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Ananth Bhakta, our friend and a Manager with HDFC bank, brings to us a divine video of GSB Sabha Seva Mandal’s Ganapati - Visarjan Aarti. Ananth most readily agreed to share the video with us. He would share with us a detailed account on his blog : www.ananthabhaktha.blogspot.com
Apart from video Ananth Shares with us on this holy occassion of Ananth Chaturdashi, some lovely pictures of GSB Ganapati of Matunga as well as Wadala, and also the renown Lalbaug cha Raja. Kindly watch the same in the slideshow below:
May the Lord Shower his choicest blessings on Ananth for his kind seva, and to all of us. Ganapati Bappa Moriya!
Do you have a collection of Ganeshotsav celebrated at your own home or in your locality? Do mail us about it at feedback@radioidli.net
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It gives me immense pleasure to welcome Dr. Kiran Shirlal - An accomplished classical singer and a PhD. professor in engineering at the prestigious NITK (formerly KREC) Surathkal, Mangalore.
In the first of a two part series, Dr. Shirlal presents to us a composition in Raag Adaana (available in the podcast below).
Directions to hear: Please press the play button in ANY ONE of the widgets below. If the audio breaks and doesnt play continuous, (due to slower connections) press the pause (same play button with || mark) again and play after two minutes.
Editor’s note: Shri Ramesh Pai, from Abu Dhabi, (photograph at left) brings to us yet another generous contribution - a Treasure of Konkani culture and literature,
recorded in 1992 at Kerala. This treasure is for all of us to hear, imbibe, and share with all our brethern. Radio Idli team thanks Ramesh maam for giving this opportunity to share this true cultural treasure. Here is what Ramesh-maam has for us:
The Story begins:
A cow, its calf and a Tiger - No, this is not the beginning of a puzzle. These are the characters in a Konkani folk tale which is popular across the west coast. The story is not only worth listening, but also worth learning.
It happened in a town called Karaamati (Or Teraavati, according to a different version). There lived a cow by name Ganga (See, how consciously has the anonymous author named the cow after the holy river) with a calf. Nearby was a forest, wherein lived a tiger. The cruel animal thrived on eating one cow each day. Everyday the cows would decide whose turn would be.
Hear the folk tale embedded in a rhythmic composition:
Bhovali_Gaayi sung by Aparna Pai at Kerala Konkani Academy, 1992 (check the audio commentary on the same by Adv. Uday Bhembre later in this article)
During 1992, when Kerala Konkani Academy conducted a Seminar on Konkani Folk Literature at Ernakulam, the song ‘Bhovvali Gaayi’ was sung by Ms. Aparna K. Pai. The audio clips are also available in the esnips folder ‘www.esnips.com/web/konkanifolkaudios’. It will be interesting to listen an analysis of the same tale, as heard in Goa, from a prominent Konkani writer Adv. Uday Bhembre, which is also available in the same above link. He has nicely brought out the ethical and moral values of the folk song in sweetly chiseled words.
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