My Carnatic Favorites
21st of June is celebrated every year as "World Music Day", ever since it was first conceptualized in France in 1982. You can refer to more information about the significance of the day here. Carnatic music has been one of the most ancient genres of music, and I have been a follower of it for quite a while now (just as an avid listener, not as a performer, though). In this post, I will try to list down a few of my favorite ragas and renditions, and the corresponding observations I have made. The raga that first drew me towards Carnatic music was a rare raga called "Jingala", and Smt. Nityashree Mahadevan's rendition of "Anathudanu Ganu" composed by Saint Tyagaraja. You can have a listen to it here. This then paved way to more exploration and I soon became a die hard fan of Raga "Revati" , with one of the most popular songs in this Raga, "Nanati Baduku", composed by Annamacharya, making an early impact, thanks to the soulful...