Ravikiran 40

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 02 Dec 2009, 05:09

I recollect my memory of his debut performance in MA some 40 yrs back, his mother carrying him to the dais [ pandal] TNK and other talwarts putting him questions. It was a thrilling experience. excellent. Questions from audiance were answered with handful of chocolates. My blessings to him.
As Arasi correctly puts in 'Dheergayushman bhava'

Thanjavooran

dvmk · Post by **dvmk** » 02 Dec 2009, 10:20

Hearty Congratulations to Vidwan Ravikiran on that milestone achievement and Kudos to his disciples for organising one of the most memorable felicitations to such a deserving and fascinating Mahavidwan.

Radhika-Rajnarayan · Post by **Radhika-Rajnarayan** » 02 Dec 2009, 10:45

I remember my mother-in-law, Sugandha Raman telling me an interesting incident, when Sri Ravikiran was about 2 or 2 and a half years old. They were visiting 'Coffee Board' Srinivasan's place at Jayanagar. The Srinivasans were our neighbours and good friends. They brought the child over, and asked my mother in law to play ANY random ragas and see the chiild's response.
She says, that she sat in the living room and played all sorts of ragas - sahana, kedaragoula, valachi, behag - you name it - and this kid was running around, not even sitting still to listen, and saying (he could not even properly speak the raga names -he was so young!) " Ippo chaaana vanduduthu" or "Ippo Kedaagoua vandudu" and even in the middle, demanding a biscuit!!
She was speechless!
He would naturally not remember this, being only 2 years old then - but he can ask his father!
Best wishes, Sri Ravikiran!

Rasika911 · Post by **Rasika911** » 02 Dec 2009, 10:55

We can all have a small glimpse at ravikirans talent on his website under the prodigy link...be sure to turn the volume on at the bottom of the page.

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 02 Dec 2009, 16:41

wishes to the great artiste....

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 02 Dec 2009, 16:45

Our best wishes to Shri Ravikiran.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 02 Dec 2009, 16:47

Our best wishes to Shri Ravikiran.
When we saw him as a child prodigy in Krishna gana sabha gokulashtami series, the reward was one seedDai for every rAgam recognised.

divyamramesh · Post by **divyamramesh** » 02 Dec 2009, 16:54

With the overwhelming support of music lovers and musicians, the event went off fine. Digintaries like Prof C V Chandrashekhar, Trichur Ramachandran, Charumati Ramachandran, Alarmel Valli, M Chandrashekharan, V S Narasimhan, etc attended and showered their blessings.

Here are the links to some of the newspaper articles -

http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/02/stories ... 890500.htm

and the Times of India
(Sorry about not posting the link, I had problems with it.)

Thanks for being there!!!

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 02 Dec 2009, 23:02

His ego and psychology survived being a child star.

He is one the serious musicians of his age, and one of those who will ensure carnatic music's future.

All praise, respect, and congratulations to him!

uday_shankar · Post by **uday_shankar** » 02 Dec 2009, 23:37

Indeed Nick, I wholeheartedly agree with you.

Kudos to my friends, the disciples of Ravikiran - Savita, Subhalakshmi, Bhargavi, Divya Ramesh, Girija Shankar and others - for pulling off a class act. It was a superb and appropriate tribute to one of the greatest Carnatic musicians of all time and one of the most astonishing phenomenons of our times - the rare case of an amazing child prodigy mature into a versatile genius and an excellent, balanced, modest human being. There must be a thing called "divine grace" for sure.

It was touching to see the genuine affection and respect that the mahavidvan trio on the stage - Shri BMK, Shri UKS and Shri TNS - accorded Ravikiran. Equally touching was the tribute from other vidvans who could not be present such as Shri TNK and Shri Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam.

Other vidvans present in the audience to grace this occasion, apart from those mentioned by Divya, were Smt Suguna Varadachari, Smt Suguna Purushotam, Shri Sriram Gangadharan, Shri A K Palanivel, Smt Anuradha Sriram, Smt T Rukmani, Smt Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, Smt Jayalakshmi (of Radha-Jayakshmi), Shri Manakkal Rangarajan, Shri K V Prasad, Shri Manoj Shiva and probably many others I missed...

It was particularly touching to see 88 year old Smt Kalpagam Swaminathan present and it was my profound privilege to drive her back home after the initial ceremonies.

A superb albeit short Katcheri by veteran Shri R K Srikantan accompanied by Shri Sriram Parasuram, Shri UKS and Shri Karthick topped of a great evening.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 03 Dec 2009, 04:05

Thanks Uday and include yourself as the shishya!
A historic day indeed. We hope there will be a video release of the proceedings for our benefit!

tkb · Post by **tkb** » 03 Dec 2009, 22:56

Congratulations to the great maestro. He is a real inspiration to many of the youth all over the globe.

saptaratna · Post by **saptaratna** » 14 Dec 2009, 00:07

Read www.chennaidecemberseason.com , under reviews, for a write up on Ravikiran and of this function.