We made it at the reception during Hari uncle's reception in Chennai on 17th May'07.



It was a great evening with all friends of Hari uncle joining together to give performance on stage. Srinivas uncle, Visu uncle, Balaji anna, Rekha akka, Hari uncle himself, Ravishankar anna, appa, amma & myself had a feel of our vocal chords yesterday during the reception concert.

Even though every one of them had a long rehersal sessions only one song per person except for Mammpillai Hari anna 3 songs was possible to rendered. I gave 7 numbers on instrumental apart from my Thirukural composition. May be all the singers were little upset for not been in aposition to perform more but it was due to a delayed start and also early finish this happened.

At the end of the day we wanted to give a good evening of music during Hari uncle's reception and i think we were fairly sucessful in this attempt. Thanks to Sridhar anna - Drums, Padhu uncel - Pad, Pradeep uncle - Tabla, Rajagopal uncle - Time and percusion, Ravisankar anna - Mrudhangam and vocal, Jerrard uncle - Bass guitar, Anantha krishnan anna - Violin, all the singers & Audio Ramesh and the well wishers.

The list of songs performed were:

01. Vaathapi Ganapathim - Instrumental
02. Janani Janani - Visu, KB, MSS & RS
03. Ponmalai Pozhudhu - Instrumental
04. Thendral vandhu - MSS & KL
05. Piece from Remember Sakthi - Instrumental
06. Parthamudhalnale - RV & KB
07. Sangeetha Megam - Balaji
08. Urugudhey - RS & KL
09. Sahana - Instrumental
10. Kurukku siruthavale - Visu & RV
11. Thirukkural - (KL & KB voice support) - Instuemental
12. Buntureethikolu - Instrumental
13. Panivizhum Malarvanam - Hari (mappillai)
14. Thumpasu aye - Hari & RV
15. Medley of old songs - Instumental
16.Kannodu Kanbadhelam - RV & KL
17. Devuda - Hari, RS & KB
18. Vandhey Matharam

KB - Krishnababu, MSS - M.S Srinivas,
RS - Ravishanakar, RV -Rekha Vijesh
KL - K. Lalitha

Trichur - 14th May 2007. A trip amma and myself missed with heavy hearts.



Yes it was Hari uncl's wedding at Trichur we missed due to amma 's All India Radio Audition on the 14th MAy'07 same day of teh wedding at Trichur.

Appa just returned told me lots of interesting stories about the trip including the beautiful photo of Hari uncle and Dhanuya akka's in front of the van to identify the group while being received. The second photo is with all the members of Krupasankari Street who had been to the wedding. 3rd and 4th the vital moment of tying up of Thirumangalyam.

I understand it was indeed organised in a great way with good rooms, food, transport arrangements and a great Hosting indeed. Kudos to both Hari uncle's and Dhanya akka's families for a great show.

Looking forward to our show for the reception on the 17th May in Chennai.

A happy attempt of the legends work

It was indeed a great concert yesterday with 7 artists (like Sa, Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha & Ni) enhancing my concert yesterday with Karaikal V'Subramaniam on Violin, Trivandrum Balaji on Mrudhangam, Pradeep - Tabla, HariharaSubramaniam - Ghatam, Sowrirajan - Kanjeera & Morsing, Suri - Bass Guitar & Sridhar - Rhythm Pad, for a private concert. It was also a concert which was attended by Sri AC Muthaiah & family (Chairman - Spic group of companies) and I was really thrilled on seeing them. They were so simple and appreciated me.

As requested performed classical, semi classical and Film numbers apart from a piece from my guru's track of "Remember Sakthi" (Track no. 4) based on Vakulabaranam and a piece from Sri L Sankar's jugalbandhi on ragam Hindolam. This was new attempts with this kind of set up and i think it came out very well particularly considering the fact that we did not rehearse at all. I just shared my thoughts on these tracks with the artists and it was a great co-ordination.

Link for piece from Remember Sakthi http://tinyurl.com/24kgzw

Link for piece from Jugalbandhi http://tinyurl.com/26yu8d

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The photo of Trv Balaji anna i liked very much - just preparing the ravai for the mrudhangam and the next one is of Meenakshi Sundareswarar in the hall premises.

A great trip to Machilipatnam 30th April 2007

I wont forget (nor my appa, Prasad uncle -Mrudhangam and Durgabavani aunty - Violin) the trip from Vijayawada to Machilipatnam and back as i had the opurtunity to travel in a treasure car. Yes an ambassaddor car model 1982 with no ac and the heat inside was far more than felt outside the car. It was also a jumpy drive through out the trip. We reached the venue in time and was surprised to see my picture on advt banner in a big way. Understood the expectation and prayed Lord Rama in which temple premises the concert was held. Prasad uncle gave me lot of tips for perfoming korvais and i will do it in further concerts. I am in the phot with Mr Prsad uncle on the extreme left and Sri Suryaprasad uncle - the organiser in the middle.

Lord Rama helped me not only perform the concert but also managed to bring us back to Vijawada after a two hour drive back at 1225am. We should have missed the train back to Chennai if it was on time and with Lord Rama's grace the train was late by 1 and half hours. Reached home and had good rest all through the day.

Concert at Vijawada - 29th April 2007

It was indeed a different type of weather i experienced in Vijayawada with dry heat. Fortunately we had ac room and so escaped from teh heat. However in the stage it was like a oven and still managed to eprform a 2 hr 45 mts concert. I was happy with the large audience and also with the presence of Sri Anapuram Ramaswamy uncle whom i had met him in Bangalore during the convention of Sri Sri Ravishankarji's Art of Living concert. The hotel we stayed also housed lots of ants and spiders and i was always having a fear if they will bite. Nothing happened till we left the room. The food given by the attenders were excellent.

The train journey was simply great in chaircar and we also wont forget the journey as we had witnessed an accident with our TTR who fell from the moving train to save a lady who had just jumped out. Due to the prompt action of the guard (luckily our coach was just before the guard's coach) the train stopped immediatley and the TTR escaped with minor injury. Appa & myself were standing near the door and saw this action. A nightmarish experience indeed.

A private concert in Chennai 28th April'07

The concert today for a private function was totally different with the entire auditorium in silence for almost throughout the concert. It was arranged by EMS mama (Ghatam) and with Kandadevi Vijayaraghavan uncle (violin) and Kumbakonam Saravanan uncle (Mrudhangam), we had nice co-ordination and presented a good concert. The people who had been there to wish the couple also appriciated me as they were going past me.

I now look forward to the trip to Vijayawada and Machilipatnam on the 29th and 30th April to sign of for this month.

Concert at Lord Suryanarayana Temple - Arasavilli - AP 24.04.07



It was so nice to trvel once again by flightr this time to Vizag on way to Lord Sury's temple in Arasavalli, Srikakulam Dist AP. What a wonderful temple which looked like Konark temple from outside. Maintained so well, i understand this was built by Lord Indra himself. The pillars are with intrecate carvings and of great treasure value.

I also had the oppurtunity to visit the world's only temple - Sri Koormam temple for Kurma Avathara of Lord Vishnu where he is seen in the form of Tortoise. understand it is of 2nd century B.C. and it is a pity that it is not maintained properly. The colorful paintings on the corridors are indeed of great and the three dimentional painting of Lord Ranganatha is of special mention. To see a painting made of so early years is mind boggling.

I was very moved by the excellent hosting by Sri Sankar Sarma head priest and co-ordinator of this concert and Sri Parabrahmam - former Thasildhar and President of Rotract Srikakulam Dist. I had a photo taken with Sri Sankar Sarma's family also. HAppy that appa was also felicitated during the concert.

A Great debut solo tour i can never forget in my life!

A concert i will remember for ever

Yes this concert for Sri Rama Seva Samidhi, Seshadripuram - Bangalore will be in my mind for ever as i got a beautiful Silver Frame from Bangalore Sri Nagaraj uncle. All credits should go to Sri Ravi uncle (violin) Trivandrum Balaji anna (mrudhangam and Sri EM Subramaniam uncle (Ghatam) who enchansed what ever i performed with thier mastery over their instruments and experience. Thanks to the members and Prof Sri Venkatesh uncle for giving me such a wonderful oppurtunity. Uncle had told me that he will be calling me for performance every yearwhich is indeed a great reward for me.

I also thank B Ananthakrishan (violin artiste) anna for helping me to make a korvai on ragamalika which i tried it in this concert.

A great New Year day 14th April'07.

Yes it was indeed a great day as i performed from 5-630pm at Asthika Samajam and 7-9pm at Sivakami Pethachi Hall for Brahma Gana Sabha. Both had a good turn out and i think both were succesful as co- artists appreciated me. Looking forward to the Villiwakkam concert followed by Bangalore concert on 16th April'07.

Concert under Rhythm & Raga 11th April'07

The cocnert on the 11th Apr'07 was indeed a different one as after a long time i saw that the bride & bridegroom where are traditionally seated but were mingling with the audience and enjoyed the concert. Yes it was a mixed version i.e. both carnatic and film numbers were played.

The were atleast 200 people who listened to the concert till the very end and enjoyed both version of music. Infact when i performed Sahana Saral - from Sivaji people were thrilled and applauded with great whistles also.

Thanks to my team of Villiwakkam Raghuraman - Violin, Pradeep - Tabla, Suri - Bass Guitar, Arjun Ganesh - Mrudhangam, Sridhar - Drums and Harihara Subramaniam - Ghatam along with Sri Thirunavukarasu of Karthik Audio who helped to give a good presentation of a concert for Sri Rngarajan's (from Colombo) daughter's wedding. Our thanks also to Sri Click Ravi - Photographer for this function who was instrumental - recommanded me for this function.

This is my favorite song from Sivaji for which A R Rehman uncle has composed great music. I just heard it, thanks to my appa for buying the original cd album, and have played it with my Yamaha 640 for rhythm and KORG TR for melody.

sahana saral - Shi...

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I enjoyed the concert today - 8th April'07

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It was indeed a nice ambience and a perfect setting which we utilised to perform a good concert. I was happy to have two guests who are sishya of Annathakrishnan anna (person in blue shirt) and the foreigner being sishya of Sowrirajan uncle. Both of them appreciated me and said they were surprised that i could perform this way. I am happy i got two new friends for me today.Appa has given a link of a video taken and pls view and give your comments to our email id.

A great temple i visited on the 5th April'07.

Thanks to Annanthakrishnan anna, i got an oppurtunity to perform in this temple of Yagyamurthy perumal on the 5th April'07 . Yes it was indeed a great experience for me and my parents. All the three of us had the same thought running in our minds while coming out, just to keep visiting this temple from now on. I sincerely hope we will be blessed to do to that.

A video link is given here about the temple http://tinyurl.com/2foz6j

A grand concert in Coimbatore on the 31st Mar'07

Just after finishing the concert presume my 350th at Sri Baktha Anjeneyar temple, Ashoknagar we took Cheran Express to go to Coimbatore for a concert on 31st Mar'07. Amma had made kothamalli sadam and curd rice for all of us for dinner which we took in the train. Annathakrishnan (violin) anna, Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan (Mrudhangam) uncle, Bass guitar Suri uncle, Sridhar (drums) anna and Rajagopal (Tabla) uncle praised amma for the great dinner she gave everyone. I also take a share of the compliment as i helped amma to make curd rice!!

On reaching we understood the Bundh called for by the TN Govt. was in full force and so decided to remain indoor in the hotel till the evening. We all played cricket in the room and had timely food also. The party had taken care of us so well that it was like a picnic for us in the hotel.

We went to the venue in the evening and i saw a massive hall and full of richness at the highest level every where. We performed a good concert and it was reflecting with the audience coming in good number near the stage just before the start of the carnatic medley we performed and gave us all a standing applause appreciating the performance. All of us had good dinner and returned the same night by train to Chennai. Ravi uncle, the audio incharge had recorded the concert and has sent me a copy of the audio cd which has really come very good. Thanks uncle.