24th May 2015 was another milestone day for Tarangini Mahotsavam. (TMU).
Yes, TMU was successfully conducted at Malleshwaram, Bangaluru. Another way to put this programme- Yes, “Tarangini waves started slowly from varagoor and reached Bangaluru drenching the bhakthAs in bhakthi mazhai”
A seed sown by Professor Kunjithapatham (Professor mama), Sri. Sethuraman (Reliance) and ably supported by lieutenants Shankar, Suri, Vijayakumar and Anand. This seed started growing in to a tree and the branches touching Bangalore so that the bhaktAs could get “hold” of the branch to attain “Sharanagathi” of Lord Perumal through Tarangams, poetic beauty of Sri. Narayana Teertha.
Five years back, when the project of TU was discussed, we were not sure whether that would be continued in varagoor itself. As Lord Krishna helped the hapless Kusela, as Krishna helped Vidhura by visiting his house leaving all the palaces of Gouravas, Bhishma, Karna etc., our perumal just like that lifted the flavour of Tarangam to spread from Varagur to Nanganallur to Bangaluru.
Programme List goes like this:
Simple intro by Smt Suvasini with Ganapathy Prarthana Tarangam
Group singing by 4 students of Bala Tarangini Group.
Kovai Jayaraman performing Rukmini Kalyanam
Speech by Professor Kunjithapatham about Tarangam
Sri.Vidhyabhooshana
Mangalam
In between Profession mama explained the meaning of the particular Tarangam and how Narayana Teertha's“thinking process” in portraying the character.
Interestingly, Rukmini KalyAnam was performed by Sri.Kovai Jayarama Bhagavathar. It is another memorable event as normally, people visit varagoor to perform “Kalyanam”, but here, Perumal came all the way to Bangaluru to get married to Rukmini. When I thought of the important people present, this goes like this.
Smt.Suvasini- Anchor person for Bangaluru TU. In Lalitha Sahasranam, there is a sloka, which says Goddess Lalitha likes/loves Suvasini. “suvAsinyarchanaprIta, shobhana shuddha mAnasA”. As, Narayana Tirtha in his kriti “Jaya Jaya durgE” says, “Narayana sOdhari paramA nandE”. Her dedication and interest was unparallel and commendable.
Shri.Manikandan, my younger brother. (Second son of Sri.Kunjithapatham mama) Actually, he is like dharma Sastha. Interestingly, he was born and named after my father started going to SabarimalA. So, he was like “PermabanAr” anchoring the show from one end.
Shankar – Co-coordinating the function from Chennai. AnAdha rakshagan of Tarangini Mahotsavam. It is widely felt with Shankar having him around, TMU can be arranged even in Andaman and Nicobar island.
Sri.Murali Sastrigal- Vedham is an integral part of any Hindu marriage. Here, mama was here to render vedha, In sanskrit we call him as “mahAn kEErtyA”- Pride of Varagoor.
Alasu Ravi Bhagavathar – Sampradaya bhajan expert and Tarangam expert too and Perumals’ most beloved Bhagavathas. He is from a family who has dedicated their life for the service of perumal.
Kunithapatham Mama- To give a speech of Teertha (Upanyasam). His speech in English about Narayana Teertha mesmerized everyone. He dedicated his life for Tarangam singing.
Vijayakumar- Another Pride of Varagoor. Stationed in Trichy, he is present at varagoor for any function. Whether Swami purappadu, bhajan or any other function, he is there.
For Geetham – Sri.Vidyabhooshanaji. He has been performing only Dasar Padagalu. For us, he accepted to sing Tarangams, in his 2 hours, he has beautifully blended the rare ragas with Tarangams.
His has mesmerised everyone.through his sheer quality singing.
When all the above were present, no wonder Rukmini kalyanam was conducted with ease to the delight of every one.!!!
Overall, it was a great success and another feather in the Tarangini Committee’s cap.
May God bless all the BhaktAs who came from other places to attend and local people.
Need to mention about the prasadams, Jhangri, typical varagoor Pulia sAdham, Curd Rice…
Great going…..bravo to the team…
Yes, TMU was successfully conducted at Malleshwaram, Bangaluru. Another way to put this programme- Yes, “Tarangini waves started slowly from varagoor and reached Bangaluru drenching the bhakthAs in bhakthi mazhai”
A seed sown by Professor Kunjithapatham (Professor mama), Sri. Sethuraman (Reliance) and ably supported by lieutenants Shankar, Suri, Vijayakumar and Anand. This seed started growing in to a tree and the branches touching Bangalore so that the bhaktAs could get “hold” of the branch to attain “Sharanagathi” of Lord Perumal through Tarangams, poetic beauty of Sri. Narayana Teertha.
Five years back, when the project of TU was discussed, we were not sure whether that would be continued in varagoor itself. As Lord Krishna helped the hapless Kusela, as Krishna helped Vidhura by visiting his house leaving all the palaces of Gouravas, Bhishma, Karna etc., our perumal just like that lifted the flavour of Tarangam to spread from Varagur to Nanganallur to Bangaluru.
Programme List goes like this:
Simple intro by Smt Suvasini with Ganapathy Prarthana Tarangam
Group singing by 4 students of Bala Tarangini Group.
Kovai Jayaraman performing Rukmini Kalyanam
Speech by Professor Kunjithapatham about Tarangam
Sri.Vidhyabhooshana
Mangalam
In between Profession mama explained the meaning of the particular Tarangam and how Narayana Teertha's“thinking process” in portraying the character.
Interestingly, Rukmini KalyAnam was performed by Sri.Kovai Jayarama Bhagavathar. It is another memorable event as normally, people visit varagoor to perform “Kalyanam”, but here, Perumal came all the way to Bangaluru to get married to Rukmini. When I thought of the important people present, this goes like this.
Smt.Suvasini- Anchor person for Bangaluru TU. In Lalitha Sahasranam, there is a sloka, which says Goddess Lalitha likes/loves Suvasini. “suvAsinyarchanaprIta, shobhana shuddha mAnasA”. As, Narayana Tirtha in his kriti “Jaya Jaya durgE” says, “Narayana sOdhari paramA nandE”. Her dedication and interest was unparallel and commendable.
Shri.Manikandan, my younger brother. (Second son of Sri.Kunjithapatham mama) Actually, he is like dharma Sastha. Interestingly, he was born and named after my father started going to SabarimalA. So, he was like “PermabanAr” anchoring the show from one end.
Shankar – Co-coordinating the function from Chennai. AnAdha rakshagan of Tarangini Mahotsavam. It is widely felt with Shankar having him around, TMU can be arranged even in Andaman and Nicobar island.
Sri.Murali Sastrigal- Vedham is an integral part of any Hindu marriage. Here, mama was here to render vedha, In sanskrit we call him as “mahAn kEErtyA”- Pride of Varagoor.
Alasu Ravi Bhagavathar – Sampradaya bhajan expert and Tarangam expert too and Perumals’ most beloved Bhagavathas. He is from a family who has dedicated their life for the service of perumal.
Kunithapatham Mama- To give a speech of Teertha (Upanyasam). His speech in English about Narayana Teertha mesmerized everyone. He dedicated his life for Tarangam singing.
Vijayakumar- Another Pride of Varagoor. Stationed in Trichy, he is present at varagoor for any function. Whether Swami purappadu, bhajan or any other function, he is there.
For Geetham – Sri.Vidyabhooshanaji. He has been performing only Dasar Padagalu. For us, he accepted to sing Tarangams, in his 2 hours, he has beautifully blended the rare ragas with Tarangams.
His has mesmerised everyone.through his sheer quality singing.
When all the above were present, no wonder Rukmini kalyanam was conducted with ease to the delight of every one.!!!
Overall, it was a great success and another feather in the Tarangini Committee’s cap.
May God bless all the BhaktAs who came from other places to attend and local people.
Need to mention about the prasadams, Jhangri, typical varagoor Pulia sAdham, Curd Rice…
Great going…..bravo to the team…
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