Mani Iyer was singing at Mylapore Sannadhi St. A rickshaw puller was listening. Some one asked him '' vandi varumaa - Guindy poganum '' He replied ''enga venaalum polaam '' Iyer Mangalam padattum appuramaa''! That was his ''magnetic power''
@kamalakamath17246 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you for sharing this.
@KINGMJ19903 жыл бұрын
Today Carnatic Tamil Music has no interest among the non brahmins. They are busy having alcohol.
@ramanivenkata31613 жыл бұрын
True Mr. Tulipwala. I have seen Rickshaw pullers listening to this Mahavidwan near 16pillar Mantap, Kapaliswarar temple
@shivamrajan65762 жыл бұрын
@@KINGMJ1990 even a Brahmin can be rickshaw puller !
@lalithasundararaman4092 жыл бұрын
True such is the Power!
@mysuruvasudevacharya5 жыл бұрын
Superb..... Kaa vaa vaa Ragam varali 39th Mela janya Adi Talam papanasam Sivan Krithi Humble Reminder of Madurai Mani Iyer who has made this song FamousInvocation. As a child one would remember listening with fascination to mother’s explanation of how God can be invoked into a Kalasha filled with water, topped with mango leaves and a coconut. Once the invocation is done, the Kalasha is worshipped as the Goddess. ‘God is everywhere’ ‘but when we invoke His or Her presence, divine energy becomes concentrated in an idol or a symbolic representation like a Kalasha’. Likewise an idol carved by the hands of men comes to sit in an altar somewhere and transforms from stone to God. What causes the transformation? Invocation. Just invocation. Human beings have invoked the presence of God from time immemorial using ceremonies of all kinds. But finally it is just a simple call ‘Come’. Addressed to Lord Muruga, the poet-composer Papanasam Sivan says ‘Come and protect me’. He identifies the divinity he invokes by different descriptions but the repeated ‘vA vA’ are the words we hear the most in this song, ‘Come, Come’. Set to the beautiful raga Varali pallavI kA vA vA kanda vA vA Yennai kA vA vElavA (murugA vAkandA vA) pazhanimalaiyuraiyum murugA (vA vA) anupallavI devAdi dEvan maganE vA para dEvi maDiyil amarum guhanE vA vaLLi deivayAnai manavaLA (vA) sharavana bhava parama dayalA (shanmugA) charaNam aapath- iruLara aruloLi tarum appane annaLe ayya vA vA pApa tiraL tarum tApam agala varum pazhani valar karunai mazhayE vA vA tApatraya veyilara nizhal tarum vAntharuve yen kula guruvEe vaa sri padmanAban marugA rAma dAsan vanangum mutaiyA Oh Muruga, who lives in Pazhani malai, come to protect me. Come, O son of Shiva. Come, O Guha (the hidden one), who sits on Parvati’s lap. Come, O husband of Valli and Deivayanai. Come O Sharavana, the supremly kind being. Come, you who bestow light to remove the darkness of danger. Come, you who remove longing and sin, you the shower of kindness, who grew up in Pazhani. Come, you who give shade to protect me from the hot rays of intense longing, you who are the Guru of our community. Come, you who are the nephew of lord Vishnu, the one worshipped by Ramadasa, a gem like being. Raga Jhalavarali is the 39th Mela belonging to the 7th Music Chakra. The prefix ‘Jhala’ is added to the raga name in order to suit the katapayadi formula. It is the 4th in the list of 5 Ghana ragams Nata, Gaula, Arabhi and Sree being the other ghana ragas.Noticeably this is the only Ghana raga with Prati Madhyama. In Mind, Body and Soul Chakra - Chakra 7 is the Divine Chakra lined up with the heart and the throat chakras, enabling the higher spirit energies to work through ones voice and body. Therapeutically Varali is said to be good for Heart and Skin ailments and gastric problems. This raga is mentioned in many of the earlier texts in the names Varadi, Varati,Varali and Varatika and is said to be more than 1300 years old. It is with this name that it is referred in ancient lakshana grandhas like Sangeeta Makarandha and Sangeeta Ratnakara. It is also said that there was a place called as “Varata Desa” and this melody was prevalent there and hence the name Varati / Varali. According to Bharatha’s Natyasastra Varati is recommended in portraying rain, agitation, surprise etc. When it is adorned by dhaivata, it serves contentment, recollecting, concealing one’s feeling. The raga is also used to protray the rasa of Pranaya Viyoga or pangs of separation of lovers. Varali portrays both Karuna and Sringara Rasas. Now coming to the meaning of the term Varali. “Var” in Sanskrit means “to sound” and the term “ali” refers to Bee. So may be the meaning of Varali refers to “Sound/Hum of a Bee “. Varali is also known as Moon. After listening to Varali recordings quite a few times, I think the meaning “Sounds like a Bee” is very apt for the raga. Varali is an asymmetric raga due to the vakra prayoga and a vivadi ragam and the vivadi dosha is avoided by singing the arohana as SGRG which makes it a raga with vakra sampoorna (contains all 7 notes) in arohanam. “pUrNA varALI satatam ghIyatE sagrahAnvitA” The Sloka says that Varali has Purna Arohana-avarohana and can be sung at all times. The Graha Swaram is Shadjam. Its Arohana Avarohana structure is as follows: arohana : S G1 R1 G1 M2 P D1 N3 S avarohana : S N3 D1 P M2 G1 R1 S The notes taken are Shadjam, Suddha Rishabham, Suddha Gandharam, Prati Madhyamam, Panchamam, Suddha Dhaivatam and Kakali Nishadham. The raga has only one vivadi note and that is Suddha Gandharam. Gandharam in the raga is Suddha Gandharam which takes the place of Chathusruti Rishabham with a soft pull while played in veena. Suddha Gandhara which is slightly higher than Chathusruti Rishabham. Gandharam is a pleasant jeeva swaram in the raga. It can also be sounded as a pleading tone . As per Raga Nidhi of T.V.Subbu Rao, the Suddha Gandharam is higher in Arohanam and lower in Avarohanam. The Madhyamam used has a slightly higher frequency than the Prati Madhyamam, and is also called as Chyuta Panchama Madhyamam or Varali Madhyamam as it is popularly known. Varali’s Nishadam is termed as “Chyuta Shadja Nishadam” which is slightly higher than the regular Kakali Nishada. Though all 7 swaras are present in the raga, the notes G, M and N are the most important notes that brings out the raga swarupa. All the three come with their characteristic gamakas.
@metalforlife4ever3 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Thank you for your scholarly explanation!
@mysuruvasudevacharya3 жыл бұрын
@@metalforlife4ever ji Thanks My Pleasure
@narasimhanmarehalli585 Жыл бұрын
Kk llllllllllllllllllllll
@itsniranjantime7455 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant writeup on many dimensions and on many levels
@mysuruvasudevacharya Жыл бұрын
@@itsniranjantime7455 Ji My pleasure 🙏
@krishnakumar-oi9qg12 жыл бұрын
thank u., it takes me back to the year 1963 at ravindrabharathi,hyderabad, started the concert at 4.25pm. and ended at 11.45pm. with overflowing audiance spellbound with three thani. will we herar such concerts in life again? he is always great in his ownplace. none to replace him. thannks iam born in india. southindia, to listen such wonderful concert.
@mothersnest7486 жыл бұрын
krishna kumar sir you mentioned you are lucky you born as Indian my feel you are also lucky to be there in MMI sir's period🙏
@vaibavn69203 жыл бұрын
Don't make me jealous of you
@BaluKarthikeyan2 жыл бұрын
Hello sir, would you happen to have this concert recorded with you or remember any details, pieces in this concert?
@swaminathankrisnamurthy822510 жыл бұрын
Time was when at an Agraharam in Tanjore district elders sit in front of their transistors to hear Madurai Mani Iyer during late hours in night enjoying music aired bv All India Radio. I cherish my childhood memory
@KINGMJ19905 жыл бұрын
Are there Agraharams left in Tamil Nadu? Are Brahmins still alive there?
@dearkrish14 жыл бұрын
I too used to listen from a public radio loud speakered 6 pm to 9 pm from an elementary school near Mayavaram where I was studying.
@subhanbasha88132 жыл бұрын
@@KINGMJ1990 pp
@chandru80in12 жыл бұрын
That violin was scintillating. Of course, Madurai Mani Iyer sparkles as always.
@nksrinivasan110 жыл бұрын
I have heard MMI sing this great song live in Chennai in late 1950's. It made such an impression on me that when I hear this recording i can visualize Iyerval singing in the dais....What a great rendering for all times in this "varali' raga.
@ganesanganesan535210 жыл бұрын
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@bffcp19 жыл бұрын
I have no knowledge of carnatic music nuances whatsoever, so, as a literal lay person who's just very fond of music, all I can say is every time I listen to this rendition, I have tears in my eyes... it just touches your soul... for sure, even Lord Muruga could not have resisted the call
@charuhasan75898 жыл бұрын
+Lakshmi Shekhar I have attended a dozen concerts of Mathurai Mani Iyer... He was the first innovator in Karntic music ... GNB was the second best..
@ramanswaminathan64167 жыл бұрын
Charu Hasan madhura mani I just honey and nectar just .It touches your heart and soul . Divine Music
@purnimavummadisingu11937 жыл бұрын
thanks
@ramaniramani1805 жыл бұрын
I too sail in the same boat.
@vpadmana12 жыл бұрын
Blessed are those that got to listen to MMI live.
@rajagopalanlakshmanaiyer17819 жыл бұрын
I beg to differ. Those days the recordings were not having stereo effects. I have heard in person lot of this combination. Krishnan was always a good accompaniment and never try over perform the main artist.
@sury3912 жыл бұрын
i am lucky to ahve heard him sing thisand thaye yasoda in live at the perambur sangeetha sabha 1952-54??? the inimitable Mani sir with the great Krishnan sir and Sri PAlghat...
@junjubi11 жыл бұрын
I may have been born in 1968, but the music voice, rendering and what not... no young singer these days can even come close to those diving rendering these great maestros gave those days... simply delightful and heavenly....
@RajivChakravarti9 жыл бұрын
I keep coming back to this rendition like a moth to the flame -- wonderful piece. Thanks for uploading!
@Peace-sn2ts2 жыл бұрын
மகா கோடி கோடானு கோடி அற்புதமானக் குரல். வார்த்தைகளே உலகில் இல்லை புகழ்வதற்கு.
@bsparthasarathy5998Ай бұрын
Wat a crystal clear voice ,devine voice, such a brief rendering ,first time I heard His concert , no unwanted expansion like our younger generation does , Nalinakanti , hamsananda , siva siva enarada ooh ,I was blessed , Ayya sharanum, sharanum
@arun732813 жыл бұрын
its divine....I have heard this song sung by so many but no one comes near to this legend... I wish i had heard his concert live....god bless..thanks all
@whoisbhauji4 жыл бұрын
That's true for most of his songs. Others shouldn't attempt them 😄
@rajagopalraghavan75999 жыл бұрын
Immaculate singing Genius of a musician Gods gift to the rasikas Thanks for uploading
@ramanivenkata32453 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for uploading. Fantastic Varali. No one can match. He impressed young and old alike with his Mesmerizing Music. . Salutations to the Lotus feet of Ganakaladhara Sri Madurai Mani Aiyer.🙏🙏🙏🙏
@arun732811 жыл бұрын
Yes MMI was like that. He would not mind his accompanists over shine him and would actually applaud when they played something extraordinary. He was loved by people for his selfless attitude. For me he is no less than a YOGI. God sent people him MMI to go make people happy and come back soon.
I just happened to stumble upon this piece and was blown away completely by it. I just started unearthing the treasures of carnatic classics. Can someone please guide me to other masterpieces by Mani Iyer
@AnanthKaviGane12 жыл бұрын
three maestros on one platform -------scintalating music results----kudos for sharing this with us-----padma
@angaraian9 жыл бұрын
Seen some comments. TNK is superb. Plays exactly the same notes as that of MMI the Great. Have listened to accompanists like Lalgudi, Mysore Chowdiah, et al. MMI always gave space for all his accompanying players and never stopped encouraging them.
@Sankar192912 жыл бұрын
Fantastic I had the good fortune of attending quite a few of his concerts at Thanjavur and later in Calcutta. How soothing is his singing. Great vidwan. I wish he had lived a little longer.
@don21868 жыл бұрын
Safe to say that this is the best violin piece ever played in the history!
@ramanivenkata31613 жыл бұрын
Listening to Ganakaladharar' Live concert is my lifetime achievement. Salutations to the lotus feet of the Master.🙏🙏
@thiagarajanramamurthy39854 жыл бұрын
I still remember my Grand Father used to listen and enjoy his renderings which were simply unique those days.
@ganeshrajadhanuskodi53553 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@tmadanmenon2 жыл бұрын
The repertoire kriti of Papanasam......So much of spirited rendition by the erstwhile maestro MMI ......Certainly for the music students to learn on the minute modulations....that are within Varali esp. in a Tamil composition. Charanam is the best ever .......Pranams to the great Soul.
@krishnamanian11 ай бұрын
“Respected Sri Semmangudi Sri Srinivasa Iyer avarGaL kuralin inimaiyaik kEtka kEtka nam uLLanGaL paravasam aagividum. Athu nichchayamE. KEttu maghizhavum. What a kind of beautiful singing!!! Amazing is a simple word to describe his singing. swarap prasthaaranGaL migavum pramaathamE aagum. KEttu maghizhavum. - “M.K.Subramanian.”
@yamunaraju87479 ай бұрын
Excellent Varali raga kriti of Sri Papanasam Sivan from the legendary vidwan Shri Madurai Mani Iyer
@whoisbhauji10 жыл бұрын
MMI and TNK have nailed this one.. stunning!
@geetarajan30226 жыл бұрын
Ravi Srinivasan / Gaye yasodha song
@VARAGOORAN17 жыл бұрын
ராகம் வராளி தாளம் ஆதி பல்லவி கா வாவா கந்தா வாவா எனைக் கா வா வேலா வா பழநிமலை யுறையு முரு (கா) அனுபல்லவி தேவாதிதேவன் மகனே வா - பர தேவி மடியி லமரும் குஹனே வா வள்ளி - தெய்வயானை மணவாளா வா - சர வணபவ பரமதயாள ஷண்மு (கா) சரணம் ஆபத்திருளற அருளொளி தரும் அப்பனே அண்ணலே ஐயா வா பாபத் திரள் தரும் தாபம் அகல வரும் பழநி வளர் கருணைமழையே வா தாப த்ரய வெயிலற நிழல்தரும் வான் தருவே என் குலகுருவே வா ஸ்ரீபத்மநாபன் மருகா ராமதாஸன் வணங்கும் முத்தய்யா விரைவொடு (கா
@anushakannan20785 жыл бұрын
Varagooran Narayanan sir, your space / territry has no bounds. superb lyrics. thanks
@ramamanichakravarthi99553 жыл бұрын
Thankyouverymuch for the lyrics🙏
@1964vmp5 жыл бұрын
ALL TIME FAVORITE FROM THE LEGENDARY SINGER WHO HAS UNIQUE STYLE OF SINGING , GREAT ACCOMPANIMENTS
@venky2679 жыл бұрын
The greatest among singers,
@Luckypad17 жыл бұрын
mesmerizing music! Nobody does so many variations as Madurai Mani Iyer.
@natrajs23865 жыл бұрын
Heartening mmiyer swaras
@Shravius12 жыл бұрын
What a breathtaking performance.. Thanks a lot for uploading :)
@ammumanian9 жыл бұрын
Immaculate voice of Mani Iyer will ever remain in the minds of carnatic music lovers
@venusundarrajan65147 жыл бұрын
MMI MUSICAL GOD! CHITTI VENU
@gayathrijayaraman90112 жыл бұрын
The way mani iyer sings ka vaa VA krithi adds beauty to the raga which is already a Ghana ragaas enunciated by thyaga Brahmam.
@rvaiyar13 жыл бұрын
such high quality violin accompaniment by tnk... legends... super duper... this song can just not be sung better by anyone!
@thanunathanboothalingam60436 жыл бұрын
When the above song was sung in AIR my mother stopped all the domestic. activities like cooking,house keeping etc and enjoyed the entire programme with great devotion. I remember those days & my mother
@arun73286 жыл бұрын
That is so nice to know. :)
@vijayapant16445 жыл бұрын
Yes those days music could be listened only on radio. And singers were great for they sang with just Bhakti! 🙏🕉️🙏🕉️🙏
@avsundaram4 жыл бұрын
I was so fortunate to enjoy his concert at நன்றுடையான் கோவில் at the age of ten in 1964.Great days !!
@jayashankaran82303 ай бұрын
Please check the year that you have mentioned. MMI left us in 1963 isn't it? @@avsundaram
@mathumithaars825 жыл бұрын
Superb,nostalgically remember how my mom used to listen to this song in taperecorder
@123aaryes12 жыл бұрын
blissful rendition by a great man
@varadarajansitaraman9 жыл бұрын
ULTIMATE BRILLIANCE ...
@pramachandran19399 жыл бұрын
MADURAI MANI AIYYAR IS MY FAVOURITE SINGER.I ALWAYS ENJOY LISTENING HIS SONGS.
Thanks for the insights. Its wonderful to be conversing with someone from MMI lineage.
@vigneshr119 жыл бұрын
MMI-TNK-VR is the dream team. Amazing final round of swaras by TNK.
@ramanivenkata31613 жыл бұрын
What a Classic vidwan. He had the blessings of Sirguru Thiyagaraja .
@ssgkrishnan31166 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading Shri Mani iyer s master piece 🙏
@madhurampandian532016 күн бұрын
Violin super b
@Vishy_Maverick7 жыл бұрын
MMI the Greatest Carnatic Singer ever...
@TheVinanthi3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful 👌👌🙏🙏Brings tears to my eyes.
@shankaraniyer862210 жыл бұрын
superb. took me back to old days . thanks for up loading the song.
@svsubramanyam461110 жыл бұрын
Just great . Transferred to those golden days. Vimla & Kumar
@nkh3699 жыл бұрын
Muruga Dharisanam was given by these Great musicians! Om Saravana Bhava Guhane CharaNam!
@raghavankrishnaswamy2580 Жыл бұрын
Time cannot take away the melody of this voice
@kaveripoompattinam13 жыл бұрын
great even after so many decades
@srirambhamidipati3 жыл бұрын
Divinity in varali, here and now for even an atheist like me, goosebumps several times over
@TheMohanaram10 жыл бұрын
what a presentation. Now I listen to it every night before I go to sleep
@suhaasmsharma11 жыл бұрын
mani iyer legend in carnatic music...what can 26 year old man comment on him...he is simply awesome...
@arjunjanani14109 жыл бұрын
superb.evergreen.
@meenakumari54246 жыл бұрын
supet mani Ayyar songs eppidum kettukondya irrukkalam my father avar fan
@lalithakumbeshwaran13815 жыл бұрын
Meena Kumari nan,maduraimaniiyearfan
@maniananthkrishnankrishnaj97588 жыл бұрын
Greatest carnatic vocal artist.Saraswathi Stores Columbia recorded this Long Play records. .Presetely the copy right with Saregama ex HMV.
@sury3912 жыл бұрын
i am lucky to ahve heard him sing thisand thaye yasoda in live at the perambur sangeetha sabha 1952-54???
@murlidharanr57925 жыл бұрын
superb rendition by madurai Mani iyer
@lalithasundararaman4092 жыл бұрын
Completely mesmerized!
@dearkrish14 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Muruga Kumara Guha!
@ssmani7312 жыл бұрын
Thank you arun7328 for this vintage classic. It seems this song was specially enacted for SRI Madurai Mani Iyer the very high quality of blend outshining.
@onbv123411 жыл бұрын
divine contribution to lord muruga/saravanabhava
@suprappers5 жыл бұрын
Amazing rendering by MMI , 6:05 to 8:15 violin pure bliss
@muralidharn7703 Жыл бұрын
Most of you might have noticed the power of MMani's to evoke the musician in the violinist at 4.25.
@visvamambattur4729 Жыл бұрын
Great presentation
@SrinivasanKrishnamoorthy201410 жыл бұрын
awesome...tht is it...!`
@Chami-et3jw4 жыл бұрын
Great wonderful Violin
@venkateshkl71154 жыл бұрын
Violinist went sublime!!!!
@narayanikv86732 жыл бұрын
Excellent 👍
@violinsrinath14 жыл бұрын
Superb!!!.......
@vaibavn69203 жыл бұрын
The last swarakalpanaa was mind blowing
@ShriramVasudevanMusic4 жыл бұрын
I have this tape. Extraordinary rendition of Ka Va Va.
@rvaiyar13 жыл бұрын
super like...
@narasimhamtirumalakanduri48177 жыл бұрын
excellent
@gangru198312 жыл бұрын
Endharo Mahanubhavulu!!!
@arun732814 жыл бұрын
thank you
@vijayaraghavan591510 жыл бұрын
really super
@venusundarrajan65146 күн бұрын
🎉🎉
@anrorian200713 жыл бұрын
WOW!!!!!
@shankaraniyer86227 жыл бұрын
superbly sung.
@MrKALIDAS123410 жыл бұрын
This is from a concert of MMI with TNK & Ramabhadran.There are some similarities in their toppi sounds as both keep its sruti at Mandhara stayi 'Ga' but Palani's gumki is unmatched and no other mridangist comes anywhere near it.Ramabhadran's sarvalagu is more of a repetitive and basic variety while Palani's is much more versatile.It is however a fact that VRB has imbibed some basic characteristics of playing mridangam from Palani
@ragsesh12310 жыл бұрын
Great!!!
@venusundarrajan65147 ай бұрын
🙏🙏
@arun732811 жыл бұрын
Sir, Sorry i did not understand what you meant,so asked for a clarification. In any case your observation cannot be ruled out. I have seen this in a lot of his renditions.I have read a lot of articles and interviews and i tend to believe that they all used to enjoy this aspect of his concerts this includes the accompanists too. He gave complete freedom to them. If you have not please also hear his adamodigale in youtube.Its about 39 min. Mind blowing. Beware don't comment on the video.lol :).
@Sketcher8612 жыл бұрын
a unique vocal style
@yeshprabhu288711 жыл бұрын
To sreevals: Sri Madurai Mani Iyer was not like that at all. His accompanists, no matter how great, never intimidated him, and he never worried about their outshining him, because he was in a class all by himself. My guru (Sri T N Bala) told me that when Sri MMI had a concert, all other concerts would be either cancelled or postponed because they knew where most of the rasikas would go. (Sri MMI was my guru's guru). Yesh Prabhu, Bushkill, Pennsylvania
@ganapathiiyer154012 жыл бұрын
Lyrics for this song are by Papanasam Sivan -- called Tamil Thyagaraja, not without reason. While most of Sivan's compositions are on Lord Siva, his favorite deity, this one is dedicated to Lord Murugan, in an intimate pleasing way. If Papanasam Sivan's compositions are great, Madurai Mani took them to even greater heights such that the two legends live on, breathing through their songs, giving them a life of their own.
@Peace-sn2ts2 жыл бұрын
உங்களுக்கு கோடிப் புண்ணியம். எங்க அப்பாக்கு ரொமபப் பிடித்த பாட்டு.
@MrRamesh193811 жыл бұрын
The Mridangist is Palani Subramania Pillai--note the "Thoppi" (the RH side for Palani Sir) is unique for PSP--not Vellore Ramabhadran
@sreevals11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the insight Arun. Regarding comment abt youth - I didnt meant to give the impression that you can do well only when you are young. My own experience is to the contrary :-) But you can sense a raw creative energy & desire to exceed ones capabilities from the accompanists in this recording. May be the ethereal environment MMI has created inspired everyone. Or may be it was a function of them being young & energetic & ambitious - Just a thought, nothing more :-)
@rameshmathrubootheswaran16394 ай бұрын
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@vgkrishnaswamy10 жыл бұрын
Hey, The photo on left bottom is at Trichy Nandrudayan Koil on 11-09-1956 with sundaresa Iyer, Palani Subramaniya Pillai and Alumgudy Ramachandran. If you watch it closely, on the front row, Alathur brothers sit and listen.. They performed on the previous day with Palghat Mani Iyer and the same violinist..