Glimpses from Indian spirituality, mythology and way of life.

Carnatic music is considered spiritual and one that can elevate the individual, both intellectually and emotionally. The lyrics are mainly based on religious themes and talk about various Hindu philosophies.

What you hear in this episode is a composition – Sarasiruhasanapriye- on Goddess Saraswathi composed by Puliyur shri Doraisamy Iyer in Sanskrit Language. He was also known as Panchanatha Iyer or Manattattaai Duraiswami Aiyar. He was also a renowned musician. He was proficient in Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit.

Goddess Saraswathi is considered as the Goddess of Knowledge. In this composition the composer describes Goddess Saraswathi as one who has two lotus like eyes, who has the face like the autumn moon and who attracts great devotees. Paying his salutations to the Goddess of Knowledge, he says, Oh Mother – I surrender to you, the goddess who likes to sit on a lotus and is surrounded by gems, who likes to always play on the Veena, who has a heart filled with joy and who shines holding a collection of books in her hand.

The composition in the Raga Naattai and set to Adi Taala is rendered by Nirmala Ramachandran.

One of the important facets of the Indian way of life is the Bhajan. Bhajan is any type of devotional song. It has no fixed form. It is normally lyrical, expressing love for the Divine. The term bhajanam is a Sanskrit word which means reverence or what is called Bhakti or devotion. As a bhajan has no prescribed form, or set rules, it is in free form. It belongs to a genre of music and arts that developed during the time of the Bhakti Movement that spread from the south of India throughout the entire subcontinent during the Moghul era. Anecdotes and episodes from scriptures, the teachings of saints and descriptions of gods have all been the subject of bhajans. There are different styles and there are a number of composers in various indian languages.

Saint Tulsidas who composed the Ramacharita manas in Awadhi Language has composed a number of bhajans. This is a bhajan composed by Saint Tulsidas on Lord Rama in this case in the Sanskrit language.

This gives a brief account of the sages Gautama, Kashyapa and Angirasa.

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This is a brief mention about Sages Atri, Bhrigu, Kutsa and Vasishta.

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This is the final part of the four part episode on Sandhyavandanam-Yajur Vedam. The meaning of some important Mantras are explained along with the recitation of the Mantras.

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This is a third part of the four part episode on Sandhyavandanam-Yajur Vedam. The meaning of some important Mantras are explained along with the recitation of the Mantras.

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This is a second part of the four part episode on Sandhyavandanam-Yajur Vedam. The meaning of some important Mantras are explained along with the recitation of the Mantras.

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India has been blessed from time immemorial by the advent of innumerable sages. Many of them are unknown. The epics and other religious literatures indicate the contribution of these sages towards the uplifting of the ethical, moral and religious standards of human beings.

The period of the ancient sages, according to Hindu chronology, is till the end of Dwapara Yuga, which is about 5000 years back. The penetration of these sages in the subjects they dealt with is very clear and profound. Their intuitive power did not stand against reason. Their exposition of thought was thorough and penetrating. The Puranas project sages to more than a live figure and give them life span of thousands of years.

A sage can be defined as one who had devoted his life, energy and experience for the welfare of the people. A Sage is also known as a Rishi. A sage is a poet, visionary, seer, philosopher and a genius with many other traits. The sages are therefore extraordinary human beings having character worthy of imitation. They gifted everything to the world without seeking fame or any kind of gain. Welfare of the world was their sole objective.

This talk is a brief introduction about the ancient sages of India.

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In Carnatic music, all the South Indian languages have been used prolifically, in addition to the ancient classical Indian language, namely Sanskrit. The Telugu language, of course, has been especially widely used in the compositions. But there is a wide collection of this music in Tamil and also in Kannada, and to an extent in Malayalam. There are also a few songs in northern languages like Marathi, Hindi and Braj Bhasha and this adds to the rich variety of Carnatic music.

This song is a composition in Tamil by Neelakanta Sivan on Lord Shiva. This song Sambo Mahadeva is one of his famous compositions. It is in the Raga Bowli and is set to Roopaka Taala.