SrI:
Dear AasthikAs
:
Srimathy SanthAna Lakshmi is
a gifted poetess and
Saahithyam Composing Musician
as well as a Master
Teacher of Carnatic Music .
She has many compositions
to her credit ; she has tuned
them and recorded them .
One of them is Govindha
Sathakam .
The most recent creation of
Srimathy SanthAna Lakshmi
is " Pathikku Oru Paadal " .
Our Twelve AzhwArs have performed
MangaLAsAsanam of the
108 dhivya dEsams through their
divine Paasurams . There are
4000 Paasurams in the dhivya
Prabahndham .
Although dhivya Prabhandham experts have
recited these 4000 paasurams
in one day without interruption ,
it is not an easy
task in the context of modern day preoccupations
.
Srimathy SanthAna Lakshmi has
maee it easy for all of us by composing
one krithi for each of
the 108 dhivya dEsams and set them to tune
in beautiful Karnatic
Music MeLa raagams and their Janyams .
The series on the 108
dhivya dEsam ( One song for each dhivya dEsam=
Pathikku oru Paadal) starts
with AchArya Vandhanam in ChArukEsi Raagam
and is followed by the
BhUpALam krithi , which is a SamarpaNa krithi .
These two are followed by 108
Krithis , one for each of the dhivya dEsams
starting from Srirangam and
concluding with Parama Padham . The raagams
range from rakthi rAgams ,
Upaanga, BhAshAnga and SampoorNa Raagams.
Some of them
are unusual rAgams :
Deseeyam , BhAgEswari
, Valaji (
ThiruvAli-Thirunagari) , Vallabhi
( Thirucchitthirakootam) ,
Naaga GAndhAri (ThirukkAragam) ,
Vijaya Vasantham (
ThirukkArvAna PerumAL ) , Saraswathy
ManOhari ( ThiruninRavoor) ,
Jayantha Sri (ChOLa Simhapuram ), Chittha
Ranjani (VitthuvakkODu)
, JOnpuri (
ThiruvARanviLai) , NaLinakAnthi
( ThiruppuLinkudi) , Tilang (
ThirukkuLanthai) , SarsAngi ( Thenn ThiruppErai) ,
Paras ( ThirukkuruhUr-AzhwAr
Thirunahari) ,Ranjani (SrivilliputthUr ) ,
Hamsa Brahamari ( Thiru
TaNkal) , UmAbharaNam ( ThirukkUdal Mathurai) ,
Raama PriyA ( TirumOhUr)
,Simha Vaahini ( ThirukkOttiyUr) , AandhOlika
(Thirumeyyam ) , BrundhAvana
Saaranga for NaimichAraNyam ,
Suddha Seemanthini (
Thirukkadinagar) , Suddha Desh ( BadarikAsramam) ,
NavrOz ( SaaLagrAmam) ,
Kathana KuthUhalam (Gokulam ) , Sivaranjani
(ThiruvEnkatam
).
Besides the selection of such
assembly of beautiful RaagAs , the Saahithyams
are very meaningful . Some
have one charaNam and the others like the krithis
on Srirangam , ThriuvEnkatam
have muliple CharaNams .
Al the krithis have the names
of PerumAl , ThAyAr, VimAnam and Theertham .
They also have an one liner
on the uniqueness of the KshEthram . Pallavi ,
anupallavi and CharaNams have
details about the KshEthram and
KshEthra Naathan
and unusual
insights . They all have the Composers'
"Mudhrai of SanthAna
Lakshmi " .
Examples of unique insights in the body of
Krithis
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1. BadrikAsramam : Naam uyya ashtAksharam
bhOthittha perum Pathi :
The dhivya dEsam , where
the Lord instructed as an AchAryan
the upadEsam of
AshtAksharam for our upliftment . The Lord is
here in AchArya
Roopam .
2. AadhanUr : Anupallavi(Raagam : Udhaya
ravichandrikA )
AaNDavan aLappathaRkku
talaippuram MarakkAlum
aLanthathai kuRippathaRkku
idakkayil yezhutthANiyum koNDa ( AaNDaLakkum Iyyan )
Very few sevArthees would
have noticed the Yezhutthu AaNi on the left hand
of the Lord in Sundara
Sayanam . Smt.SanthAna Lakshmi such fine details
time and again. She concludes
: "Sundara Thirucchayanam sEvikka udal
silirkkum " ( One would
ahve mayirkkUcchal on seeing the beautiful
reclining pose fo the Lord )
at AadhanUr , where Thirumangai
AzhwAr and KaamadhEnu are
present worshipping the Lord .
3.Thirukkudanathi AarAvamudhan: another
Sayana PerumAL
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The composer salutes this dhivya dEsam as "
siRappaana thEr Koil"
( a dhivya dEsam known for its huge
Chitthirai ThEr ) . She salutes
the PerumAL un CharaNam as " thEmadhura
kavyAna Thirumazhisai
AzhwArin Tamizhukku yezhuntha PerumAn " (
As the Lord , who rose up
in UdhyOga Sayanam to respond to the
delectable Tamizh Paasurams of
Thirumazhisai ) . AzhwAr commanded the
Lord : " kidanthavARu
yezhunthu pEsu " and the responded
with alacrity .
4. ThiruveLLiyankudi Dhivya Desam :
Kolavalli Raaman
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At this sthalam dear to Sukran , the
composer points the special
vigraham of Garudan having Four hands (
Chathur Bhujam ) .
5. AhObilam: Kuranji Raaga
Krithi
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Here the composer aptly describes the
KshEthram as : " Yuga-yugamAy
irukkum talam , bhaya -bhakthi koNDOr
sevikkum talam " ( a dhivya dEsam ,
which has been here for amny yugams and a
KshEthram worshipped by
those with Bhaya
bhakthi ).
6. Thiru AyOddhi : Raagam
ChArukEsi
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The specialty of this KshEthram is pointed
out as :
" NaaraNan maanidanAy avatharittha pathi
" (
Dhivya
dEsam , where Sriman NaarAyaNan took the
avathAram
as a Human being ) .
7. ThirumAlirum ChOlai Azhagan : Raagam
ChArukEsi
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The composer salutes the Lord as : "Azhagar
Malai Azhagan ,
Parama Swamy " . She refers to KaruppaNNa
Swamy becoming Kaaval
dhaivam here and salutes His trip to Vaigai
in Chitthirai and
His adoration of ANDAL this way
:
" KaLLazhagan chitthirayil kuthirayil
varuvAn
viruppamudanKothai soodiya
maalai yERppAn "
8. ThirukkOttiyUr Uraha MellaNayAn : Raagam
Simha Vaahini
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About the specialty of this dhivya dEsam ,
the charaNa Vaakyam says:
" RaamAnujar Thirumanthiram pothuvAkkiya
uhr
rakshikka NarasimhanAha Hari
thOnRiya uhr "
One can go on to describe the special
talent of Smt.SanthAna Lakshmi ,
who composed these 108 Krithis on the 108
dhivya dEsams ( Pathikku
oru Paadal ) with exquisite balance of
Sangeetham , Saahithyam ,
Sthala PurANam and the specialty of the
dhivya dEsam . It is
a wonderful experience to read the
Saahithyam and enjoy
the tuning talent of this bhakthi filled
devotee and connesieur
of ArchAvathArams .
Prakrutham HH Srimath Srirangam Andavan has
provided an
anugraha BhAshaNam in Jan 2004 for these
recordings & booklets on krithis.
A set of 8 casettes on htrese
krithis can be had from the composer-
Musician at the Navi Bombay
address of her son
:
Sri S.DEvanand
No.7,Saras 3 ,kalash udyan , sector
11
Kopar Khairane , Navi Mumbai 400
709
Tel: 2 754 0250
With prayers to the 108 dhivya dEsa
EmperumAns
to bless Smt.SanathAna Lakshmi's
Kaimakryam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil V.
Sadagopan
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