Bharatanatyam varnam, raaga Hamsanadam

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Vidhu007
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Bharatanatyam varnam, raaga Hamsanadam

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Hi Lakshman ji,

Is there any online source for lyrics for Hamsanadham varnam lyrics.
Below is a link to the song.

https://youtu.be/0y9T2e0MKkU

Thank you,
Vidhya

Lakshman
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Re: Bharatanatyam varnam, raaga Hamsanadam

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The padavarNa is incomplete. Corrections welcome.

mAyam EdO svAmi mangai. rAgA: hamsanAda. Adi tALA.

P: mAyam EdO svAmi mangai endan mIdu inda
A: yashOdai magizhum bAlakanE yAdavarkku tuNai seidOnE
vAdum shUdum unakkEnayya vAzhvu tandu ennaik-kAppAyO
(muktAyisvara sAhitya)
nIla shiragan nIyum mAyOnE en nenjamadil niraidirukka varuvAyO
engaLukku toNDar manam sEra viDaviyil vadaruL nI tandaruL nin koNDAruL
C: kaNNA kani azhagA kaN pAru tuNai kAru

Umesh
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Re: Bharatanatyam varnam, raaga Hamsanadam

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Many of these varnams (usually penned in Kerala, it seems?) have been created for short dance performances/competitions. This may be it in terms of lyrics.

Lakshman
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Re: Bharatanatyam varnam, raaga Hamsanadam

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Umesh: This one seems to be by Madurai Muralidharan but I am unable to locate it in any of the albums that are already published.

namratasaianand
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Re: Bharatanatyam varnam, raaga Hamsanadam

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Can someone please share Madurai Muralidharan sir's list of varnams

Sangeetha

Lakshman
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Re: Bharatanatyam varnam, raaga Hamsanadam

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THrese are the padavarANAs for which I have lyrics.

ADal nAyakan AdinAr (pv). rAgA: kalyANi. Adi tALA.
AdavanE ulaguyir (pv). rAgA: rEvati. Adi tALA.
ADi ADi magizhndAr (pv). rAgA: dharmavati. Adi tALA
aDiyArkellAm aDiyEn (pv). rAgA: kIravANI. Adi tALA
ADum mayil mEl (pv). rAgA: shuddhadhanyAsi. Adi tALA
dasharatha kumArA (pv). rAgA: Anandabhairavi. Adi tALA.
gAnam isaittu ninrAyO (pv). rAgamAlikA. Adi tALA
gItai urai seida mAdhavA (pv). rAgA: sallApa. Adi tALA.
kANa vENDum ayyA (pv). rAgA: cArukEsi. Adi tALA.
kArmukhil vaNNan (tv). rAgA: punnAgavarALi. Adi tALA.
kAviya nAyakan shrI rAman (pv). rAgA: kAmavardhini. Adi tALA
konjum sadangai tigazhum (pv). rAgA: latAngi. Adi tALA
mahA tripurasundari (pv). rAgA: shivaranjani. Adi tALA.
mAlai nalla vELai (pv). rAgA: behAg. s/dhruva tALA.
mAyam EnO svAmi (pv). rAgA: hamsanAda. Adi tALA.
mAyE manam kanindaruL (pv). rAgA: simhEndramadhyam. Adi tALA.
mukha vaNNam kaNDEn (pv). rAgA: sallApa. Adi tALA.
nandagOpAlan ennai sondam (pv). rAgA: gaurimanOhari. Adi tALA.
puram eri seida (pv). rAgA: SaNmukhapriyA. Adi tALA
sadAshiva shankara (pv). rAgA: tODi. cApu tALA.
sadAshiva shankara (pv). rAgA: tODi. cApu tALA.
sonna kathaigaL pOdum (pv). rAgA: AbhEri. Adi tALA.
talai nimirndu (pv). rAgA: Arabhi. s/tripuTa tALA.
vaDivElanE nI varuvAyE (pv). rAgA: AbhOgi. Adi tALA.

namratasaianand
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Re: Bharatanatyam varnam, raaga Hamsanadam

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Thank you very much sir

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Re: Bharatanatyam varnam, raaga Hamsanadam

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Lakshman wrote: 11 Nov 2020, 23:23 Umesh: This one seems to be by Madurai Muralidharan but I am unable to locate it in any of the albums that are already published.
But sir I was told by one of the dance teachers who used this in an arangetram that she learned it 22 years ago and that kind of generates the confusion of whether it was composed by MRM sir. I asked the said teacher if she could shed some light on the composer and she said she did not know. :(

Umesh
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Re: Bharatanatyam varnam, raaga Hamsanadam

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Happy to admit I'm wrong but I really doubt this is by Muralidharan. He has an online presence; one could reach out and ask. If I am correct that it is a Kerala invention, these are usually not composed as complete padavarnams with all the carana sahityas. The composer may be obscure.

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