Varalakshmi Vratham or Nombu is observed on the Friday before the Sravana Pournami (Avani Month). Its generally considered to be very auspicious for the ladies of the house to worship Lordess Mahalakshmi in the form of Vara Mahalakshmi. Kalyanapuram S Aravind a musician of Carnatic vocal music, presents a composition of Sri Muthuswami Dikshithar in the Ragam Sree - Sri/ Shri Varalakshmi Namastubhyam set to Rupaka Talam. He is accompanied by Vidwans R Raghul on the Violin and NC Bharadwaj on the Mridangam.
Lyrics of the Kriti : -
PALLAVI
shree varalakshmee nama-
stubhyam vasupradE
shree saarasapadE rasapa-
dE sapadE padE padE
(shree)
ANUPALLAVI
bhaavaja janaka praaNa
vallabhE suvarNaabhE
bhaannukOTi samaana pra-
bhE bhakta sulabhE
sEvakajana paalinyai
shrita pankaja maalinyai
kEvalaguNashaalinyai
kEshava hrt khElinyai
(shree)
CHARANAM
Sravana powrNamee poorvastha sukravare
caarumatee prabhrtibhih poojitaakaarE
dEvaadi guruguha samarpita maNimayahaarE
deenajana samrakshaNanipuNa kanaka dhaarE
bhavanaa bhEdacaturE bhaaratee sannutavarE
kaivalyavitaraNaparE kaankshitaphalapradakarE
(shree)
Aravind is one of the promising Carnatic Vocalists in the current crop of young musicians, hailing from Kalyanapuram Village of Thanjavur District. Aravind is a disciple of the Living Legend Padmabhushan Sangita Kalanidhi Madurai Sri TN Seshagopalan. He also happens to be the nephew of renowned Harikatha Exponent Kalyanapuram Sri Aravamudhachariar
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