapi jingaLa - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3011.shtml
maaTi maaTiki - kuntalam - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3012.shtml
matiraakshi neepai (varNam) - mukhaari - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3013.shtml
nannu brOva - maruvadhanyaasi - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3014.shtml
nenaru meeraganu - cakravaakam - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3015.shtml
nenarunci nannElukOra (varNam) - dhanyaasi - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3016.shtml
neramellanu - naayaki - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3017.shtml
nee divya - shuruTTi - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3018.shtml
ninnE kOriyunnadi (varNam) - kaanaDaa - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3019.shtml
ninnu caala (varNam) - kEdaaram - TT
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c3020.shtml
pagavaanivale - aThaaNaa - TT
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