Raghuvamsa Sudha - Patnam - Ragam Kadanakudhukalam - Smt S Aishwarya & Kumari S Saundarya.

Composition: Raghuvamsha Sudha Composer : Patnam Subramanya Iyer Ragam : Kadanakuthuhalam Talam : Adi Venue : Mahalakshmi Lawns – Pune Occasion : "Gaanasaraswathi Mahotsav" in memory of legendary singer Padma Vibhushan Awardee Smt Kishori Ji Amonkar Date: 1st Feb 2019 Smt S.Aishwarya – Vocal Kumari S.Saundarya – Vocal Support Sri Vishwajith Mattur – Violin Sri Phanindra Bhaskara – Mridangam Smt Bhagyalakshmi M Krishna – Morsing Sri Shubham Khandalkar – Tambura Ms Ashwini Purohit – Tambura The seventh edition of "Gaana Saraswati Mahotsav" (in memory of the legendary Padma Vibhushan Awardee Smt Kishor Ji Amonkar) saw Smt S Aishwarya & Kumari S Saundarya & their brilliant team of accompanying artists give a sensational display of their prowess in presenting the classic “Raghuvamsha”in Raga "Kathanakuthukalam" much to the delight of the music lovers of Pune. One of the most popular compositions of Patnam Subramania Iyer- (his mudra ( patent) is Venkatesha) this composition was created during the arrival of George IV to India in late 1890's. While the British army was composing a similar tune , Patnam in his inimitable style composed this song with a combination of Western Notes but with a Carnatic base and hence “Raghuvamsha Sudha” became extremely popular amongst musicians. The Cittasvara for this composition is by Tiruvaiyaru Subrahmaniya Iyer. The credit for this video recording goes to Sri Raghunandan Ji Panshikar who is truly the backbone of this wonderful festival. S Aishwarya & S Saundarya are one of the most popular Carnatic musicians in Carnatic Music from the younger generation. Both of them are the Great Grand Daughters of Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi & the Grand Daughters of Dr Radha Viswanathan and indeed the torch bearers of such a precious legacy. Aishwarya began her first lessons directly from MS Amma and Radha Viswanathan when she was hardly 4 years old on Vijayadashami Day. The huge repertoire of songs which was part of the MS Bani, was painstakingly taught to Aishwarya by her Grandmother Dr Radha for a period of almost 20 years. Aishwarya has also been learning from Karnataka Kalashree Vidushi Smt Jambu Kannan for the last 17 years. She is a proficient Veena player too training in the reputed Karaikudi style from Sri A Shankar Raman and Smt B Nagalakshmi. Aishwarya has won various awards from many organisations most notably being designated as the Ambassador of Classical Arts by the Connecticut State Assembly in 2016. She was named as the rising star of Carnatic Music by the AMN Global Group in March 2017. She has also won the Vocational Excellence Award from the Rotary Club of India and the Young Achiever Award from the A3 Foundation – Chandigarh in the year 2016. S. Saundarya has been learning under the guidance of Sangitha Kala Acharya Smt Neela Ramgopal for 5 years. She is also training on the violin under the tutelage of Smt Anuthama Murali and Sri Vishwajith Mattur. Saundarya is anupcoming dancer too training under the Vazhuvoor Bani from Smt Sumitra Nitin. Both the sisters Aishwarya & Saundarya also learn Hindustani Music under Pandit Nagaraj Rao Havaldar and Sri Omkarnath Havaldar. In Oct 2017 both the sisters Aishwarya & Saundarya were invited by the Indian Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi to sing at his residence wherein they sang the composition “Maithreem Bhajatha” of Mahaperiaval of Kanchi which was composed for World Peace and sung at the United Nations in 1966 by Smt M S Subbulakshmi & Smt Radha Viswanathan. raghu vamsa raagam: katanakutoohalam 29 shankaraabharaNam janya Aa: S R2 M1 D2 N3 G3 P S Av: S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S taaLam: aadi Composer: PaTNam Subramanya Aiyyar Language: Sanskrit pallavi raghuvamsha sudhAmbudhi candra shrI rAma rAja rAjEshvara anupallavi agha mEgha mAruta shrIkara asurEndra mrgEndra vara jagannAtha ciTTaswaram ;;;s, rmg, rsr, rmd, dng, gpS, Sndp || mgpmgr sr rmmd dngp pSSR RMMG GRRS Snnd || dppmgr caraNam 1 jamadagnija garva khaNDana jaya rudrAdi vismita bhaNDana kamalAp-tAnvaya maNDana agaNita arputa shurya shrI venkatEshvara