Sree Vishwanatham Bhajeham - Chaturdasha ragamalika

Sri Viswanatham Bhajeham ,the Magnum Opus Ragamalika by Muthuswami Deekshitar set in fourteen Ragas set to Adi Tala resembling 14 worlds of the puranic lore. The sequence of fourteen Ragas that appear in this Ragamalika are Sri, Arabhi, Gowri, Nata, Gowla, Mohanam, followed by viloma swaras. The second half contains Sama, Lalita, Bhairavam, Saranga, Sankarabharanam, Kambhoji, Devakriya, Bhoopalam, followed again by viloma swaras, and finally ending in the Sriragam, like a time travel through these 14 worlds. This composition is in praise of Lord Viswanatha of the temple located in the village Kulikkarai (Kuzhikkarai /Gartha theera as in Anna purne vishalakshi) near Tiruvarur . It has the vaggeyakara mudra (Guruguha), raga mudras (name of the 14 ragas), Prabandha mudra (Ragamalika), and Raja mudra ( Vaidyalinga mudaliar). Thus it is also called a chaturmudra prabandham. Rendition by sri.Bharat Sundar and Sri. Sunil Gargyan at Vishwanatha Temple, Kuzhikkarai on 14th Oct 2017 as part of RATHAM