Omkaarakarini
From Sahityam
[edit] Lyrics
[edit] Pallavi
OmkArAkAriNI madahankAra vAriNI avatumAm Show Details |
[edit] Anupallavi
hUnkAra mAtra zatru damanI hrInkAra rUpiNi rudrANi Show Details |
[edit] Charanam
muraLI sudhA laharI vihAri puraripu prEmita tripura sundari Show DetailskaruNArasa bharita lalita lavangi varadA abhayadA sakala subhAngi |
[edit] Commentary
The musical genius Dr Balamuralikrishna has created this raga (Raga Lavangi) using only four notes.This was regarded an act of sacrilege by the orthodox.But then, any serious appraisal of a contemporary work of art must be historically informed. Innovation of new ragas was the defining characteristic of the Thyagaraja legacy.More than 700 Thyagaraja compositions available today are set in 212 ragas. Of them, 121 had but one composition and Thyagaraja was the first to compose kritis in 66 ragas. Significantly, the ragas Vivardhani and Navarasa Kannada - which are innovations by Thyagaraja - have just four notes on the ascent. They were the first of their kind in the 19th century. Arguably, Balamuralikrishna's own ragas merely take Thyagaraja's endeavour to its culmination.
