PURANDARADASARU

THE POET PURANDARADASARU WHO LIVED IN KARNATAKA IN INDIA DURING THE PERIOD OF 15-16TH CENTURY, COMPOSED 4,75,000 ComPOSITIONS . BUT ONLY 1500 COMPOSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE NOW.ONE OF HIS POEMS DESCRIBES ABOUT LORD VISHNU'S TEN AVATARS AND THE UNIQUE QUALITY OF THE AVATARS.

HE HAS WRITTEN IN KANNADA LANGUAGE . HERE ARE HIS WORDS IN TRANSLITERATION MODE.

1. ENAYITU RANGAGE' NODIRAMMA

2. NIDHANISI ENAGONDU HELIRAMMA

3. PUTTADARABHYA KANNU MUCHANAMMA

4. ESHTADARU MOLE' UNNANAMMA

5. TUTUKU MUKHA MELAKKE' ETTANAMMA - HEEGE

6. ESHTHE' LALI BAAYI MUCCHANAMMA

7. KAYA IDHAGIDDU HECHITAMMA HETTA

8. TAYI NELE' ILLADAYITAMMA

9. NOYANO'TADI ABDI BATTITAMMA - IVANA

10. BAYOLAGE VISHWA TORITAMMA

11. AT YANTA MATUGALA ADUVANAMMA MUNDE

12. SAT YAGI KUDURE' ERUVANAMMA

13. NITYA-NIRDOSHA SREE PURANDARA VITALANU - TANNA

14. BHAKTARA SALAHUVA DEVANAMMA

AVATARS
1. FISH ( LINE NO:3 ) - WHICH DOES NOT Shu EYE FROM BIRTH

2. TORTOISE ( LINE NO:4) - WHICH DOES NOT TAKE IT MOTHER'S BREST MILK

3. VARAHA (LINE NO: 5) - DOES NOT LIFT HIS HEAD UP.

4. NARASIMHA ( LINE NO: 6) - HE DOES NOT SHUT HIS MOUTH
HE DID NOT STOP HIS ROAR AFTER DESTROYING THE DEMON HIRANYAKASHIPU.

5. VAMANA ( LINE NO: 7) - HIS (DWARF'S) BODY SUDDENLY STARTED TO GROW TO HUGE PROPORTIONS.

6. PARASHURAMA ( LINE NO: 8) - OWN ( HIS ) MOTHER LOST HER SHELTER.

7. RAMA (LINE NO: 9)-BY HIS ANGRY LOOK, THE SEA BECAME DRY. HE BUILT THE BRIDGE TO LANKA TO CROSS OVER TO MEET SITA

8. KRISHNA ( LINE NO: 10 ) - THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE WAS SEEN IN HIS MOUTH, WHEN YASOTHA ( HIS MOTHER ) OPENED
HIS MOUTH TO SEE WHETHER HE HAS EATEN THE MUD.

9. BUDDHA ( LINE 11 ) - HE SPEAKS GREAT WORDS LIKE BUDDHA

10. KALKI ( LINE 12 ) - HE WILL HONESTLY COME RIDING ON A HORSE AT A LATER DATE.

THE LAST TWO LINES ( 13,14) SAYS THE LORD ALWAYS PROTECT HIS DEVOTEES.

ஷ்யாமா சாஸ்திரி

Shyama Sastri's descendants live in poverty.

Hard times:

The descendants of Shyama Sastri, one of the Carnatic music trinity, are languishing in penury.

Having lost their ancestral property, that included four palatial houses and a biscuit company in and around Thanjavur, the composer's great grandchildren have been living on the margin in Chennai for the past five decades.

On Sunday, Devaki, a great granddaughter of Shyama Sastri died of old age at her cramped, rented house in Chitlapakkam, near Chennai. Devaki was the eldest child of Kalyaraman Iyer, who was the son of Natesa Sastri, a descendant of the legendary composer. The family's financial condition is so bad that they could not even afford the expenses for the funeral rites. Shree Gayathri Trust, a voluntary organisation, pitched in.

"I still remember our palatial houses near Bangaru Kamakshi Amman Temple in Thanjavur. Singers used to gather and render songs composed by Shyama Sastri," said Seethalakshmi, younger sister of Devaki, adding that her grandfather, Natesa Sastri, too was proficient in Carnatic music, particularly the compositions of Shyama Sastri.

Over the years, the family run up debt, their houses were sold off and their biscuit company folded up. "We used to make biscuits from `omavalli' herb that was very popular in the region. We used to send cans of these biscuits to Karaikudi, Tiruvarur, Mannargudi and Melmangalam, " Ms. Seethalakshmi said.

"Devaki's husband, Venkatrama Iyer, was an ex-serviceman and he too passed away a few years after marriage. Having no means to support ourselves, we moved out of Thanjavur and came to Chennai. Since then, we have been living in rented houses," she said."My mother put me at the government service home in Tambaram Sanatorium. She joined Lady Wellingdon College but could not complete the teacher training course. But she managed to support me after getting a job as a cook," said Kumar, son of Devaki, who is also into catering.

Seethalakshmi lives with her two sons in Velachery in Chennai and they too are in the catering line. Her elder brother Swaminathan lives with two sons in Hyderabad.

"Shyama Sastri's contribution to Carnatic music is invaluable. But none of us was proficient in music or carried on his legacy, nor did we make an attempt to take advantage of being his descendants, " Ms. Seethalakshmi said.

To Enjoy Classical music, Listen Kathri Gopalnath's saxaphone music

Today (1 Mar 2008 Saturday) , I experienced a very fantastic classical music by Kathri Gopalnath, here in Singapore Sivan Temple. He received the standing ovation from the audience for a long time. He played Thirupukazh ( Poet Arunaigiri's lyrics ) 'Muthaithiru...' song very fast in his saxaphone, even no one can sing that much fast. He is like a polestar in the classical music world.

படித்து பரிமாற நினைத்தவை

நாஞ்சில் நாடன் பேட்டி :

புத்தகம் படித்தும் இசை கேட்டும் பழக்கமில்லாத சமூகம்
40 வயதில் மனநல மருத்துவரை தேடவேண்டியிருக்கும்.

நீ எழுதுவதுதான் தமிழ். உன் முன்னாடி பேனா எடுக்கவே எனக்கு கூசுது என்கிறார்கள். இவன் எப்படி அநியாயத்தை எதிர்ப்பான்.
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நூல் : இறையருள் தரும் கிரிவலம். ஆசிரியர்:வி.ஆர்.பி மாணிக்கம்.

'வாழ்வில் நிகழும் துன்பம் எல்லாம் இன்பத்தின் திறவுகோல்' என்று இவர் கூறியிருப்பது சிறப்பு.

Life and Death Meets Without Sorrow

Varansi is the ancient city located in North India,Uttarpradesh. This city is spread between the rivers Varun and Asi. That is why it is called varanasi. This Place is the seat of Lord Siva. One who dies here attain mukdhi or motsha ( no rebirth). It is on the river bank of Ganga. The Ganga water is adulterated in so many ways,still the water is harmless . I could not feel any fish bite in the Ghats, when we take bath. We can see many birds flying very close to the water to pick up the offerings .

Here you won't feel sorrow on seeing the dead body. Here Life and death meets without sorrow.

we heard about Harichandra in ancient story, who suffered a lot due to behold the truth and guarded the cremation ground .The place where he guarded the cremation ground is a ghat in Varanasi , called Harichandra paduka( feet). We visited that place in the night by walking from our chettiar chatram where we stayed.

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