Rayaru to A R Rahman I Sivasri Skanda Prasad I Gold Class | RJ Mayuraa 

I am a British citizen who loves the music especially Nama sankeertan of Sivasri. She reminds me of my favourite singer M.S.Subbalakshmi.

She is a divine person and blessed. Her rendering is mellifluous and soothing. She has been doing a great service to sangeetha. We would like to see her perform more kacheris. She has performed enough and more naama sankeerthanas and it is time She switched to kacheris again. God bless her with peace, prosperity, good health and fame.

Every time she gets on stage, she rises from human to divine. And she takes others along on the journey. She will inspire generations to come with her music and message 🙏

She has a spiritual and divine voice which helps to connect with almighty

This is one of the most candid interview by any artist in our times. Fortunately Kumari Sivasri Skandaprasad looks like a Kannadiga to and talks good Kannada, and make us proud, but also she is also a born Tamilian with treasures of songs. Pls give us good Kannada songs in the future. God bless her.

An awesome conversation ..a devine singer,,hats off to sivasri..god bless u ..I am 72 yrs old enjoyed fully

A blessed girl. She is an inspiration to many.Praise the Almighty for giving us a chance to hear her.

Heard Sivasri first when she with a small group was singing bhajans , abhangs and visiting temples. That experience was something very devotional the way it was performed. Today listening to her with such depth is just mind blowing. Young generation with such great knowledge about music, swara, bhakti is so good to hear. Indian music all kinds but specifically this kind is having great future. Best wishes to Sivasri. Absolutely love the dedication and devotion which she speaks from heart.

I thought she was Aishwrya Rai in her twenty..Excellent English and thoughtful interview.

Wow.... Sivasri can speak, understand kannada.... Amazing... Never knew this.... People of Karnataka( kannadigas) will definitely welcome her..... Best of luck.... Keep rocking sivasri....would like to hear more and more Kannada songs a d keerthanas from rich Kannada literature

I am 63 years I am Strong Fan for her Bhajans. She is Kaliyuga SARASWATHI. Everyday morning and evening in walking I use hear SIVASRI BHAJAN SONGS . 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Shivasri you are truly a Kannadiga, we are so fortunate to have you. You speak Kannada so beautifully. I am your big fan and want my granddaughter to learn music from you❤

I have always loved your singing Sivasri. I regularly listen to your songs on RU-vid and FB. Today knowing that you are a staunch devotee of Rayaru I can very well understand where this divinity is stemming in your singing!! Rayara ashirvadha ninna maelae yaavagalu eralima🙏❤❤

Simply great...she is the inspiration to Santana Dharma followers..God Bless her

wanted see only for few minutes but ended up seeing full. concluding song was great with tears in eyes.

Future of music is in safe hands with people like Sivashri🙏

Sivasri....may the Lord bless you to achieve more glory in life.Amazing Podcast interview 2 hrs...but totally engrossing...as a Senior Citizen and a big fan of yours you amazed me with your in depth of knowlege of Music.My prayers for you dear.

From South Africa :l applaud her talent and her devotion to the Tamil culture. I simply love her songs. Are there videos of her dancing? How do l get to see these?

Amazed at your knowledge of music. This can happen when there is real devotion to classical music. Because of brilliant singers like you our classical music is living. Lord Rama bless you my child.

Rayaruge namaskara. The success of any interview depends on the relaxed mood and ease at which the person being interviewed is made to feel by the interviewer and I must congratulate Mayurraa for making this interview with Sivasri most explicit and very lively . I have listened to Sivasris earlier interviews but I must acknowledge without hesitation that this is the best I have listened so far. The added advantage was Mayurraa already knew and is conversant with music and with this background his interaction with Sivasri was very impressive and most pertinent.

Ruhani zalak in any activity makes people happy and blissful. All barriers dissolve in it.Only Anand remains.

Such an amazing interview . I love listening to your concerts Sivasri..chundra from Durban ,south sfrica

Sivasri's parents are lucky to have such a gifted & blessed girl child. I am listening to her from last 3/4 years in Marathi. Love from Mumbai.

Woooooowwww......Soooo Insightful. I literally created a Teachers Training program of about 6 hours while I went through this Interview... Thank you both of you Divine souls.

This girl is fantastic. I have been following her for sometime and her selection of songs and rendering style are something unique. So pleasant and charming in her looks and attitude, she presents music to the audience in a very impressive way that you yearn to listen again and again. She seems to imitate MS subbulakaskmi in her style and bhava but of course has a long way to go to match the skills of the great lady. I wish she does a full time Carnatic hatchery by learning more songs.

Sivasri is a beautiful singer.......I only watch her on you tube.....May the Divine bless her abundantly!

Her paternal grandfather was my colleague in a firm in Chennai. He was Sirkazi Jayaraman, father of Skandaprasad.

Sivasre madam god bless you with good health and Dheergyush for you. What an Interview.Thank you Mayur sir

One of emerging singers. Have been listening to her for couple of years now.. Pleasantly surprised she knows Kannada.

Excellent.Iam an ardent fan of Sivasri.Enjoyed the conversation.Thank you so much. Sandhya Padmanabhan

Amazing insights. God bless Sivasri.

अतिशय सुंदर गप्पा! फार मजा आली ऐकायला!!

wow... nice to get know about the personality behind this amazing, divine voice

looking as cine actor. Shobhana

ಶಿವಶ್ರೀ ತಾರ್ಕಿಕವಾಗಿ ಆಲೋಚಿಸಬಲ್ಲ ಕಲಾವಿದೆ, ಇಂಥವರ ಸಂತತಿ ಸಾವಿರವಾಗಲಿ

It is a great conversation. Sivasri is a blessed child and her talent obviously coming from previous birth achievements. I think she has correctly addressed the imporatnce of the Bhava when you sing a song. The purpose of carnatic music is to glorify the Lord as has been done by the great Thiyagaraja and many other famous musicians. So, in this context, we can't separate the divinity in the form of glorification of the Lord and mere singing for the pleasure of our ears. Sivasri is showing the way for the new generation singers as well as for the stalwarts to follow. For this age of kali yuga,Hari Namasankirtanam is the way to progress in our devotion towards Lord Sri Krishna.

Thank you for presenting such a great interview. Love Shivasri Always, and now more. So proud to be her mom's friend indeed feel as if my own daughter is there on screen so much blessed. Thanks a million

Very informative yet very natural and casual Interview. You both made me a devotee of Swami Ragaventhra

I got this daughter by the grace of God Sri Ramanadhaswamy of Ramanadhapuram i.e., Rameswaram. 👏🏽👏🏽 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Divine voice and blessings of Sri Ragavendra swamy. 🙏🙏

One of best conversation. It is simple easy to understand.

Loved every bit of it, tears and goosebumps was all the way, thank you and Namaskaram to Shivasri

Fantastic conversation. I am a lay audience of music and I had these kind of questions and I am convinced with the anwers as well. No second thought about the bhava aspect in Sivasri's renditions. ಮನೋಧಾರ್ಮಿಕವಾದ ಅದ್ಭುತ ಸಂವಾದ, ಸಂದರ್ಶನ.

What a beautiful explanation of Raaga MADHYAMAVATHI❤

her soul actually chose the environment it want to experience- thus her family.( actually every one of us!! )

Really excellent conversation between both of you. Enjoyed it thoroughly.

Loved the way how she sang so many kritis with Bhaava and without Bhaava. I don't know why many Carnatic music teachers care only about the technicality of the swaras underneath but do not stress the importance of saahithya. This was an illuminating podcast for a Carnatic music beginner. Will pay more attention to Saahithya and the Bhaava behind every Varnam / Krithi from now on🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Thank you @GoldClassWithMayuurra and @Sivasri_Skandaprasad

We greatly admire Sivasri.... Thank you for making the entire interview in English 😊🙏

After watching so many others who perform, Sivasri appears to be just like any other of those talented performers. Nothing more , nothing less.

This is the first interview which I have followed with this talented artiste Ms Shivasri Skanda Prasad. Enjoyed it thoroughly. She rightly emphasised the importance of knowing the text of the song. Otherwise " Maruvudu alla " becomes " Maruvudu yella". A nice and thought provoking interview. By the way Sri Thyagaraja swamy lived between 1767 and 1847.

After listening all her songs. My mind fuse blows off. I am very mad always thinking about her.

🙌...A good must watch interview to all music lovers across genres on the importance of syncing music, emotions and feelings at both the gross & subtle levels. Hope to see many more such versatile artists who could understand music at all levels beyond their pre- conditioned biases & barriers.

Very interesting and impressive podcast. Marathi is my mothertounge. I heard Marathi bhajans sung by Sivasri infront of Satya Sai Samadhi in Puttaparthi. She is blessed singer. Her bhavpurn and bhaktipurn singing took me in trance. Thanks a lot.

Lively conversation. Sparkling, contemplative, regenerative, cleansing, subtle and philosophical thoughts - have become enshrined in our hearts. Thanks to Sivasri and Mayura avarige.

So nice and sweet. God bless you😊

We know Sivasri almost nearer to God. Through music she is a bridge between Lord and us. First time seeing Mayura very great and taken this conversation like sitting in our home and totally outcome is EXCELLENT. This is real PODCAST with great knowledge. Keep it up...

My favourite ❤singer sivasri She is singing very sweetly voice ,👏with good expressions also &beautiful looking eyes 👍

Bravo! I was completely blown over both by the interviewer’s and also Sivasri’s depth of knowledge and her own conviction about her position supported by valid arguments! Bhava is what I am impressed with Sivasri’s performances. This was a fantastic interview! Good luck to Sivasri to climb greater heights!

I have been an ardent fan of Sivasri ever since I listened to her bhajan concert for Telengana day celebration in Hyderabad. Among various krithis sung by her on various stages I loved her rendition of ashtapathy (19) ' Vadasiyathi...' the most followed by Guru Raghavendra's krithi in Mantralaya. Pleasant surprise for me that Sivasri has highlighted these two as her favourites too. I thought Sivasri is an ardent devotee of Swami Gnananda Giri first. Wish to congratulate Sri Raghavendra for the excellent way nay, Gold class way of conducting this interview. I would have loved to hear his rendition of the mentioned pancha Ratna kirtana ( Samaya...) which would have served as icing on the cake.

Enlightening , lively and informative conversation . May Rayaru ‘s anugraha always be with both of you . 😊

Srivari’s ‘Indu engage Govinda’ superb. Love from Udupi ❤

It’s bloody 1:59 min which I thought was 59 min!😮 I am transported to a realm with an intelligent divine musician’s commoner perspective 😇. Real Gold Class . Host could be have been more precise to avoid eating Guest Time.

If you want to enjoy 99% of Carnatic kritis, knowledge of Telugu is most essential. When in doubt, refer to Telugu Vidwans to understand the essence of the Kriti. Greatest Telugu Vaggeyakaras - 1) Annamacharya 2) Bhadrachala Ramadasa 3) Tyagaraja 4) Shyama Shastri 5) Leela Shuka/Bilvamangala 6) Sadashiva Brahmendra/Ramakrishna Sharma 7) Narayana Tirtha/Govinda Shastri 8) Kshetrajna/Kshetrayya 9) Edla Ramadasa Jai Chennakeshava , Jai Andhra Maha Vishnu , Jai Virupaksha. Govinda Govinda. Blessed Telugu (Andhra Race) Race.

People listen to her Annapurna stotram in RU-vid, it's so melodious ❤

Fantastic presentation of lovely gifted and spiritual young Sivasri Skandaprasad whom I admire a lot. God bless her with health and happiness, from Sydney, Australia, Retd Doctor

Let's talk about Mayura for a change, instead of Sivasri. Amazing bro, the way you talked to her, so naturally. From your friend - Srinand 🙂

My most favorite.. beautiful soul inside out. Thank you for this wonderful conversation ❤️

1:37 hr she is just awesome. without any instruments also she is soothing to hear. she has got good voice throw. Bhava, Bhava.

I like her. She's a divine voice and she's funny too

(Revathiraman)excellent interview

WoW! what an excellent interview. God bless you with good health & happiness, to make ur fans happy too.

From 1hr :30 min :: 19th Ashtapadi by Jayadeva from Odisha, 'priye charushide'. Tuned in Mukhari, dripping with bhava... Pining for pain... Surrender of Krishna to Radha at her feet. Best sahitya in the world ( Mama Shirashi ... means place your feet on my head so that i can achieve Moksha..)

Late Smt.Rukmini Devi Athai had stuck to the traditional tunes as Late Papanasam Sivan taught to our Musicians as Athai set the Gita Govindam Natya Natakam. Our batch learnt directly from Athai the production. The 19th Ashtapadi was known Sanjeevini Ashtapadi. The manuscript had the oil as Sri.Jayadeva was going for his oil bath after deleting that particular sahithya but Lord Sri Krishna rewrote the same sahithyam😢 . Thank you Sivasri for mentioning about the 19th Ashtapadi. Very interesting interaction session. Namaskaram to you both 💐💐

Wow wow wow What a true statement even to surrender to him we should have his blessings Moved by the statement on a mood swing days and committed for a concert get on to the stage and totally surrender to him rest he takes over it never happens for all the artist You are a blessed and gifted artist specially sent for spreading his existence guiding us to surrender to him for his blessings astonished your command over your profession the music and several language you sing and speak Being septugenerian I pour ashirwadams profusely to continue this service on and on and pray to the almighty to shower his choicest blessings with long long life along with all the good fortunes turned towards you great going keep going sankar nanganallur

Very nice to know about Ms. Sivasri Skanda Prasad Madam path she came into the Devotion.... We are ALL thankful & much Lucky people's to have such a Wonderful Person to hear her Renderings..... Such a way she brought up fm a Music Family.... It's a good & Pleasant Journey..... We Pray for her to achieve more & more Feet and WONDERFUL Journey of her Devotion..... We Pray for her to keep Good HEALTH with God, such a way we can give a Present to Madam. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Sivasri, you are blessed, immensely talented.You dissemenate values so beautifully. At an young age, you achieved so much. Blessings Vazhga pallandu.

Very nice programme. Sweet voice! Oh my God ! Happy to hear kannada from her!

Sivasri is simply a dedicated and professional vocalist.She is an asset to Indian music and may God bless her to reach greater perfection in future. 🙏🙏🙏

The last part where she finished was just hypnotic

😢😢❤❤ more podcasts with classical singers

Awww..my fav....Sivasri skanda Prasad. Loved her voice..💕❤️very nice podcast tq..mayura Sir. 😊

Sivasri… I learned that…. True to yourself to Music with empathy,,, putting Heart-full… love …. Would bring .. Bhava….. is the Main tool … reached the Audience… with clear understanding of Meaning of the lyrics … The best way to educate the society .. it’s unique way to teach lessons. Amazing. It’s proud and pride movement. It’s great . Attitude is what I consume … it’s should reach everyone to pour the same joy . Good ❤️🙏😊💐 . My due respect to Shri RJ Mayura Raghavendra 🙏

Started with the notion of watching only for few minutes but ended up watching full show. very informative. thank you both.

Thanks for the wonderful interview. God bless you both

Like MJ , he was a dancer turned famous musician, Destiny pulls automatically., very pious voice, family and tradition , God Bless

She is blessed soul for the music. I always find time to listen and see her singing ❤

omg! this conversation has bown my mind, her journey, her connect with rayaru, her excellent knowledge in the music, the statement you mentioned " she converses with herself in swaras", too many wow moments, her spontaneity on bringing out the songs. I am taking back the songs she mentioned here. wonderful interaction sir . Thank you !

Excellent interaction Raghavendra Ji. This podcast with Sivashri ji is very educative. Thanq you both for making the session so lively.

Sivasri, golden voice.So divine, Pl keep up the good work.Wish I could help you.Blessings.

❤love you divine soul .i am so lucky to listen to this conversation.

Sensible interviewer and brilliant interviewee. May god bless them!

Simply Bliss...the whole conversation...❤

It's always been a pleasure to listen to her songs, truly grateful to watch this interview today. 🙏🏻

Sikkil Gurucharan has sung priye charushile in the most beautiful and meaningful way.

I am 82 years old. Don't know Kannada. I am an ardent listener of music without knowing anything about Raga or the intricacies of Tala but I thoroughly enjoyed your conversation. I have heard Sivasri many times. I was completely overwhelmed. Blessings to both of you. Keep it up. Krishna

Excellent she is god gifted singer with melodies and sweet voice it’s wonderful and pleasant to watch her. Interview one or the other day she may achieve more greater heights in near future too. Stay blessed

Namaskara Mayura Brother . One of the best podcast with one of the best singers i can Say . In fact it was a " Gold Class " Episode and of course all your sessions.. Your Way of Questioning to uplift the knowledge with wonderful questions ,what makes these episodes phenomenal . Keep the good Work going, It will surely inspire so many people . May God Bless you . Thank you !

My daughter born during covid, her songs like sriramachandra krupalu, bhaja govindam, venkatachala nilayam were lullaby for her. ❤

Sivasri is an old soul. There are very few Devotional singers who can sing from deep within. Connecting to Divine and dissolving in the Divine Bliss while singing Bhajans. That is why Sivasri's Songs touchs everyone and we in turn can experience the Divine Bliss. 🙏🙏🙏😊❤

My favourite vocalist excellent interview by Mayur Thank you Raghu for wonderful interview