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 The Hindu : Friday Review Chennai / Tribute : Tracing Tirtha's glory

      Online edition of India's National Newspaper
      Friday, Mar 03, 2006


      SrI:

Dear SangItha RasikAs & KrishNa BhakthAs :

The slOkams of Sri Krishna Leela TarangiNi were sung in front of the Lord 
and approved by AnjanEya , who kept time (TaaLam) . These are divine songs 
by the great Saint composed at VarahUr PerumAL Sannidhi . I hope one of 
these days , we can focus on Sri NaarAyaNa Theerthar's divine compositions.

 V.Sadagopan , Moderator

P.S : Here is anarticle from March 3 , 2006 Version in The Hindu.

>            Tracing Tirtha's glory

>            T.S. PARTHASARATHY
>
>                  Hailed as South Indian Jayadeva, Sri Narayana Tirtha's 
> Krishna Leela Tharangini blends devotion with melody.
>
>
>
>
>            When the sway of the Vijayanagar empire was extended to cover 
> the whole of Tamil Nadu, there was large scale migration of scholars and 
> musicians, into Thanjavur and Madurai and they were patronised by the 
> Nayak rulers there. Most of them were Telugus but there were Kannadigas 
> also like Govinda Dikshitar, father of Venkatamakhi.
>
>            The South Indian bhajana sampradaya was almost exclusively 
> nourished by the works of a few Advaitic scholars and musicians. most of 
> who were Telugus and wre sanyasins. They included Narayana Tirtha, 
> Bodhendra Swami of Govindapuram, Sridhara Venkatesa (Ayyaval) of 
> Tiruvisainallur, Sadasiva Brahmendra and Sadguru Swami, Marudanallur. They 
> firmly established the `Nama Siddhanta' tradition in Tamil Nadu.
>
>            Narayana Tirtha, author of `Krishna Leela Tarangini,' is hailed 
> as the `South Indian Jayadeva' because there are several similarities 
> between him and the Oriya poet who wrote the `Gita Govindam.' Both were 
> ardent devotees of Krishna.While Jayadeva's work is based on the 
> Radha-Krishna episode in the `Brahma Vaivarta Purana,' Narayana Tirtha's 
> work is a condensed version of the Dasamaskandha of the `Srimad 
> Bhagavatam.' Both the plays are of the `gaya natakam' variety.
>
>            There are several theories about Narayana Tirtha's birthplace 
> and the year of his birth, but scholars prefer Kaza near Guntur as his 
> native village and 1675 as the year of his birth. His family name was 
> Tallavajjala. Early in life he mastered Sanskrit, Carnatic music and 
> Bharata Sastra. He was ordained as a sanyasin by Sivarama Tirtha to whom 
> he pays obeisance in his work.
>
>            Led by Divine will
>
>
>            It is stated that when Narayana Tirtha was on his way to 
> Thanjavur district he was afflicted with a severe stomach ailment and 
> prayed to Lord Venkateswara for relief. A divine voice told him to follow 
> the first object he saw the next morning. This happened to be a boar, 
> which led him to Varahur (Bhupatirajapuram). Tirtha settled down in the 
> village and rendered yeoman service to Carnatic music.
>
>            His `Krishna Leela Tarangini' is the lengthiest musical play in 
> Sanskrit and comprises 12 tarangams, which contain 147 kirtanas, 267 
> slokas, 30 gadyams, 30 derus and link passages.
>
>            In his introduction, Narayana Tirtha gives a synopsis of the 
> story from the birth of Krishna to his marrying eight wives. The composer 
> writes a simple but unique style in which all the literary graces such as 
> assonance, and rhyming and liquid sounds are blended to create a total 
> picture of idea, sound and melody.
>
>            He signed his songs as `Vara Narayana Tirtha', `Siva Narayana 
> Tirtha' and `Yati Narayana Tirtha'. `Jaya Jaya Gokula Bala' is, perhaps, 
> the most popular song from the Tarangini. Its original raga was Kurinji 
> but it was later converted into a ragamalika. by Tiruvotriyur Tyagayyar in 
> Bhairavi, Atana, Kambhoji, Kalyani and Surati.
>
>
>            It is believed that Narayana Tirtha was closely associated with 
> the Bhagavata Mela tradition of Melattur. `Krishna Leela Tarangini' is a 
> treasure, which deserves to be cherished by litterateurs, musicians and 
> dancers.
>
>            The Tirupoonthuruthi Festival Committee is conducting the 260th 
> aradhana of the saint composer at Tirupoonthuruthi, 13 km from Thanjavur, 
> where Narayana Tirtha is said to have attained samadi, for three days 
> beginning on March 5.
>
>            Musicians will render tharangams on all the days. Unchavriti, 
> Namasankirtanam, Harikatha and special puja will also form part of the 
> festival.



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