A Pause… and a Return
There is something deeply musical about silence.
In Carnatic music, we celebrate the aarohana—the ascent, the rise, the movement forward. But just as important is the avarohana—the descent, the pause, the return inward.
Over the past months, I found myself in an avarohana.
Not a silence of absence, but a silence of absorption.
Away from listening and writing, yet closer than ever to the essence of what this space stands for—music and the quiet inner journeys they inspire.
Vocal: Vid. SandeepNarayanan
Violin: Vid. Mattur Srinidhi
Mridanga: Vid. KU Jayachandra Rao
Ghata : Vid.S Krishna
Venue/ Organiser : SRSM
01 rAmachandhram bhAvayAmi vasantha rUpaka m dhIkShithar (O, S at rAmachandram bhAvayAmi)
02 hindilla swAmi mundilla rasikapriya TALA p.dAsa (A)
04 nannu viDachi kadalakurA rItigaULa tripuTa tyAgarAja
05 niravadhi sukhada nirmala rUpa ravicandrikA Adi tyAgarAja (S at mAmava marakata)
06 yArO ivar yArO bhairavi Adi aruNAchala kavi (A, N at chandra bimba mukha, S, T)
07 raghuvamsha suDhA kadhanakuthUhala Adhi patNam subrahmaNya iyer
08 ShrI nivAsa thiruvENkaTa hamsAnandi pApanAsam shivan
09 nAyi barutide mOhanakalyANi TALA p.dAsa
10 payOji mainE misra pahaDi mIrA bhajan
11 akka kELavva (vachana) chenna mallikArjuna
12 vandE mAtaram khamAs bankim chandra chatterjee
Vocal: Vid. Trichur Brothers
Violin: Vid. SJanardhan
Mridanga: Vid. KaushikSridhar
Khanjira: Vid. SunadAnoor
Venue / Organiser RRNagar Cultural Association
01 nera nammithinayya VarNa kAnada k Ata pUchi shrInivAsa iyengAr
02 siDhDhi vinAyakam aniSham ShaNmukhapriya rUpaka m dhIkShithar
03 rAgamAlika AlApane - sAvEri nATTakuranji dhanyAsi mukhAri pUrvikalyANi mOhana madhyamAvati
04 BhAvayAmi raghurAmam rAgamAlike rUpaka swAthi thirunAL
05 telisi rAma cintanatO nAmamu sEyavE O manasA pUrNacandrikA tyAgarAja
06 jAnaki pathe jaya kAruNya jaladhe kharaharapriya Adi pApanAsham shivan (A
07 bArO krishNayya mAND Adhi kanaka dhAsa
08 rAga tAna pallavi shudda sAranng tiSra tripuTa (RMK in ranjani, kApi, ritigauLa, T)
09 trissur pUram kAmbOdhi TALA COMPSOER
10 rAmachandrAya jana navarOj tiSra Eka bhadrAcala rAmadAs
Vocal: Vid. RamakrishnanMurthy
Violin: Vid. HMSmitha
Mridanga: vid. VijayNatesan
Khanjira: Vid. SunaadAnoor
Organiser / Venue : VaniSchool
01 nera nammithinayya VarNa kAnada k Ata pUchi shrInivAsa iyengAr
02 gajavadana bEDuve gauri tanaya kEdAra p.dAsa
03 yajnaadulu sukhamanu jayamanOhari Adi tyAgaraja (S at yagnAdulu)
04 shrI kAnchi nAyikE asAvErI rUpaka annaswAmI sAstry
06 siddhi VinAyakam shaNmukhapriya rUpakA m.dhIkshithar (A, N at akhila jagatprasiddha)
07 evvarE rAmayya gAngEya bhUShaNi dESAdi tyAgarAja (O)
08 manasu swAdhIna maina shankarAbharaNa rUpaka Tyagaraja (A, N, S, T)
09 shrI guruguha mUrtE cicchakti sphUrtE udayaravichandrika rUpaka m.dIkshitar
10 swAmi mukhya prANA yaddukula kAMbOdhi rUpaka p.dAsa
11 gItArthamu sangItAnandamu nI tAvuna jUDarA surUTi dEshAdi Tyagaraja (R, T)
12 smara sundarAnguniki jAvaLi paraju DharmapuriSubbarayaIyer
13 Viruttum
14 anDri uLagam adipoTri sindhubhairavi tiruppAvai
15 tillAna tODi Adi COMPOSER
16 nI nAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adi tyAgarAja
Flute: Vid. NRajkamal
Violin: Vid. KJDilip
Mridanga: Vid. BangalorePraveen
Ghata: Vid GiridharUdupa
Organiser / Venue : VaniSchool
01 vIribONi varNa bhairavi khaNDa aTa pachchimiriam Adiappayya (O)
02 ShObillu saptaswara jaganmOhini rUpaka tyAgarAja (S)
03 sangIta gnAnamu dhanyAsi Adi tyAgarAja (O)
04 evarurA ninnu vina mOhana ChApu Tyagaraja (A, S)
05 ninnuvaina nAmadendu navarasa kannaDa rUpaka tyAgarAja
06 rAga tAna pallavi shaNmukhapriyA chaturaSra tripuTa (R, T, T)
07 jagadOddhArana kApi Adhi Purandara dAsa
08 nI nAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adi tyAgarAja
Vocal: Vid. RamakrishnanMurthy
Violin: Vid. HKVenkatram
Mridanga: Vid. DelhhiPSairam
Khanjira: Vid. GGuruprasanna
Venue / Organiser : SRSM Fort High School
01 nAda tanumanisham chittaranjani Adi tyAgarAja (O)
02 paramAtmuDu velage muccaTa vAgadIshvari Adi tyAgarAja (S at paramAtmuDU)
03 vEnkaTaramaNane bAro sEshAchala vAsane bAro paras Adi p.dAsa
05 Bhakti bichchamiyyave bhavukamagusatvika shankarAbharana rUpaka Tyagaraja (A N,S)
06 ambA kAmAkshi bhairavi swarajathi miSra cApu shyAma shastri (Tana, N at bhakta jana kalpalatika karuNAlaya sadayA amba, S, T #1)
07 Eti janmam idhi ha varALi thriputa tyAgarAja
08 sOundara rAjam AshrayE brundhAvana sAranga rUpaka m.dhIkshithar
09 mArubalka kuna vEmira mA manOramanNa shrIranjani Adhi tyAgarAja (O)
10 dorakuna iTuvanTi bilahari Adi Tyagaraja (A, S at dorakuna, T #2 )
11 mArubAri thALalEnurA jAvaLi kAmAch Adi Dharmapuri subbarAya iyer
12 viruttum ratnakarAm dhouta padAm and vandE mAtaram kEdAram mahAkavi subhramanya bharati
13 nInyAko ninna hangyAko junjhUTi punnAgavarALi nAdanAmakriya navarOj kApi TBI Sindhubhairavi p.dAsa
14 Kumara Guru para Tiruppugazh Dwijavanti Arunagirinathar
15 bhujaga shAyinO nAma mangaLam yadhukulakAmbOdhi Eka swAthi thirunAL
Vocal: Vid. BharatSundar
Violin : Vid. SayeeRakshit
Mridanga: Vid. DelhiSairam
Khanjira: Vid. AnirudhAttreyya
Venue / Organiser : Seshadripuram
01 jagadAnanda kAraka nATa Adi tyAgarAja
02 ninne nera nammi nAnu pantuvarALi rUpaka tyAgarAja (N at vEda shaAstra purANa, S)
03 evarIkai avatAram ettitivO dEvamanOhari m.cApu tyAgarAja
04 bAgAyenayya candrajyOti Adi Tyagaraja (A, S at bAgAyenayya)
05 karpaga manOhara malayamAruta KhandaJhampa pApanAsam sivan
06 kaligi yuntE gadhA kIravANi Adi Tyagaraja (A, N, S, T)
07 jagadOddhArana kApi Adhi Purandara dhAsa
08 tillAna khamAs Adi BharatSundar and Mangala
