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pre-script : How many Gold coins do you
have ?
Those who were extremely good in studies might have got Gold medals,
rest bought them in 1G, 2G and … … dreamt of buying a Kilo of Gold. The Indian love story for the ‘yellow
metal’.....has no 7 year itch !! .. it is Rs.14010/- for 1 gm of 22 ct gold. Though I
am a strong advocate of buying Gold in e-form, the yellow metal does offer a
personal satisfaction to hold and have in solid form. From the days of Emperors and Kings, gold is
seen as a physical asset with finite supply undiminished in value. From the
naturally found nuggets, gold is minted in the forms of bars and coins. The largest gold coin ever minted was a $1m Canadian Maple Leaf - is 52cm in
diameter.
Not exactly a post on buying Gold, but on gold
coins found elsewhere !!!!
We go
to Temples, worship Emperuman, forget our worries and are blissfully
happy… .. in the midst of festivity in any Temple, there is something
unmistakably heard .. .. .. that makes you happy ! - the sound of music –
not only that of Temple bells – more of Mangala Isai – Nadaswaram & Thavil.
In South Indian Culture
and in Carnatic music, Nadaswaram plays a very prominent role.
The wind instrument is a mangala
isai karuvi (auspicious one) and is
played in all religious functions, marriages and all good events. The Mangala vadhyam is usually played in
pairs, accompanied by thavil. Some of
the famous vidwans would include :
Thiruvavadudurai Rajaratnam Pillai , Dr. Thiruvengadu Subramania Pillai,
Thiruvizha Jaisankar, MPM Sethuraman & Ponnusamy, Sembanar koil
brothers, Namagiripettai Krishnan,
Karukurichi Arunachalam, Sheik Chinna Moulana, and many more……….. there are so many vidwans in
Mylapore, Thiruvallikkeni .. .. and we are spell-bound by their music.
Yesterday it was enthralling
Nadaswaram music played by MKSN Manikandan and Chittoor Devarajulu.
ஆச்சாமரத்தில்தான்
நாதஸ்வரம் உருவாக்கப்படுகிறதாம். கீழே மரத்தால் நீண்டு காணப்படும்
வடிவத்திற்கு “அணசு” என்று பெயர். இது ரோஸ்வுட் அல்லது வாகை மரத்தில் செய்யப்படுகிறது.
“சீவாளி” என்ற நாணத்தட்டையால் செய்யப்பட்டதைப் பொருத்தி வாயால் ஊதி இதை
இசைக்கிறார்கள். திருவாவடுதுறை, திருவாலங்காடு போன்ற இடங்களில்
நாணத்தட்டை பயிரிடப்பட்டு அதைப் பக்குவம்செய்து ஸ்ருதி எத்தனை கட்டையோ அதற்கு ஏற்றாற்போல்
சீவாளி செய்யும் வல்லுனர்கள் உள்ளார்கள்.
Nagasawaram-thavil music
is so inseparably woven into the fabric of temple ritual that one is synonymous
with the other. Mallari is played by nagaswaram artists, with
thavil accompaniment, when the processional deity (utsava murthi) sets out (for
thiruveethi purappadu) from the gopura vaasal.
At Thiruvallikkeni
divyadesam, during Chithirai Brahmothsavam of Sri Parthasarathi Peruma, every
day during Pathi ula, Nagaswara vidwans from various places come and
perform. On Theerthavari day it was special - Vidwan MKSN Manikandan and
Chittoor Devarajulu and their troup
The man of this post MKSN Manikandan is son of a prominent Nadaswaram vidwan Mambalam Sri MKS Natarajan and has an impressive history of few decades performing in Temples and other religious occasions. Their family has released numerous musical albums.
Devotees at Triplicane
were treated with a grand musical performance yesterday during Pathi Ula. Likely you would have noticed the ‘Golden
Nadaswaram’ and few more gold coins adorning the Nadaswaram of Sri Manikandan
as medals - they include - Hearteen shape one presented by Sundaram
Pillai Deyvendiran; SA Rajalingam … .. .. and… .. and one presented by our
beloved Ex-CM Puratchi Thalaivar MGR.
The music was enthralling
and kept us spell bound – thanks and special appreciations to Sri MKSN
Manikandan & Chittoor Devarajulu.
Very nicely written - Shyala
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