M.D Ramanathan-Giripai-Sahana 

The greatest classical musician. You cannot see the sruti miss a milimeter. Such perfection. No musician can sing in mantara stayi with full of devotion and life like him. We senior citizens miss him. His sahana and rithigowla were exemplary. V. S . Sivaraman. Hyderabad

No substitute for vidwan MDR highest quality standards of excellence in raga presentation in DEPTH superb Sruthi.

Unfortunately the Genius has not been recognised in his period by the Music Academy. But he never ever expected any recommendations or recognition

He does magic at 7.26 None of the musicians except a handful can sustain at such a low octave. Truly great. Hats off to this great legendary traditional carnatic icon who could simply travel through the ranges of sruti and reach and sustain "keezh SA" with all the ease and sweetness.

With most difficult hardwork he achieved this level.

M.D.R's rendering of Tyagaraja's Giripai -in sahana ,his speciality.steeped in bhaavam as ever . in his resonating base voice . full of bhakthi ..

Oh my God! What a bliss! I float joyfully with the winds of Sahana. Countless thanks for posting this delight.

As if an expert Fisher dives deep to capture big fishes MDR plunches into abysmal depths , of the NATHABRAHMAM and appears with precious pearls-the dazzling gems of melodic perfection....Such flowers are rarely born

His aalapan elevates us from the wordly life . It is because when he sings his 'he' disappears.that is what means spiritual

It's a bliss to hear his Shahana and Giripai. A legend indeed.

MDR's Giripai beautiful rendition of Tyagaraja kruthi is exemplary and rejoiced till date and music 🎶 loving students can learn from his lovely songs and research and redesign their Music career for all time :Chepur Subbarayappa and.S.Narasimha Moorthy (Senior) and Ramesh Sharma Family members Bangalore 10/7/22 👍

Simply divine.... accompaniments are TN Krishnan and Palakad Raghu. (I'm not sure who is playing Kanjira.)

First I wish to appreciate the pencil sketch drawn above. It is beautiful. ‘Thathroopam’. He is a great Viththuwan. Enjoyable to hear this krithi rendered in slow pace. VaazhththukkaL. - “Manian.”

What a great sahana. Full of bliss. No match for his rendering.

This Kriti was originally composed in Telugu. Other languages are for your convenience TELUGUTAMILKANNADADEVANAGARIENGLISHMEANING Pallavi గిరి పై నెలకొన్న రాముని గురి తప్పక కంటి Anupallavi పరివారులు విరి సురటులచే నిలబడి విసరుచు కొసరుచు సేవింపగ (గిరి) Charanam పులకాంకితుడై ఆనన్ద్- ఆశ్రువుల నింపుచు మాటలాడ వలెనని కలవరించ కని పది పూటల పై కాచెదనను త్యాగరాజ వినుతుని (గిరి) . Hi

after listening his Sahana I was dragged towards it.

Pure Bliss. No word can describe the feeling of this Sahana

The uploads in the youtube and the comments help appreciate the best music.

Goddamn, who be killing that violin solo?!

Giripai = Sri MDR ❤️🙏

a masterpiece!

Really superb melody 🙏🙏🙏

Epic. This is a masterpiece in krithi singing.

Musician of Musicians

young generation missed the greatest music legend

Lovely masterpied Rendition of MDR Mama ! Giripai nelakonna Ragam Sahana Adi Talam Thyagarajar Krithi This Keertana tells that Bhadrachala Rama appeared in the dream of Tyagaraja in all splendor and promised to bestow him salvation in ten days.Rather SrI tyAgarAja states that he beheld the Lord. P giripai nela konna rAmuni guri tappaka ganTi bhadra || I saw Rama, who settled on Bhadragiri, very clearly. AP pari vArulu viri suraTula chE nila baDi visaruchu kosaruchu sEvimpaga || His devotees were standing and serving him, waving floral fans. C pula kankituDai yAnandASru vula nimpuchu mATa lADa valenani kaluvarincha gani padi pooTala pai gAcheda nanu tyAgarAja vinutuni || His devotees were standing and serving him, waving floral fans. Gist :- I unerringly beheld Lord Sri rAma - praised by this tyAgarAja - established on the hill as His retinue were worshipping Him standing with fans made of flowers, fanning and praying. Finding me in a state of horripilation, eyes brimming with tears of joy and babbling ‘I wanted to talk (to You)’, He said ‘I shall take care of You after ten days (or day and nights)’. Comments - padi pUTala - generally 'pUTa' means 'a part of the day'; it may also mean 'a day'. Therefore ‘padi pUTa’ may mean five days (as given in one of the books) if each daytime or night time is taken as one pUTa; it may mean ten days also. However, in the absence of any other suggestive information, it has been translated as ‘ten days’. The word 'pUTa' seems to have been derived from Sanskrit word 'pUsha' (tamizh 'pUTan') - one of the twelve Adityas. Similarly, the tamizh word 'pagal' (telugu 'pagalu') meaning 'day' seems to have been derived from 'bhaga' - one of twelve Adityas. Details of Twelve Adityas. General - This kRti seems to precede what is stated in the kRti ‘paritApamu kani’; in that kRti, SrI tyAgarAja asks the Lord whether He has forgotten about His promise to protect him after 10 days. However, there is a contradiction in the scenery described in the kRtis; while the current kRti refers to 'suvEla mountain', in the 'paritApamu kani', the scenery referred is a 'boat ride along with sIta in sarayu river'. In both cases, the period referred is 'padi pUTalu' - ten (or five) days.

Simply superb.

Distortion starts around 28-:-35! Where is the complete recording (without any distortion) located?

Heaven on earth:)

Gurubhoyan namaha.

Great....

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