Kalpakam teacher turned 87 today, Aug 15, 2009. During the veena lesson I had an opportunity to record her playing the Dikshitar kRti
gauri girirAja kumAri (see video below). The imagery of the epithet
gAna vana mayUrI struck me as being ideally suited to mAmI herself. Here's wishing her a happy birthday and many more years of blissful wanderings in the
gAna vana.
3 Comments:
gana-vana-mayUri is indeed an apt description of this doyenne..
The phrase was probably inspired by the verse attributed to kAlidAsa -
'OmkAra-panjara-shukIm
upaniSad-udyAna-kEli-kalakaNTIM Agama-vipina-mayUrIm AryAm antarbhAvayE gaurIm'
Thanks a lot for posting this. On Gowri festival day, I did listen to another track (same composition) of hers on Sangeethapriya several times!
Yes - She is definitely gAna vana mayUri
-Ramakriya
Hallo,
I recently chanced upon your blog and I was quite impressed!
I have a request, is there a vocal rendition alone of this kriti, that I can find online?! do help!
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