HARIKATHAS

k.ganesan · Post by **k.ganesan** » 01 Jul 2007, 22:42

sir,
as far as i am aware, there is no word HARI KATHA in the
dictionary.as such, the word HARI, has 22 different meanings,
incl. LORD VISHNU. hari and hara are the same and harikatha,
by means of convention , denotes religious discourses.
upanyasam means LEADING SOME-ONE to something
spiritual /religious way of life.
k.ganesan

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 02 Jul 2007, 09:10

I can't believe that you have not come across the word "Harikatha" ! The very title of this web subject is "Harikatha"!! Even "Google" has this listed !! The rest of your posting above only repeats what I had said, in different words. No room for further discussion.

k.ganesan · Post by **k.ganesan** » 02 Jul 2007, 12:49

google is not the authority. my statement on the word
HARI KATHA is from a most authentic dictionary in
sanskrit, which you may refer , please.
k.ganesan

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 02 Jul 2007, 13:32

Thank you for all your replies and discussion. After mulling over Shri Sunder Rajan's explication, the forms seem more distinct from each other. They're more forms of music-dance performances like the mElaTTUr bhAgavata mELa nATaka and kathakali(somewhat adapted from harikathA).

After reading your thoughts on the word, "harikathA" (one definition available on this page: http://www.experiencefestival.com/hari-katha) I guess some words are adapted after thier colloquial acceptance in the community concerned. And yes, the word hari has many meanings.

k.ganesan · Post by **k.ganesan** » 02 Jul 2007, 23:22

hari katha is only an indicative of a STYLE ( paani in TAMIL) and it is the same whether thiru muruga kripanada variyar does about SKANDA PURANAM or EMBAR VIJAYA RAGHAVACHARIYAR does on AAZHWARS.
K.GANESAN

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 03 Jul 2007, 03:53

There are many ways of saying it in spoken tamizh: I am going to a katai, a hari katai, a kAlakshEpam, an upanyAsam. May be there are other ways of saying it too.
Sundara Rajan's expalnation makes sense.

k.ganesan · Post by **k.ganesan** » 03 Jul 2007, 06:49

hari katha doesnot imply only about lord vishnu or his avatars
as has been staed. it is only a conventional term of use for the style.
k.ganesan

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 03 Jul 2007, 07:46

I hate to prolong this into an unnecessary discussion into semantics. Mr.Ganesan; Please reread my original posting No. 50, where I had said that Hari Katha, by extrapolation, INCLUDES OTHER devotional stories besides those about Hari. I did not quote "google" as my reference /authority, but said that I was surprised that you had not come across the term "Hari Katha", while EVEN Goole mentioned the term ! I have no desire to continue this subject anymore.

k.ganesan · Post by **k.ganesan** » 03 Jul 2007, 13:26

mr.sundara rajan,
what a guess on your part to have concluded that i am not
aware of the word HARI KATHA!!! i am thankful, HOWEVER,
that you seem to have included OTHERS ALSO in the term
HARI KATHA!? i have several GBs of HARI KATHAS and
UPANYASAMS, AT MY STORE. even now , i am listening to
SRI GOVINDA SATAKAM by SRI KRISHNA PREMI SWAMI.
K.GANESAN

delhi shankar · Post by **delhi shankar** » 24 Jul 2007, 14:18

Hariktahas - I am a new member in this group and was happy to note and see the exchange of views on Harikatha. I would like to say some thing.
This word I understand from Shri Janakiraman, an exponent in the field of Harikatha has been taken from the Maharashtra Abhangs. The reference is found in more than 10 maharashtra abhangs. Our South Indian Terminology for the same has been Katha Kaalashepam, which now has been substituted by many names a few of them are as under
1. isai peerurai
2. Musical discourse
3. Sangeetha upanyasam, etc.

Thanks
Shankar

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 24 Jul 2007, 20:17

To conclude, I'd say a "proprietary" name "hari (Vishnu) kathA (story)" has been looped in as a "generic" terminology to include all kinds of devotional discourses which include story telling mixed with music interludes. Fair enough?

k.ganesan · Post by **k.ganesan** » 24 Jul 2007, 23:15

shri mahakaviji,
you said it sir, the term shall not remain as a compromise!
k.ganesan

eaglesofmai · Post by **eaglesofmai** » 30 May 2009, 04:02

pls upload again upanyasams by balakrishna sastrigal....links r nt working

sudhakarks · Post by **sudhakarks** » 29 Jun 2009, 08:54

Some interesting Harikatha recordings can be found online at kalakendra.

sudhakarks · Post by **sudhakarks** » 29 Jun 2009, 08:55

eaglesofmai wrote:pls upload again upanyasams by balakrishna sastrigal....links r nt working

Find Balakrishna Sastrigal recordings.

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 03 Nov 2010, 08:46

The Seven year old Varsha Bhuvaneswari daughter of Shri SREYAS NARAYANUN -a renouned vocalist,
performed a Sangeetha Upanyasam on Valli Kalyanam which was brought out by Vijay TV which brings out a lot of Bakthi Programes -between 6-7 Am IST.

This was recorded and posted at You Tube for the benefit of viewers who have missed it.

You may view them in my You Tube Channal at : http://www.youtube.com/user/vkailasam

Shri SREYAS NARAYANUN has developed her very well both in singing and also in story telling

and to be a enterprising child.

venkatakailasam

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 03 Nov 2010, 21:22

Varsha is awesome

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