Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Lakshmipriya's next piece wass an interesting Tamil composition. It was a ragatāḷamālika, set in seven different rāgas and the sapta tāḷas. Each rāga has two lines of sāhitya followed by a ciṭṭasvara set in the sama kāla and the mēl kāla or the higher speed. The seven rāga-s are as follows: Tōḍi, Pūrvikalyāṇi, Bhairavi, Kāmbhōji, Kalyāṇi, Mukhāri and Varāḷi.
Ponnayya has beautifully brought out the rāga mudras as well as the tāḷa mudras in each segment. For example, the first segment, which is set in Tōḍi has the following sāhitya line - "Ninaindōḍi vanden nin malarē", which can be translated as follows: “Thinking of you, I came running to you” and he expresses this while bringing out the name of the rāga with the word “Ninaindōdi”, referring to the rāga Tōḍi.
The sāhitya of the next line is “Ninaduruvam kāṇa viraindu” – which can be translated as follows: “In order to see your form, I came rushing to you.” And yet again, he brings out the tāḷa mudra with the words “Ninadu uruvam” – which, while combined, give the meaning - "your form" in the language Tamiz but also refers to the tāḷa (Duruvam – Dhruva tāḷa).
Lakshmipriya's next piece wass an interesting Tamil composition. It was a ragatāḷamālika, set in seven different rāgas and the sapta tāḷas. Each rāga has two lines of sāhitya followed by a ciṭṭasvara set in the sama kāla and the mēl kāla or the higher speed. The seven rāga-s are as follows: Tōḍi, Pūrvikalyāṇi, Bhairavi, Kāmbhōji, Kalyāṇi, Mukhāri and Varāḷi.
Ponnayya has beautifully brought out the rāga mudras as well as the tāḷa mudras in each segment. For example, the first segment, which is set in Tōḍi has the following sāhitya line - "Ninaindōḍi vanden nin malarē", which can be translated as follows: “Thinking of you, I came running to you” and he expresses this while bringing out the name of the rāga with the word “Ninaindōdi”, referring to the rāga Tōḍi.
The sāhitya of the next line is “Ninaduruvam kāṇa viraindu” – which can be translated as follows: “In order to see your form, I came rushing to you.” And yet again, he brings out the tāḷa mudra with the words “Ninadu uruvam” – which, while combined, give the meaning - "your form" in the language Tamiz but also refers to the tāḷa (Duruvam – Dhruva tāḷa).
