Gayathri Vibhavari’s raga essays were steeped in manodharma
4 days, 6 hours ago

Gayathri Vibhavari’s raga essays were steeped in manodharma

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Gayathri Vibhavari is a young talent good at both playing the violin and singing. Gayathri started her concert with a shloka on Saraswathi in Saraswathi raga before singing her first kriti ‘Gopalaka pahimam anisham’ by Swati Tirunal. The next kriti in Purvikalyani ‘Gnanamosaga’ shone the spotlight on violinist Sivateja, who established the raga right from the start. Next came Muthaiah Bhagavatar’s ‘Amba vani nannu’ in raga Kiravani. The concert concluded with Narayana Tirtha’s ‘Parama purusham anuyama’ in raga Behag.

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